After a few short years of sweeping change following Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware, the enterprise technology market is still feeling the effects.
The semiconductor giant’s 2023 takeover ushered in widespread shifts across VMware’s products, pricing and portfolio.
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Now, the October 2025 end of vSphere 7 support signals another fundamental shift in Broadcom’s business model. The company is undergoing significant changes, from licensing, packaging, pricing, GTM and the transition from perpetual licensing to subscription-based bundles.
For many businesses, these changes present more challenges to an already complex and evolving business software landscape.
While Broadcom’s new model consolidates VMware offerings, for IT management, this change also introduces new considerations around total cost of ownership, feature utilizations and the ability to…