2 days ago · A long, costly road ahead for customers abandoning Broadcom’s VMware "We loved VMware, and then when Broadcom bought ‘em, we hated ‘em.”

1 day ago · VMware warns that a malicious user with network access may be able to use specially crafted SQL queries to gain database access. Virtualization technology giant VMware on Tuesday issued an urgent alert for a blind SQL injection flaw in its Avi Load Balancer, warning that attackers would exploit the ...

Dec 19, 2024 · Broadcom, a chip manufacturer, acquired VMware's virtualization business for $61 billion in November 2023. The massive acquisition price tag left customers, analysts and VMware employees all but certain that massive changes for VMware were coming to recoup the cost.

6 days ago · VMware users continue to be unhappy with licensing changes since the virtualization giant was acquired by Broadcom, and are now complaining that they are being forced into three-year commitments when renewing vSphere licenses. Following the takeover of Virtzilla at the end of 2023, Broadcom has ...

If the changes Broadcom brought to VMware have you thinking of a move to an alternative virtualization platform, expect a long, costly, and risky project – and perhaps a longer, costlier, and ...

Dec 19, 2024 · Ingram is reducing its Broadcom-related business to "limited engagement with VMware in select regions," a spokesperson told The Register this week.

Mar 15, 2024 · Broadcom CEO and President Hock Tan has acknowledged the discomfort VMware customers and partners have experienced after the sweeping changes that Broadcom has instituted since it acquired the...

Nov 22, 2023 · Broadcom on Wednesday closed its $69 billion acquisition of cloud-computing firm VMware after receiving regulatory approval in last major market China and ending a months-long saga.

Moving away from Broadcom VMware is a long process that involves high costs and many risks.

Jan 19, 2025 · Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Broadcom, the $1tn tech group, bought VMware in 2023, the software company’s customers could choose ...