Broadcom

VMware reveals how it will deliver Broadcom's unified hybrid cloud … sometime soon

VMware Explore Claims just two management consoles will emerge

VMware Explore27 Aug 2024 | 7

VMware prepping unified SDK for its core hybrid cloud products

VMware Explore Also working to clean up inconsistent APIs and lack of SSO across vSphere, vSAN, NSX, SDDC Manager, vRealize and more

Virtualization26 Aug 2024 | 1

Broadcom promised to reform VMware so it enables better hybrid clouds. Will it deliver?

VMware Explore It needs to – Virtzilla's customers, allies, and enemies are all pondering off-ramps and trying to lure unhappy users

VMware Explore26 Aug 2024 | 8

VMware by Broadcom makes its stack easier to live with, as promised

Compute, storage, and networking virtualization brought together – with live ESXi patching

VMware Explore25 Jun 2024 | 5

VMware revenue plunges $600M, but Broadcom assures investors growth plan is on track

Costs cut deeply, with more to come, and forward bookings surge

Virtualization13 Jun 2024 | 16

Broadcom ends easy elasticity for VMware Cloud on AWS

Amazon is not taking this lying down, as shown by aggressive migration promotions

PaaS + IaaS10 Jun 2024 | 11

Broadcom’s VMware strategy looks ever more shaky - and less relevant

Opinion Yes, it’s that darned AI again

Virtualization03 Jun 2024 | 25

VMware by Broadcom has a licensing portability win with Microsoft

If only customers could find their keys after support portal migration

Virtualization03 Jun 2024 | 12

Lenovo claims Dell has run off the VxRails and can't sell hyperconverged VMware

Big Mike's server shack offered a cryptic response. PLUS: Nutanix results

Virtualization30 May 2024 | 11

VMware giving away Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro free for personal use

A nice gesture among the sh!tshow of Broadcom's acquisition

Virtualization14 May 2024 | 91

VMware security advisories now behind bureaucratic Broadcom barricade

Updated If it ain't broke, make it less accessible

Spotlight on RSA09 May 2024 | 16

VMware waves goodbye to AWS middleman as Broadcom takes the reins

Updated Customers brace for bumpy ride

PaaS + IaaS07 May 2024 | 2

VMware by Broadcom blinks again – this time easing change for cloud service providers

As the rumor mill whispers about a breakup with AWS

Virtualization01 May 2024 | 16

VMware’s end-user compute community told to brace for ‘Omnissa’ shift

Cloudy hosts given short license change deadlines, customers warned of support portal brownouts

Virtualization26 Apr 2024 | 7

Euro cloud group blasts Broadcom over VMware licensing maneuvers

Updated CISPE says concessions 'solve nothing'

Virtualization24 Apr 2024 | 1

Broadcom throws VMware customers on perpetual licenses a lifeline

Meanwhile, Gartner predicts massive market share loss and European regulators start asking questions

Virtualization16 Apr 2024 | 15

VMware's end-user compute products probably have a new brand: Omnissa

As the rest of Virtizilla's users face a pause in support and education services due to apparent SAP-to-Oracle migration

Virtualization12 Apr 2024 | 13

Broadcom has willingly dug its VMware hole, says cloud CEO

interview Civo's Mark Boost says price hikes appear designed to retain whales while tossing back small fry

Systems08 Apr 2024 | 45

VMware customer reaction to Broadcom may set the future of software licensing

Opinion Enterprise tech slingers want to see what Hock Tan can get away with – and replicate it

Virtualization05 Apr 2024 | 25

VMware by Broadcom plots pair of Cloud Foundation releases that will show off its strategy

Exclusive But unhappy European buyers have called for regulators to step in

Virtualization02 Apr 2024 | 3

Euro-cloud consortium CISPE calls for investigation of Broadcom

Claims members will be bankrupted by new VMware licensing regime, and vital services disrupted

Software21 Mar 2024 | 24

VMware by Broadcom offers a lifeline to small cloud service providers

Exclusive 'White label' program also means retaining customers

Virtualization19 Mar 2024 | 12

Broadcom boss Hock Tan acknowledges 'some unease' among VMware community

But rates his first 100 days in charge a 'strong start'

Virtualization15 Mar 2024 | 35

VMware by Broadcom promises more, cheaper, training, starting around May

Exclusive But for now, smaller customers have been cut off from on-demand training content

Channel11 Mar 2024 | 8

Broadcom says VMware to grow revenue by double-digit percentages all year

Networking silicon surges, Carbon Black to be kept in the fold

Virtualization08 Mar 2024 | 12

Broadcom CEO pay award jumps 164% to $160.8 million

Stock awards front loaded, get five years in one go

Systems28 Feb 2024 | 10

Broadcom builds a SASE out of VMware VeloCloud and Symantec

First integration across properties, as end user compute division readies to leave home

Security27 Feb 2024 | 8

The self-created risk in Broadcom's big VMware kiss-off

Opinion Arise, the new Migration Nation

Virtualization26 Feb 2024 | 28

Broadcom moves to reassure VMware users as rivals smell an opportunity

'They want a closed shop,' claims service provider

Virtualization15 Feb 2024 | 13

In pursuit of artificial general intelligence, Meta adds Broadcom boss Hock Tan to its board

Zuck needs silicon smarts – and the energy experience of a former Enron exec

AI + ML15 Feb 2024 | 7

Broadcom terminates VMware's free ESXi hypervisor

Certain licenses still allow tinkerers to taste the vStack. Whether they want to is another matter

Virtualization13 Feb 2024 | 59

Dell kills sweetheart distribution deal with Broadcom's VMware

Updated No longer willing to be a friend with benefits – perhaps thanks to Big B killing OEM licenses?

Virtualization30 Jan 2024 | 26

Amid Broadcom's subscription push, VMware killed a SaaS product

Another 50-plus products also binned in move to big bundles

Virtualization24 Jan 2024 | 11

Veeam researching support for VMware alternative Proxmox as backup buyers fret about Broadcom

Exclusive Product to protect Oracle virtualization is already on the backup vendor’s roadmap

Virtualization22 Jan 2024 | 27

As Broadcom nukes VMware's channel, the big winner is set to be Nutanix

A lot of IT depts can't wait to get past their ESX addiction

Channel18 Jan 2024 | 26

Broadcom ditches VMware Cloud Service Providers

Exclusive 'How can they cancel a major program affecting hundreds, perhaps thousands of customers, with zero notice?'

Virtualization10 Jan 2024 | 75

Broadcom to end VMware’s channel program, move partners to its own invite-only offering

Suppliers don’t know much about what’s going on. Which leaves users in limbo, too

Channel28 Dec 2023 | 9

Broadcom halves subscription price for VMware's flagship hybrid cloud suite

+Comment Also kills perpetual licenses, adds a vSphere bundle for smaller users

Virtualization12 Dec 2023 | 17

Broadcom to divest VMware's end-user computing and Carbon Black units

Updated Warns of $1.3 billion charge for cutting Virtzilla's costs, rapid shift to subs and sales of the whole vStack rather than individual pieces

Virtualization07 Dec 2023 | 30

Broadcom's latest Trident switch silicon packs neural net processor to terminate congestion

Chip promises better telemetry, security, and traffic engineering, vendor claims

Systems30 Nov 2023 |

VMware president Sumit Dhawan out – scores gig as CEO of infosec vendor Proofpoint

Amid accounts of wider layoffs and Broadcom doing a 'strategic review' of end-user compute and Carbon Black products

Virtualization29 Nov 2023 |

Broadcom re-orgs VMware into four divisions – none of which mention end-user compute products

Community programs retained but CEO waves farewell

Virtualization23 Nov 2023 | 26

China's regulator paused VMware purchase probe before desired close date

Analysis Competitors predict price gouging as employees await news

Virtualization22 Nov 2023 | 1

China relents: Broadcom-VMware merger approved at last

Final boss legal level cleared as SAMR says yes ...

Virtualization21 Nov 2023 | 3

VMware revealed Symantec SASE integration plan before Broadcom finished buying it

Still no word on when the deal will happen, or what’s holding it up

Virtualization14 Nov 2023 | 1

1 in 5 VMware customers plan to jump off its stack next year

Updated Forrester predicts exodus from Virtzilla following Broadcom takeover

Virtualization08 Nov 2023 | 33

While it waited for Broadcom, VMware set out to do to data services what it did to storage

And decided Intel's GPUs are worthy of on-prem AI action

Virtualization07 Nov 2023 | 1

Broadcom, VMware insist merger to 'close soon' as China plays hard to get

Regulatory red dragon keeping silent with a day left until deadline

Virtualization30 Oct 2023 | 4

As uncertainty swirls, VMware closes its home for experimental software

Broadcom buy set to wrap any moment now – probably

Virtualization30 Oct 2023 | 2

VMware reveals critical vCenter vuln that you may have patched already without knowing it

Takes rare step of issuing patches for end-of-life versions, as some staff report end-of-career letters

Patches25 Oct 2023 | 4

Fears China could trash Broadcom's VMware nuptials as revenge for sanctions

Regulator twiddled thumbs for Intel and Tower Semi, it could happen again

Virtualization19 Oct 2023 | 7

What's next for VMware? Long-term Virtzilla-watchers predict Broadcom's moves

Consensus is cuts and spin-offs are coming, whether they'll help is another matter

Virtualization02 Oct 2023 | 5

FYI: Those fancy 'Google-designed' TPU AI chips had an awful lot of Broadcom help

Comment And Meta's tapping up Big B too – it's big bucks for this silicon giant

AI + ML22 Sep 2023 | 1

Korea's FTC fines Broadcom $14.3M for pushing 'unfair' deal onto Samsung

Updated Watchdog claims it abused market position to leverage 'unfavorable' long-term parts supply contract

Systems21 Sep 2023 |

VMware staff reportedly told job cuts may start before Broadcom acquisition

CVs are starting to appear on social media because staff think it's a sensible time to be in the shop window

Virtualization19 Sep 2023 | 5

Broadcom boss dismisses notion China could derail VMware buy

As Nutanix celebrates Cisco hook-up and quirky cloud repatriations

Software01 Sep 2023 | 2