VMware's new owner is pushing legacy license-holders to buy costly software support subscriptions. Broadcom says it may audit VMware users to make sure they're not skirting the rules. www.wired.com/story/vmware...
Broadcom Sends Cease-and-Desist Letters to VMware Perpetual License Holders
VMware's new owner is pushing legacy license-holders to buy costly software support subscriptions. Broadcom says it may audit VMware users to make sure they're not skirting the rules.
www.wired.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
VMware's new owner is pushing legacy license-holders to buy costly software support subscriptions. Broadcom says it may audit VMware users to make sure they're not skirting the rules. www.wired.com/story/vmware...
Netflix sues Broadcom in California federal court, accusing VMware's cloud software of infringing five patents covering aspects of operating virtual machines (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
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Netflix sues Broadcom in California federal court, accusing VMware's cloud software of infringing five patents covering aspects of operating virtual machines (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
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SCOOP: in an internal talk today, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan lived up to his brash reputation, per a source.
"You've got to be clear who bought who," he said of VMware's acquisition. "There's the conqueror and the conquered."
later, on workforce: "Any division..., we love. Otherwise, I'll sell you."
"You've got to be clear who bought who," he said of VMware's acquisition. "There's the conqueror and the conquered."
later, on workforce: "Any division..., we love. Otherwise, I'll sell you."
March 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
SCOOP: in an internal talk today, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan lived up to his brash reputation, per a source.
"You've got to be clear who bought who," he said of VMware's acquisition. "There's the conqueror and the conquered."
later, on workforce: "Any division..., we love. Otherwise, I'll sell you."
"You've got to be clear who bought who," he said of VMware's acquisition. "There's the conqueror and the conquered."
later, on workforce: "Any division..., we love. Otherwise, I'll sell you."
X: "VMware’s culture changed when Broadcom purchased them."
Me: "VMware didn’t change; it ended. Broadcom simply hired VMware’s former employees."
When assessing VMware products or working with your account team, remember: you’re engaging with Broadcom, not VMware. Same for #vExpert
Me: "VMware didn’t change; it ended. Broadcom simply hired VMware’s former employees."
When assessing VMware products or working with your account team, remember: you’re engaging with Broadcom, not VMware. Same for #vExpert
January 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
X: "VMware’s culture changed when Broadcom purchased them."
Me: "VMware didn’t change; it ended. Broadcom simply hired VMware’s former employees."
When assessing VMware products or working with your account team, remember: you’re engaging with Broadcom, not VMware. Same for #vExpert
Me: "VMware didn’t change; it ended. Broadcom simply hired VMware’s former employees."
When assessing VMware products or working with your account team, remember: you’re engaging with Broadcom, not VMware. Same for #vExpert
VMware’s rivals ramp up their efforts to create alternative stacks
VMware’s rivals ramp up their efforts to create alternative stacks
Red Hat and Open Nebula deliver big updates, as Edera tools for Xen with Rust
As VMware pushes its vision for private clouds built around its core virtualization technology, rival vendors are ramping their efforts to create an alternative stack.…
dlvr.it
July 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM
VMware’s rivals ramp up their efforts to create alternative stacks
Omnissa, VMware’s old end-user outfit, moves to manage servers and … Apple Watches?
Omnissa, VMware’s old end-user outfit, moves to manage servers and … Apple Watches?
And declares hypervisor independence after being tied to vSphere
Omnissa, the company that acquired VMware’s end-user compute portfolio, is moving beyond its traditional territory of managing endpoint devices and into server management.…
dlvr.it
May 6, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Omnissa, VMware’s old end-user outfit, moves to manage servers and … Apple Watches?
Broadcom continues to load different guns to see which one will blow VMware's foot off the fastest
December 6, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Broadcom continues to load different guns to see which one will blow VMware's foot off the fastest
The $69 Billion Domino Effect: How #VMware’s Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing #OpenSource, One Repository at a Time
#Broadcom
#Broadcom
The $69 Billion Domino Effect: How VMware’s Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing Open Source, One Repository at a Time
Bitnami’s decision to end its free tier by August 2025 has sparked widespread outrage among developers who rely on its services. This change is part of Broadcom CEO Hock Tan’s strategy …
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September 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The $69 Billion Domino Effect: How #VMware’s Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing #OpenSource, One Repository at a Time
#Broadcom
#Broadcom
With the acquisition's pain points seemingly affecting small and midsize businesses more than bigger clients, Broadcom’s latest move may do little to deter most customers from ditching VMware.
Broadcom reverses controversial plan in effort to cull VMware migrations
Broadcom will only hog 500 of VMware’s biggest customers instead of 2,000.
arstechnica.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:23 PM
With the acquisition's pain points seemingly affecting small and midsize businesses more than bigger clients, Broadcom’s latest move may do little to deter most customers from ditching VMware.
As Broadcom continues to whittle away at VMware’s remaining partner base, the impacts will become harder to ignore, particularly for small-to-medium-sized businesses.
More VMware cloud partners axed as Broadcom launches new invite-only program
Smaller businesses most likely to be affected as white-label cloud program is also ending.
arstechnica.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
As Broadcom continues to whittle away at VMware’s remaining partner base, the impacts will become harder to ignore, particularly for small-to-medium-sized businesses.
Arista acquires VMware’s VeloCloud SD-WAN outfit from Broadcom
Arista acquires VMware’s VeloCloud SD-WAN outfit from Broadcom
It's 2025 so even this networking deal is about AI, which is apparently about to change wide area networks
Broadcom has sold VeloCloud, the software-defined WAN business VMware acquired in 2017, to Arista.…
dlvr.it
July 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Arista acquires VMware’s VeloCloud SD-WAN outfit from Broadcom
VMware's in court again. Customer relationships rarely go this wrong
VMware's in court again. Customer relationships rarely go this wrong
Have you ever seen the 'Are we the baddies' sketch, Broadcom?
Opinion If you're a tech company marketing manager writing white papers, you'll love a juicy pull quote. That's where a client says something so lovely about you, you can pull it out of the main text and reprint it in a big font in the middle of the page.…
dlvr.it
September 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
VMware's in court again. Customer relationships rarely go this wrong
VMware’s PowerCLI drew me to powershell
December 28, 2024 at 10:51 PM
VMware’s PowerCLI drew me to powershell
NodeWeaver says its perpetual licensing beats VMware’s perpetual price hikes
NodeWeaver says its perpetual licensing beats VMware’s perpetual price hikes
'I think you can run this thing on a potato,' NodeWeaver CTO Alan Conboy said.
Broadcom's price increases and policy changes have led many VMware customers to look for other options. Nodeweaver is positioning itself as an alternative for customers running computing workloads in far-flung edge locations, from cruise ships to solar farms in Sub-Saharan Africa, and it is taking cost out of the hardware needed as well.…
go.theregister.com
April 19, 2026 at 5:12 AM
NodeWeaver says its perpetual licensing beats VMware’s perpetual price hikes
vSphere upgrades are not near the top of VMware's to-do list
vSphere upgrades are not near the top of VMware's to-do list
Nor is its Arm port
When VMware delivered its Cloud Foundation 9 suite in June, it marked the end of a two-year push to integrate its compute, storage, and networking products. What’s next for the Broadcom business unit? At the VMware Explore conference this week, The Register sniffed out a few other items on its to-do list.…
dlvr.it
August 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
vSphere upgrades are not near the top of VMware's to-do list
No, Broadcom did not just end VMware's flagship VCDX certification program
No, Broadcom did not just end VMware's flagship VCDX certification program
Sure, it sent an email and FAQ saying it had – but that was a mistake, you see
Broadcom has made an embarrassing mistake: sending an email in which it mistakenly announced the end of its VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) certification.…
dlvr.it
November 28, 2024 at 2:34 AM
No, Broadcom did not just end VMware's flagship VCDX certification program
I mean it is a target-rich environment. (From a talk I gave many years ago at VMWare's MooseCon)
August 21, 2024 at 10:21 PM
I mean it is a target-rich environment. (From a talk I gave many years ago at VMWare's MooseCon)
NodeWeaver says its perpetual licensing beats VMware’s perpetual price hikes
NodeWeaver says its perpetual licensing beats VMware’s perpetual price hikes
'I think you can run this thing on a potato,' NodeWeaver CTO Alan Conboy said.
Broadcom's price increases and policy changes have led many VMware customers to look for other options. Nodeweaver is positioning itself as an alternative for customers running computing workloads in far-flung edge locations, from cruise ships to solar farms in Sub-Saharan Africa, and it is taking cost out of the hardware needed as well.…
go.theregister.com
April 17, 2026 at 9:11 PM
NodeWeaver says its perpetual licensing beats VMware’s perpetual price hikes
Drove by VMware's Palo Alto campus today and I guess it is officially dead now.
April 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Drove by VMware's Palo Alto campus today and I guess it is officially dead now.
Tom Krause? Where have I heard that name before.
Oh yeah, head of Broadcom when it shanked VMWare's customers.
arstechnica.com/information-...
Oh yeah, head of Broadcom when it shanked VMWare's customers.
arstechnica.com/information-...
A long, costly road ahead for customers abandoning Broadcom’s VMware
“We loved VMware, and then when Broadcom bought ‘em, we hated ‘em.”…
arstechnica.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Tom Krause? Where have I heard that name before.
Oh yeah, head of Broadcom when it shanked VMWare's customers.
arstechnica.com/information-...
Oh yeah, head of Broadcom when it shanked VMWare's customers.
arstechnica.com/information-...