Broadcom has discontinued the free version of VMware’s ESXi hypervisor. News of the change came in a Monday knowledge base article that revealed the tool was removed from VMware.com and offered the following explanation for the change: The free cut of ESXi was only able to run on limited number of cores, addressed a modest … Read more
With data center news moving faster than ever, we want to make it easy for industry professionals to cut through the noise and find the most important stories of the week. The Data Center Knowledge News Roundup brings you the latest news and developments across the data center industry – from investments and mergers to … Read more
In the weeks since Broadcom closed its acquisition of VMware, there has been a considerable amount of controversy surrounding the wholesale changes taking place across the entire company – from changes in licensing and its channel program to ending its partner program. All this is happening under less-than-ideal communications, leading to misunderstanding and chaos. For … Read more
In the weeks since Broadcom closed its acquisition of VMware, there has been a considerable amount of controversy surrounding the wholesale changes taking place across the entire company – from changes in licensing and its channel program to ending its partner program. All this is happening under less-than-ideal communications, leading to misunderstanding and chaos. For … Read more
Smaller cloud vendors are going after VMware’s customers with aggressive tactics Larger vendors like Cisco haven’t yet noticeably gone after the VMware scraps Larger resellers are being invited back to a Broadcom partner program Broadcom’s remaking of cloud software firm VMware after its $61 billion acquisition of the company has been one of the most drastic … 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
To many enterprise IT observers, Broadcom — the new owner of what used to be known as VMware for 25 years — believes that its prized $69 billion acquisition’s product line was too complicated, far-flung and perhaps even becoming irrelevant here in the mid-2020s. Why else would Broadcom discontinue 56 (and counting) standalone products that … Read more
Broadcom is damaging the VMware channel and creating opportunities for channel partners pushed to the quitting point. That’s the view of hyperconverged infrastructure systems vendor Scale Computing’s founder and CEO, Jeff Ready, whose outfit is positioning itself to pick up these resellers and service providers. Blocks & Files: What is your general view of the … Read more
Broadcom has told VMware partners the virtualization champion’s channel program will end in early 2024. News of the changes appears to have been shared with partners on December 21 or 22 and was reported shortly thereafter. The Register requested an interview to explore the change. Broadcom responded with a statement to the effect that “effective … Read more
Exclusive Broadcom is tossing the majority of VMware’s Cloud Services Providers as part of its shakeup of the virtualization titan’s partner programs, say sources, leaving customers unclear who their IT supplier will be. The $61 billion purchase of VMware by Broadcom in November was swiftly followed by news of how it planned to reorganize the … Read more