Migrations are ongoing Broadcom introduced changes to VMware that are especially unfriendly to small- and-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and Gartner previously predicted that 35 percent of VMware workloads would migrate else by 2028. CloudBolt’s survey also…
Broadcom didn’t respond to Ars Technica’s request for comment for this article. Compatibility problems Migrating off of VMware hasn’t only resulted in delayed projects for the Indiana school district; it has also brought complications for…
During Gartner’s event, Palmer posited that Broadcom’s VMware doesn’t view hyperscalers as strategic partners and vice versa. AWS took issue with Broadcom disallowing AWS and its channel partners to resell VMware Cloud on AWS, telling…
Some VMware perpetual license holders are currently unable to download security patches, The Register reported today. The virtualization company has only said that these users will receive the patches at “a later date,” meaning users…
In response to the white label program ending, a Reddit user who claimed that their organization spent 300,000 pounds (about $402,500) a year on licensing through a VMware white-label partner, said: I now have 6…
The letter, signed by Aiden Fitzgerald, director of global sales operations at Broadcom, claims that Broadcom will use its time “as efficiently and productively as possible to minimize disruption.” Still, the security worker that Ars…
ECCO also expressed concern about Broadcom’s ongoing changes to its partner program, including “reassessing incentives, requirements, and tiering structures,” as announced earlier this month. “Urgent measures” ECCO’s report lists numerous “minimum urgent measures” that it…
Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed. Following its November 2023 acquisition of VMware, Broadcom ended VMware perpetual license sales. Users with…
VMware is suing the US arm of industrial giant AG Siemens. The Broadcom company claims that Siemens outed itself by revealing to VMware that it downloaded and distributed multiple copies of VMware products without buying…
U.S. technology giant Broadcom is warning that a trio of VMware vulnerabilities are being actively exploited by malicious hackers to compromise the networks of its corporate customers. The three vulnerabilities — collectively dubbed “ESXicape” by…