Broadcom

VMware revives its free ESXi hypervisor in an utterly obscure way

Home labs and bare bones test rigs matter so Broadcom's back in the game

Virtualization14 Apr 2025 | 42

VMware opens beta for an upgrade to its midrange vSphere Foundation bundle

A new alternative for those pondering what to do when vSphere 7.x goes end of life in October

Virtualization11 Apr 2025 | 2

VMware distributor Arrow says minimum software subs set to jump from 16 to 72 cores

Claims Broadcom will levy 20 percent penalty for customers who don’t pay before renewal deadlines

Virtualization28 Mar 2025 | 40

VMware sues Siemens for allegedly using unlicensed software

As rumors swirl about a new 72-core minimum vSphere license requirement

Virtualization26 Mar 2025 | 59

Broadcom has won. 70 percent of large VMware customers bought its biggest bundle

Now working with seven hyperscalers for custom AI silicon. Not working on acquiring bits of Intel

Virtualization07 Mar 2025 | 18

VMware splats guest-to-hypervisor escape bugs already exploited in wild

The heap overflow zero-day in the memory unsafe code by Miss Creant

Virtualization04 Mar 2025 | 8

Broadcom starts beta for VMware Cloud Foundation 9, the release it reckons will douse user anger

Exclusive Pricing, licensing changes won't feel so bad once you take this private cloud stack for a spin, apparently

Virtualization04 Mar 2025 | 15

Talk of Broadcom and TSMC grabbing pieces of Intel lights fire under investors

Chipzilla's design and manufacturing limbs said to be on the table

Systems20 Feb 2025 | 12

Broadcom reportedly investigates acquiring Intel’s chip design biz

Shhh. Don’t tell Hock Tan about those Xeons that unlock functions when you pay a fee

Systems17 Feb 2025 | 16

Rackspace moving some of its own workloads off VMware to address bigger Broadcom bills

Exclusive New home, Platform9, says it’s also helping a Fortune 500 company to migrate 40,000 VMs

Virtualization05 Feb 2025 | 8

VMware plugs steal-my-credentials holes in Cloud Foundation

Consider patching soon because cybercrooks love to hit vulnerable tools from Broadcom's virtualization giant

Patches30 Jan 2025 |

Fear of the unknown keeps Broadcom's VMware herd captive. Don't be cowed

Opinion Prisoners of ware can’t escape by looking at each other. Form a committee, soldiers

Virtualization28 Jan 2025 | 31

VMware users gripe over 3-year commitment to renew licenses

Chips and software giant Broadcom says it's 'flexible and open' on licensing terms, but customers disagree

Virtualization23 Jan 2025 | 28

VMware migrations will be long, expensive, risky, Gartner warns

And possibly even more so if you don’t start planning yours soon

Virtualization21 Jan 2025 | 34

Euro-cloud Anexia moves 12,000 VMs off VMware to homebrew KVM platform

Exclusive Faced with huge license cost increase, provider and customers were both happy to make migration a mission

Virtualization13 Jan 2025 | 37

Broadcom filing mentions major VMware Cloud Foundation releases in March and July

Will they make price rises palatable? Or bring more of what new Netflix lawsuit calls Broadcom's ‘Buy. Chop up. Raise prices' business plan?

Virtualization06 Jan 2025 | 5

Ingram Micro to 'stop doing business' with Broadcom, downgrade to 'limited engagement' on VMware

Exclusive Distributor couldn't do a deal that delivered 'appropriate shareholder return', chip giant says it 'continues to refine' its channel

Virtualization16 Dec 2024 | 18

Broadcom says VMware is a better money-making machine than it hoped

Chip side of the biz expects to take lion's share of hyperscalers' $60-90 billion XPU spend in 2027, helped by 3nm models coming next year

Virtualization13 Dec 2024 | 21

Apple reportedly building AI server processor with help from Broadcom

Something called 'Baltra' expected to make its debut in 2026, perhaps with tech both already use

Systems12 Dec 2024 | 10

Broadcom loses another big VMware customer: UK fintech cloud Beeks Group, and most of its 20,000 VMs

A massively increased bill was one motive, but customers went cold on Virtzilla, and OpenNebula proved more efficient

Virtualization02 Dec 2024 | 40

No, Broadcom did not just end VMware's flagship VCDX certification program

Sure, it sent an email and FAQ saying it had – but that was a mistake, you see

Virtualization28 Nov 2024 | 9

AWS bends to Broadcom's will with VMware Cloud Foundation as-a-service

Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM are all doing it. Andy Jassy's rent-a-server shop may have felt it was leaving money on the table

Virtualization26 Nov 2024 | 5

A year after Broadcom took control of VMware, it's in the box seat

Updated Customers are 'all miserable' but not yet deciding to bail - and AT&T appears to have settled its licensing dispute

Virtualization22 Nov 2024 | 45

Broadcom juices VeloCloud SD-WAN for AI networking

VMware Explore VeloRAIN architecture improves service for fat workloads on the edge

Networks05 Nov 2024 | 1

VMware by Broadcom finds friends to advance its private cloud and AI visions

VMware Explore User group members offered more generous discounts and licenses we're sure nobody would abuse

Off-Prem05 Nov 2024 | 2

VMware by Broadcom lifts storage allowances and prices for vSphere Foundation

This will both ease and exacerbate price concerns and competitive sniping

Virtualization31 Oct 2024 | 7

OpenAI reportedly asks Broadcom for help with custom inferencing silicon

Fabbed by TSMC, needed for … it's a secret

AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 7

Veeam tests support for another VMware alternative: XCP-NG

As Gartner rates the contenders for those contemplating a move off Virtzilla, with Nutanix on top of the list

Virtualization28 Oct 2024 | 3

AT&T and Broadcom may settle VMware support case

Fresh filing sees Broadcom admit it discounts deeply – music to the ears of all Virtzilla users coming off contract

Virtualization16 Oct 2024 | 7

VMware settles securities fraud class suit with $102.5M payout

Traded its shares between 2018 and 2020? You could cash in

Virtualization15 Oct 2024 | 5

XCP-NG thanks Broadcom for increased interest, swipes Citrix for not helping build an alternative

XenServer fork plans to make its next version a better target for VMware migrations

Virtualization08 Oct 2024 | 4

AT&T claims VMware by Broadcom offered it a 1,050 percent price rise

And that Broadcom has prevented vendors from selling to the telco giant

Software01 Oct 2024 | 34

VMware reportedly probed by Japanese anti-monopoly cops

Updated Broadcom's software bundles under scrutiny after perhaps irking Fujitsu

Virtualization25 Sep 2024 | 6

AT&T intends to quit VMware, Broadcom claims in legal broadside

Counter-arguments in support spat paint unflattering picture of telco giant's IT estate

Virtualization23 Sep 2024 | 31

Broadcom CEO predicts hyperscalers poised to build million-accelerator clusters

Hock Tan reckons the silicon sales cycle is about to swing up, sharply, too

Systems19 Sep 2024 | 7

VMware patches remote make-me-root holes in vCenter Server, Cloud Foundation

Bug reports made in China

Virtualization17 Sep 2024 | 1

Research suggests more than half of VMware customers are looking to move

Price rises, uncertainty after Broadcom takeover forcing users to look elsewhere for virtualization needs

PaaS + IaaS11 Sep 2024 | 65

VMware revenue bounces for Broadcom, chips were a little undercooked

CEO says market for non-AI silicon has bottomed out

Virtualization06 Sep 2024 | 7

AT&T sues Broadcom for 'breaking' VMware support extension contract

Telco giant slams silicon-and-software shop for trying to bully it into buying software it doesn't want or need, at huge prices

Virtualization05 Sep 2024 | 29

Broadcom has brought VMware down to earth and that’s welcome

VMware Explore But users aren’t optimistic it will land softly

VMware Explore29 Aug 2024 | 32

Public clouds are 'dirty' about VMware's on-prem push, says Broadcom CEO Hock Tan

VMware Explore Virtzilla's sales swing decisively to the Cloud Foundation bundle

VMware Explore29 Aug 2024 | 8

Copper's reach is shrinking so Broadcom is strapping optics directly to GPUs

What good is going fast if you can't get past the next rack?

Networks28 Aug 2024 | 3

Broadcom boss Hock Tan says public cloud gave IT departments PTSD

VMware Explore While datacenter silos have left you ‘so screwed’

Off-Prem27 Aug 2024 | 18

VMware reveals how it will deliver Broadcom's unified hybrid cloud … sometime soon

VMware Explore Claims just two management consoles will emerge

VMware Explore27 Aug 2024 | 7

VMware prepping unified SDK for its core hybrid cloud products

VMware Explore Also working to clean up inconsistent APIs and lack of SSO across vSphere, vSAN, NSX, SDDC Manager, vRealize and more

Virtualization26 Aug 2024 | 1

Broadcom promised to reform VMware so it enables better hybrid clouds. Will it deliver?

VMware Explore It needs to – Virtzilla's customers, allies, and enemies are all pondering off-ramps and trying to lure unhappy users

VMware Explore26 Aug 2024 | 8

VMware by Broadcom makes its stack easier to live with, as promised

Compute, storage, and networking virtualization brought together – with live ESXi patching

VMware Explore25 Jun 2024 | 5

VMware revenue plunges $600M, but Broadcom assures investors growth plan is on track

Costs cut deeply, with more to come, and forward bookings surge

Virtualization13 Jun 2024 | 16

Broadcom ends easy elasticity for VMware Cloud on AWS

Amazon is not taking this lying down, as shown by aggressive migration promotions

PaaS + IaaS10 Jun 2024 | 11

Broadcom’s VMware strategy looks ever more shaky - and less relevant

Opinion Yes, it’s that darned AI again

Virtualization03 Jun 2024 | 25

VMware by Broadcom has a licensing portability win with Microsoft

If only customers could find their keys after support portal migration

Virtualization03 Jun 2024 | 12

Lenovo claims Dell has run off the VxRails and can't sell hyperconverged VMware

Big Mike's server shack offered a cryptic response. PLUS: Nutanix results

Virtualization30 May 2024 | 11

VMware giving away Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro free for personal use

A nice gesture among the sh!tshow of Broadcom's acquisition

Virtualization14 May 2024 | 91

VMware security advisories now behind bureaucratic Broadcom barricade

Updated If it ain't broke, make it less accessible

Spotlight on RSA09 May 2024 | 16

VMware waves goodbye to AWS middleman as Broadcom takes the reins

Updated Customers brace for bumpy ride

PaaS + IaaS07 May 2024 | 2

VMware by Broadcom blinks again – this time easing change for cloud service providers

As the rumor mill whispers about a breakup with AWS

Virtualization01 May 2024 | 16