A joint HPE + RiverMeadow investment in your customer's modernization. Two industry leaders cover the license and software, so the conversation starts with outcomes, not budget approval.
Migration services are quoted separately. Use the Tier Finder below to size them.
HPE and RiverMeadow cover the license and software so your customer can focus on outcomes.
Up to one free year for new VME customers under the HPE platform-migration program (HPE partner announcement, June 2026).
Purpose-built for mass migrations onto VME, free through year-end 2026.
License and software are provided at no cost as part of the HPE + RiverMeadow co-investment program. Migration services are quoted separately, see Delivery Options.
Premium Enablement and Managed Migration Services are alternatives, not a combined package. The customer chooses one path, and both are fixed-price so you can budget with certainty.
Fixed price by migration estate size, up to 2,000 migrations.
A hands-on engagement to stand up, prove, and stabilize HPE VM Essentials and de-risk the move off VMware. RiverMeadow deploys and configures the platform, proves it with a representative pilot migration, then stays engaged through a post-pilot hypercare window with a dedicated point of contact.
Deploy HPE VM Essentials into the target environment, stood up to spec.
Compute, networking, and storage set for production readiness.
A representative pilot migration, validated on VME before scale.
Named contact and defined-hours support as production ramps.
Production migrations are run by the customer's team. If RiverMeadow begins performing production migrations under this engagement, it converts to Managed Migration Services or requires a separately priced change order.
Full-scope migration, end to end.
RiverMeadow owns execution from discovery through validation, so the customer's team stays focused on the business.
Prefer email? Send sales@rivermeadow.com the seller name and email, customer name, VM quantity, and target start date, and we will confirm scope within one business day. Or use the Tier Finder and request form below and we will do the same, faster.
Use the Tier Finder to get the tier and a budgetary number.
Seller name and email, customer name, VM quantity, target start date.
RiverMeadow confirms scope within one business day.
Enter how many VMs are moving to VME. We pick the Premium Enablement tier, price it against Managed Migration, and flag anything that needs a conversation.
Native and free tooling can move a handful of VMs, but scale, downtime, security, and support gaps show up fast on real projects.
| Dimension | Native / Free Tools | RiverMeadow |
|---|---|---|
| Automation & Scale | Manual or scripted; struggles beyond small batches | Automated engine proven on 500,000+ workloads |
| Downtime | Higher risk of extended outages during cutover | Near-zero downtime migrations |
| OS & SQL Upgrades | Manual, error-prone, separate tooling required | Automated OS & SQL Server upgrades built in |
| Security Hardening | Not included | CIS benchmark OS hardening included |
| Support & Expertise | Self-support; no dedicated migration expertise | Premium Enablement: install, pilot, and a named point of contact through hypercare |
| Track Record | Unproven at enterprise scale | Proven at enterprise scale, including 30 VME projects |
| Cost Predictability | Hidden costs from delays, rework, downtime | Fixed, determinable pricing so you can budget with certainty |
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Short answers you can use on a call.
RiverMeadow's automation is built for near-zero downtime migrations, minimizing business disruption versus manual cutover approaches.
The program pairs a free HPE VM Essentials license (up to 1 year) with free RiverMeadow software, so customers start from $0 in licensing and pay a fixed, budgetable services fee. No surprise costs.
No. RiverMeadow automates OS and SQL Server upgrades and can eliminate extended security update (ESU) costs as part of the migration. Note that OS modernization is not part of Premium Enablement and is quoted as a separate add-on, so bring RiverMeadow in to scope it.
RiverMeadow applies OS hardening using CIS benchmarks during migration, improving the customer's security posture as part of the move.
RiverMeadow has migrated 500,000+ workloads overall, saved 100,000+ labor hours, and has already closed 30 VME projects (9,878 VMs) across 4 continents.
No, they are alternatives and the customer chooses one path. If RiverMeadow begins performing production migrations under Premium Enablement, the engagement converts to Managed Migration Services or requires a separately priced change order.
A dedicated named contact, break/fix and troubleshooting for the platform we deploy and the migrated estate, configuration guidance, and a recurring check-in with knowledge transfer. It runs Monday to Friday business hours in one agreed time zone, is best effort with no response or resolution SLA, and unused weekly hours do not roll over.
Premium Enablement is priced by tier up to 2,000 migrations. Above that, talk to RiverMeadow for a custom quote. Managed Migration Services stays at $200/VM.
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