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In a new blog, Hock Tan, Broadcom CEO, said that the company overhauled VMware’s “software portfolio, [the] go-to-market approach and the overall organizational structure"
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The VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is the platform for innovation going forward, according to Tan
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Many customers are still annoyed by how The Big B has managed the VMware acquisition
Broadcom’s CEO Hock Tan admitted to “some unease among our customers and partners” about changes at VMware in a company blog about the first 100 days of Broadcom being in control of VMware.
The CEO, however, said that Broadcom overhauled VMware’s “software portfolio, [the] go-to-market approach and the overall organizational structure,” Tan noted the company had changed who sells the VMware software and how it is sold, moving to “industry-standard” subscription licensing.
No wonder some were uneasy about the radical changes at VMware.
Broadcom is making these moves to better meet customer needs and innovate faster, said Tan, adding that the company has “committed $1 billion to invest in innovation.”
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is the platform for innovation going forward, he said. “It’s the solution that will help us address the business outcomes our customers have expressed to me directly as their most critical priorities."
The VCF is a modernized platform for cloud infrastructure, the CEO claimed, writing, “With VCF, our customers will achieve a highly efficient cloud operating model that combines public cloud scale and agility with private cloud security and resiliency."
Customers still crabby
Many customers are still annoyed, however, by how Broadcom has dealt with the takeover of VMware. Some commentators on Tan's blog wrote that they are still planning a move off VMware — and moving to Hypershift, Proxmox and Red Hat OpenShift. However, others note that it would still be more expensive to move from VMware.
Silverlinings has been following the Broadcom/VMware saga since the beginning. You can catch up on all the articles on the topic by Jones here.