You Got Your Carbon Black In My Symantec! No, You Got Your Symantec In My Carbon Black!

You Got Your Carbon Black In My Symantec! No, You Got Your Symantec In My Carbon Black!

Some combinations, like chocolate and peanut butter, can make both things — even if they’re good on their own — better. Since 2022, when Broadcom announced its intention to acquire VMware, there’s been a lot of speculation and uncertainty on what the result of this merger would be. We’ve previously shared our perspectives on this merger … Read more

Broadcom Merging Carbon Black, Symantec to Create Security Unit

Broadcom Merging Carbon Black, Symantec to Create Security Unit

Carbon Black’s uncertain future following the closing of Broadcom’s $69 billion acquisition of VMware in November is now settled, with the security software business merging with Symantec to form Broadcom’s new Enterprise Security Group. Broadcom will make “significant investments in both brands” and offer both Carbon Black and Symantec product portfolios through the new business … Read more

Broadcom Merging Carbon Black, Symantec to Create Security Unit

Broadcom Merging Carbon Black, Symantec to Create Security Unit

Carbon Black’s uncertain future following the closing of Broadcom’s $69 billion acquisition of VMware in November is now settled, with the security software business merging with Symantec to form Broadcom’s new Enterprise Security Group. Broadcom will make “significant investments in both brands” and offer both Carbon Black and Symantec product portfolios through the new business … Read more

Liveblog Broadcom/VMware: Carbon Black and Symantec merge into Enterprise Security Group

Liveblog Broadcom/VMware: Carbon Black and Symantec merge into Enterprise Security Group

In this blog, Techzine reports on the latest developments surrounding VMware’s acquisition of Broadcom. March 8 – Are Carbon Black’s and Symantec’s days as separate entities numbered? Broadcom is merging the two security divisions into the new Enterprise Security Group. That’s what Rob Greer, the new VP & GM of the Enterprise Security Group announced … Read more

Broadcom repackages VMware SASE, adds Symantec security

Broadcom repackages VMware SASE, adds Symantec security

Broadcom wasted little time putting an old stamp on newly integrated VMware product – VMware VeloCloud SASE, secured by Symantec – aimed at helping customers secure highly distributed network resources. The single-vendor SASE offering revives VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN branding and ties that technology with Broadcom’s Symantec Enterprise Cloud security service edge offering to create a … Read more

Broadcom builds a SASE out of VMware VeloCloud and Symantec

Broadcom builds a SASE out of VMware VeloCloud and Symantec

Broadcom has delivered on its 2023 teaser of integration between VMware’s SD-WAN and Symantec’s Security Service Edge, by today debuting the “VMware VeloCloud SASE, Secured by Symantec” at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Symantec Security Service Edge is already classified as a SASE, or Secure Access Service Edge – a term coined by analyst … Read more

SA CIOs fear support, pricing changes after VMware takeover

SA CIOs fear support, pricing changes after VMware takeover

Broadcom completed the $61 billion acquisition of VMware in November last year. VMware’s acquisition by Broadcom has created uncertainty with clients across the world. Locally, the story is no different, as the outlook of South African chief information officers (CIOs) is mixed, according to a short poll conducted by ITWeb. While coverage of the deal … Read more

Should VMware customers be considering Plan B?

Should VMware customers be considering Plan B?

While VMware’s $61bn acquisition by Broadcom is now, finally, complete, it has left partners, customers and employees of the virtualisation software pioneer unsure about what the future holds. What we’re hearing from many customers and prospects, especially among enterprises heavily invested in complex VMware environments, is that they are anxious about where they stand, given … Read more