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- Trempealeau County's virtualized server environment is approaching end of life, with production systems expected to be unsafe by 2030. - VMware licensing costs have risen from $25,000 to $40,000 per year after Broadcom's acquisition, driving the county to seek alternatives. - The IT manager requested approval to use capital improvement funds to buy new hardware and software, with a $230,000 estimate obtained. - The county plans to migrate production workloads to a more cost-effective platform and repurpose the old system for backups.

- Town IT director Brian reported that the VMware/VxRail platform cannot be renewed due to Broadcom's licensing changes and equipment age, forcing a migration. - The current servers and licensing reach end of support in early 2028, with no extension possible for security updates or cyber insurance coverage. - The town is moving to standard three-server, two-switch, one-storage hardware, with the hypervisor still planned to be VMware. - Buying now at $445,000 would save about $150,000 compared to leasing at $110,749 per year over five years.