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 in a few months and result in a lower cost base for the company. This move may pose challenges for Broadcom, as it focuses on high-revenue, high-margin businesses and prices its products just below the pain threshold for customers. While it is uncertain if Broadcom is interested in Computershare, the company targets large enterprises looking to leverage its Cloud Foundation stack. Computershare, with revenues of $3.3 billion, is a significant player with a fleet of 24,000 VMs. The impact of such decisions on customers of this size and type remains to be seen.
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