CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Historically, data center virtualization pioneer VMware was seen as a technology leader, but recent business changes have stirred consternation since its acquisition by Broadcom in late 2023. Industry changes and fallout from disgruntled Broadcom VMware customers have been widely reported. For us, it’s a multi-year opportunity.”

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Network World

AUGUST 27, 2024

VMware announced a number of improvements to its software-defined edge products at its annual VMware Explore conference today. Take, for example, VMware’s SASE product. Nature Fresh Farms uses 5G and broadband to connect facilities across Canada and US via the VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 1, 2025

A recent lawsuit filed by VMware (now owned by Broadcom) against their customer, AG Siemenss US operations, for alleged use of unlicensed software is not unique, and should serve as a […]

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Network World

MARCH 17, 2025

Broadcoms decisions to replace perpetual VMware software licenses with subscriptions and to eliminate point products in favor of an expensive bundle of private cloud tools are driving longtime VMware customers to look for an exit strategy. VMware works and works really well. IDC analyst Stephen Elliot concurs.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

What was once VMware is now Broadcom. With the acquisition closed, the American multinational brought its VMware Explore 2024 event to Barcelona from Nov. 4-7 with a new portfolio of solutions and an emphasis on its flagship private cloud platform, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).

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Network World

AUGUST 14, 2024

Discontent over VMware licensing changes and shifts to the partner program has sent customers looking elsewhere, and at least two competitors say they are benefiting from the discord in the form of increased sales. This forced some customers to buy software they didn’t need as part of a bundle, increasing their costs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

It’s unsurprising to see legacy providers shifting their business models from perpetual software licensing to subscription-based pricing. This past year has been rife with complaints over a substantial licensing change by Citrix after it was acquired by private equity firms and merged with TIBCO Software.

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Network World

AUGUST 27, 2024

At the VMware Explore conference going on this week in Las Vegas, VMware announced the addition of a generative AI weapon to its own cybersecurity platform, vDefend. Attackers have been quick to jump on the generative AI bandwagon, using the new technology to increase both the volume and the complexity of their attacks.

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Information Week

MAY 26, 2022

Recently spun off VMware is to be acquired by Broadcom in the company's efforts to bolster its enterprise software presence.

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Network World

AUGUST 14, 2024

So far, the $60 billion Broadcom-VMware deal has led to some layoffs , VMware licensing changes, production rationalizations, and shifts to the partner program. We’ve tracked the saga since Broadcom first announced plans to acquire VMware in May 2022. x users will get six additional months of support for the product.

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Network World

JUNE 26, 2024

A slew of updates in VMware Edge Compute Stack (ECS) 3.5 Broadcom, which acquired VMware in November 2023 , has been adding to the edge management capabilities in the VMware ECS and VMware Edge Cloud Orchestrator (VECO) solutions. Many edge offerings are tied to specific vendor ecosystems.

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Network World

APRIL 20, 2021

VMware has unveiled an integrated package of cloud security, access control and networking software aimed at addressing the key needs of today's COVID-19-driven remote workforce. To be successful, this means investing in technology and a long-term strategy to be a stronger, more focused and more resilient organization."

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Network World

AUGUST 30, 2023

VMware is advising customers to upgrade or patch its Aria for Network Operations software because of potential security problems. VMware Aria is the vendor’s multi-cloud management platform that integrates previously separate VMware services such as vRealize Automation, vRealize Operations, vRealize Network Insight, and CloudHealth.

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Network World

JANUARY 6, 2023

Industry veteran Tom Gillis, who left VMware in December, has returned to Cisco in a new but familiar role: senior vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Security Business Group. After that, Gillis founded cloud computing firm Bracket Computing, which was acquired by VMware in May 2018.

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Network World

AUGUST 19, 2024

VMware Explore 2024 is set to kick off next week, marking the first time for the flagship customer event since Broadcom finalized its acquisition of VMware last November. The $60 million deal raised questions among enterprise customers from the minute it was proposed in May 2022: What will the new VMware look like?

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Network World

OCTOBER 10, 2019

VMware has wrapped up its $2.1 When VMware announced the acquisition in August , its CEO Pat Gelsinger said he expected Carbon Black technology to be integrated across VMware’s product families such as NSX networking software and vSphere, VMware's flagship virtualization platform.

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Forrester IT

AUGUST 23, 2019

On August 22, 2019, VMware announced that it will acquire sister company Pivotal Software, vendor of a widely used cloud development platform, Pivotal Cloud Foundry.

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Network World

AUGUST 28, 2024

For all of these reasons, some companies are looking to third-party platforms that don’t lock them into any one particular AI vendor or cloud provider, and VMware – now owned by Broadcom – is one of the leading contenders for the job. Senate Federal Credit Union, in a statement. Whatever Nvidia supports, we support,” Turner says.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Broadcom has fired back in the ongoing legal dispute with AT&T over VMware software support services, claiming that AT&T is resorting to “sensationalism” and had long intended to stop using VMware software but delayed the move.

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Network World

AUGUST 30, 2024

A year ago, VMware’s big annual VMware Explore conference was all about generative AI – specifically, about companies running AI applications within a hybrid cloud infrastructure. This year, attendees heard more about VMware’s partnership with Nvidia to deliver generative AI models and tools – but in the context of a private cloud.

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Network World

MARCH 8, 2019

VMware has taken the wraps off a firewall it says protects enterprise applications and data inside data centers or clouds. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

AUGUST 28, 2018

VMware is expanding its security range with a new version of its virtualization software that has security integrated into the hypervisor. Our flagship VMware vSphere product now has AppDefense built right in,” VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger told the audience at VMworld 2018, which kicked off this week in Las Vegas.

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Network World

MARCH 15, 2019

It has been just 10 months since Tom Gillis became VMware 's senior vice president and general manager of its networking and security business, and in that time he has overseen some major changes in the company’s core products.

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Network World

AUGUST 23, 2019

All things cloud are major topics of conversation at the VMworld user conference next week, ratcheded up a notch by VMware's $4.8 VMware said during its quarterly financial call this week it would spend about $2.7 VMware said during its quarterly financial call this week it would spend about $2.7

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Forrester IT

MAY 26, 2022

Late Sunday evening, Bloomberg reported rumors of advanced Broadcom talks to acquire VMware, which has since been confirmed this morning. It made a string of massively expensive enterprise software company acquisitions: Brocade Communications Systems in 2016 ($5.9 billion), CA Technologies […].

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Network World

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

After the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday released a recovery script for organizations affected by a massive ransomware attack targeting VMWare ESXi servers worldwide , reports surfaced that the malware evolved in a way that made earlier recovery procedures ineffective.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 15, 2021

When Dell Technologies completed it acquisition of EMC in 2016, it gained a sweetheart of an asset: VMware. More precisely, it gained 80% of VMware, making the software dynamo a mostly autonomous company in the Dell Technologies family of companies.

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Network World

APRIL 8, 2025

Thats been apparent since the companys acquisition of virtualization software vendor VMware, where licensing prices have leapt upwards although many customers have little choice but to continue to pay the spiralling prices. Broadcoms statement quoted CEO Hock Tan as arguing that the buyback is from a position of strength.

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CTOvision

JUNE 10, 2021

Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure agency has warned companies to update and apply patches to VMware Center Server and VMware Cloud Foundation software after critical vulnerabilities were found exploited in the wild. As is […].

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Network World

AUGUST 22, 2019

All things cloud are certain to be major topics next week at the VMworld user conference, but VMware took things up a notch with plans to spend $4.2 During its quarterly financial call VMware said it would spend about $2.7 During its quarterly financial call VMware said it would spend about $2.7

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Network World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

When it comes to protecting data-center-based resources in the highly distributed world, traditional security hardware and software components just aren’t going to cut it.

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Network World

JULY 1, 2024

Nutanix has pivoted from selling rigid, preconfigured appliances to offering enterprise customers a flexible, software-defined platform for managing hybrid, multi-cloud environments. “As It’s less clear that enterprise customers are really going to abandon VMware in significant numbers. It reported a loss of $207.2

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 22, 2024

When tech giant Broadcom acquired virtualization market leader VMware last October, it restructured licensing terms, laid off thousands of employees, and terminated partner agreements with resellers and service providers. VMware customers were understandably concerned. The VMware acquisition has been no different.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2022

By Hock Tan, Broadcom President & CEO The trend towards sovereign clouds has been one of the central topics that customers, particularly in Europe, have raised since we announced the Broadcom-VMware transaction. Broadcom”) and VMware, Inc. I’ve said before that multi-cloud is the future of enterprise IT.

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Computer Weekly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

VMware is beginning to recognise there is life beyond the hypervisor as it announces VMware HCX, which will provide interoperability between private and public cloud

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 20, 2024

Badlaney believes that IBM stands out among other hyperscalers for being the destination for VMware workloads in the cloud. IBM and VMware understand that each client has a unique business, IT process and applications,” says Badlaney. The IBM and VMware relationship goes back two decades and includes our jointly funded innovation lab.

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Network World

APRIL 20, 2021

VMware has unveiled an integrated package of cloud security, access control and networking software aimed at addressing the key needs of today's COVID-19-driven remote workforce.

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