Computershare is leaving VMware due to Broadcom’s latest licensing regime and price hikes, as revealed by CTO Kevin O’Connor during the Nutanix Next conference. The decision to migrate 24,000 VMs to Nutanix’s AHV was triggered by a significant increase in the price of Computershare’s non-Nutanix hypervisor. O’Connor stated that the project will pay for itself … Read more
Computershare’s Chief Technology Officer, Kevin O’Connor, recently revealed that he received a bill that was 15 times higher than his previous quote from VMware. This substantial increase in price was attributed to Broadcom’s latest licensing regime and price hikes. As a result, Computershare has decided to abandon VMware and explore other options. During a keynote … Read more
Following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, the company has been facing challenges, including losing a customer with 24,000 licenses due to drastic licensing cost increases. The European cloud organization CISPE condemned Broadcom’s tactics, calling them “brutal” and warning that they would harm Europe’s independent cloud infrastructure sector. At a conference, Computershare CTO Kevin O’Connor shared how … Read more