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KKR is promising to expand R&D, pursue new strategic partnerships and invest in employee ownership. Partners say the increased investment is a big boost to the strong VDI technology stack. Broadcom announced it would look for a home for the EUC and Carbon Black products when it closed on the $69 billion acquisition of VMware. … Read more
âThe paralysis that had overtaken the VMware EUC business is gone,â said Jed Ayres, CEO of ControlUp, a leader in the digital employee experience software market. âKKR is going to provide innovation, investment, leadership, vision and stability. KKR is going to be a stabilizing force for this business. This is a great thing for the … Read more
Dell represented VMware’s “largest route-to-market” and it has generated $17.3 billion in sales for the virtualization giant, as of November 2023, according to SEC filings. But Dell nixed the deal that hauled in that revenue last week. Dell Technologies has generated at least $17.3 billion in revenue for VMware since 2021, and it annually provided … Read more
‘Change is disruptive and that’s a lot of change all at once. We did look at areas that were successful and retained those elements, taking opportunities to minimize disruption where it made sense. For example, to minimize disruption, we mapped your previous program tier over to the same tier in the Broadcom Advantage Partner Program,’ … Read more
‘This is a very important point: it will be a level playing field where everybody has the ability to participate, and the best solution for the customers will win,’ Broadcom Vice President of OEM Ricky Cooper tells CRN Broadcom is leveling the playing field for its OEM partners with a “reset” for Dell Technologies, Hewlett … Read more
Laura Heisman has left VMware as its worldwide chief marketing officer, joining many of VMware’s top leaders who left in the wake of Broadcom’s acquisition. VMware’s global chief marketing officer Laura Heisman has left the company, joining the growing list of VMware’s highest-ranking executives who recently have departed in the wake of Broadcom’s acquisition of… … Read more
Scale Computing CEO Jeff Ready says that his company is moving aggressively to capture the Broadcom VMware customer and partner windfall with a VMware “Rip and Replace” promotion. Scale Computing CEO Jeff Ready said there is a Broadcom-VMware ‘Rip and Replace’ surge taking hold among partners and customers. “It is just blowing up,”… Source link
‘There are a lot of disenfranchised VMware partners out there who are heading our way,’ said David Gwyn, senior vice president, worldwide channels and customer success, at Nutanix. Two months after buying the global leader in virtualization, Broadcom is making two groups very happy: Broadcom shareholders and VMware competitors. Shareholders have seen the stock… Source … Read more
‘The reason that deals were fulfilled through channel partners, was because it required an incredible scaling of support. Installation is one thing, but the ongoing support is another,’ Nutanix Senior Vice President of Product and Solutions Marketing Lee Caswell says. Nutanix Senior Vice President of Product and Solutions Marketing Lee Caswell is… Source link
‘The disruption in the infrastructure software space stemming from Broadcom’s recent acquisition of VMware is turning out to be more significant than we expected, per our recent round of VAR discussions,’ wrote a William Blair analyst in a research note published Wednesday. William Blair, the investment adviser, has upgraded VMware rival Nutanix shares from “market… … Read more