Nutanix claims to have poached 30,000 VMware customers

Amid customer dissatisfaction over Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, rivals have been trying to lure customers away from the leading virtualization company. One of VMware’s biggest competitors, Nutanix, claims to have stolen tens of thousands of VMware customers.

At a press conference at Nutanix’s .NEXT conference in Chicago this week, Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami said that “about 30,000 customers” have migrated from VMware to the rival platform, signaling customer disapproval of Broadcom’s VMware strategy. SDxCentrala London-based IT publication reported today.

“I think there’s no doubt that customer sentiment remains negative about Broadcom,” Ramaswami said, according to SDxCentral.

Since Broadcom acquired VMware in November 2023, numerous VMware users have sought reduce or end your dependency on VMware technologies. The most common factors for migrations are that VMware is also becoming…