Last fall, Broadcom successfully completed its acquisition of VMware, a move that brings together the combined strength of two engineering-first, innovation-centric businesses that share a focus on customer success. From the start, Broadcom has committed to investing in VMware Tanzu as a…
Update: April 17, 2024
Listening to strong customer feedback, Hock Tan, President and CEO of Broadcom, has announced free access to zero-day security patches for customers on supported versions of vSphere with perpetual licenses. He also stated that more VMware products will be added overtime to support this initiative. In addition, support extensions have been granted for customers who came up for renewal while the perpetual license changes were rolling out.
Cloud veteran and former AWS executive Eric Benson joins data integration provider Matillion as its new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO).
Benson takes on the CRO role having spent more than 10 years at AWS in multiple senior executive roles including Enterprise Sales, Business Development, and Digital Native Strategy.
Benson said: “I could not be more excited to join Matillion. The role presents the perfect combination of technology, people and culture, making it an easy decision to join…
Broadcom Inc.’s acquisition of VMware Inc. was completed at the end of 2023. As the buyout neared finalization, profound speculation emerged on the future blueprint for VMware’s vast portfolio.
This “will they or won’t they” forecasting particularly shadowed Tanzu, VMware’s modular cloud-native platform for application development in multicloud environments. Ultimately, it continues to grow under Broadcom’s watch.
“What Broadcom has done is taken VMware’s many…
Pure Storage, an IT pioneer that delivers the world’s most advanced data storage technology and services, announced that the Pure Storage Platform now delivers the first generally available external block storage for Microsoft’s Azure VMware Solution, to improve TCO for VMware workloads in Azure.
For customers with storage-intensive VMware workloads, Pure Cloud Block Store provides the flexibility to match the organisations’ Azure VMware Solution compute needs with its storage…
Data integration firm adds cloud veteran Eric Benson to drive consumption-based growth
DENVER and MANCHESTER, England, April 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Cloud veteran and former AWS executive Eric Benson joins data integration provider Matillion as its new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO).
Benson takes on the CRO role having spent more than 10 years at AWS in multiple senior executive roles including Enterprise Sales, Business Development, and Digital Native Strategy.
Benson said: “I could not be…
Software runs the world and the success of any organization relies on expertly building and running software. VMware Tanzu, now part of Broadcom, is committed more than ever to…
Broadcom will migrate its VMware workloads to Google Cloud, collaborate on joint go-to-market initiatives, and deliver new gen AI capabilities
LAS VEGAS, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Cloud Next ’24, LAS VEGAS — Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) and Google Cloud today announced an expanded partnership that will involve optimizing Broadcom’s VMware workloads for Google Cloud, jointly collaborating on go-to-market initiatives, adding more Broadcom products and services to Google Cloud…
Watchdog barks
US chipmaker Broadcom is facing scrutiny from EU antitrust regulators over changes to the licensing conditions of its newly acquired cloud computing firm VMware, following grievances from several EU business users and trade associations.
On the day Broadcom announced the licensing alterations, a spokesperson for the European Commission told Reuters that the antitrust watchdog had sought details from Broadcom to investigate the issue.
The spokesperson stated, “The…