Insight Enterprise CTO Juan Orlandini says Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has ‘reinvigorated’ the software-defined infrastructure market with new offerings and made Nutanix ‘a much more important partner’ for the entire industry.
Juan Orlandini, CTO of North America for $8.2 billion solution provider Insight Enterprises, said VMware by Broadcom licensing changes and price increases have caused “chaos,” “pain” and “confusion” for customers even as VMware technology is stronger than it has ever been.
“VMware from a pure technology perspective has never been better,” said Orlandini in an interview with CRN discussing the shifting virtualization landscape and the dramatic price increases being faced by customers since Broadcom acquired VMware for $69 billion in 2023. “It’s amazing. It truly is. The technology itself…

