VMware staff reportedly told job cuts may start before Broadcom acquisition CVs are starting to appear on social media because staff think it's a sensible time to be in the shop window Virtualization19 Sep 2023 | 5
Broadcom boss dismisses notion China could derail VMware buy As Nutanix celebrates Cisco hook-up and quirky cloud repatriations Software01 Sep 2023 | 2
As VMware says goodbye, leadership thinks Broadcom buy is a win Exec chuffed regulators accepted perhaps-overstated lame duck argument Virtualization31 Aug 2023 | 7
Here’s how VMware hopes to spend $1B Broadcom R&D budget boost Explore Some of it will go to get you upgrading more often, other cash might smooth internal dev conflict Virtualization24 Aug 2023 | 9
UK clears Broadcom buying VMware, but deal yet to scale Great Regulatory Wall of China Middle Kingdom has made a habit of scuppering western mergers of late Virtualization21 Aug 2023 | 1
UK greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware takeover Only obstacle left is the FTC, which is still licking its wounds from other recent antitrust defeats Virtualization19 Jul 2023 | 2
Broadcom asserts VMware's strategy isn't working and it basically needs rescuing Redacted document filed with UK regulator states customers aren't buying Virtzilla's poorly-executed vision Virtualization14 Jul 2023 | 43
Europe greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware buy Chip biz pledged to allow hardware interoperability Virtualization12 Jul 2023 |
Broadcom squeezed Samsung, now South Korea's squeezing back – hard Updated Regulators won't accept proposed remedy for nasty parts deal – but EU may have accepted VMware deal Virtualization14 Jun 2023 |
Broadcom says Nvidia Spectrum-X's 'lossless Ethernet' isn't new Been there, done that, SVP Ram Velaga tells El Reg Networks31 May 2023 | 3
Born in the USA! Broadcom will produce American-made RF modules for Apple So what happened to Apple building its own modems? Edge + IoT23 May 2023 | 7
VMware again extends formal deadline for Broadcom deal Meanwhile, rivals circle and the hybrid cloud management market morphs Virtualization22 May 2023 | 1
Broadcom CEO promises $2 billion annual boost to make VMware better at the things it already does Hock Tan thinks hybrid multicloud can be made much easier to use Virtualization04 May 2023 | 7
UK monopoly watchdog gives Broadcom-VMware probe a tight timetable If the news is bad for chip giant, a remedy will need to be found very quickly indeed Virtualization24 Apr 2023 | 3
Broadcom chases AI craze with ML-tuned switch ASICs Faster GPUs don't mean much if you've got a network bottleneck Systems20 Apr 2023 |
Europe moves to derail Broadcom's VMware takeover Strangling competition won't fly here, says Brussels Virtualization13 Apr 2023 | 1
Broadcom-VMware merger probe to enter deeper second stage Competition regulators in Britain opt for Phase II discovery over worries about prices and rival tech access Virtualization29 Mar 2023 | 8
Watchdog: Broadcom buy of VMware may be bad for competition Server price hikes, rival hardware makers locked out ... haven't we been warning that for a while? Virtualization22 Mar 2023 | 10
VMware, Broadcom extend deadline for acquisition to be signed, sealed, delivered 90-day stretch comes after Euro-probe paused for production of paperwork Virtualization20 Feb 2023 | 1
Broadcom's VMware battle plan is to challenge hyperscalers As 17 percent of customers see Virtzilla's short term strategic significance shrinking Software01 Feb 2023 | 7
Broadcom's $61b VMWare merger faces another hurdle: UK's competition watchdog Nobody expects the British Inquisition. (Except everybody. Everybody expected it) PaaS + IaaS26 Jan 2023 | 5
EU probes Broadcom/VMware deal over impact on hardware, not price hikes or cloudy concerns +COMMENT Suggests VMware might not allow NICs and HBAs other than Broadcom’s, which would be a bizarre act Virtualization21 Dec 2022 |
VMware loses three top execs who owned growth products 'Time of transition' – cough, Broadcom – offered as reason cloud, security, and networking bosses bailed Virtualization13 Dec 2022 | 9
Broadcom braced for full EU investigation into $61B VMware buyout Company still insists takeover of virtualization giant is going through by November '23 Virtualization12 Dec 2022 | 7
Broadcom tries to quash VMware price rise rumors as CEO promises they won't Hock Tan says hiring engineers is his strategy … but still won't explain plan for massive rapid profit increase Virtualization01 Dec 2022 | 4
UK authorities open preliminary probe into Broadcom's VMware acquisition Hard to see multi-cloud management, hypervisors, or enterprise security triggering public interest test to can the deal Virtualization22 Nov 2022 | 3
Broadcom looks for EU approval of VMware takeover If antitrust regulators aren't happy, the deal won't go through Virtualization16 Nov 2022 | 8
WTF is Sovereign SaaS? VMware’s way to satisfy pesky regulators your cloud is local Reveals closer ties to Equinix and Wipro as Broadcom finds new ways to promise peace Virtualization08 Nov 2022 | 1
Broadcom CEO says hiking VMware prices is not his strategy Commits to containerized Tanzu portfolio too – perhaps heading off chatter it could be sold Virtualization27 Oct 2022 | 6
Broadcom to spin VMware takeover as creating 'more competition' in cloud Chip giant flutters eyelashes at Europe in hope of early acqusition Virtualization17 Oct 2022 | 8
Ex-Broadcom engineer asks for house arrest over IP theft Updated Admits guilt, but claims he took files to jog his memory, afraid he'd not keep up with 'younger engineers' Cyber-crime15 Sep 2022 | 20
Intel, Broadcom show off interoperable Wi-Fi 7 kit For those who reckon we'll make it out of 2022 alive and into 2024 Networks09 Sep 2022 | 1
VMware customers optimistically wait for Broadcom’s impact VMware Explore As vCEO Raghu Raghuram tells us Big B won’t treat VMware like its other slash and burn acquisitions Virtualization31 Aug 2022 | 2
VMware CEO bats away Broadcom concerns – it’s just ‘the next transition’ VMware Explore And so is vSphere for Arm: CEO tells Reg he’s ‘beating up’ the exec responsible for the port Virtualization30 Aug 2022 | 5
Tencent lines up to deploy Broadcom's co-packaged optical switches A faster 51.2Tbit/sec co-packaged switch is also in the works Networks22 Aug 2022 | 2
Broadcom challenges Nvidia's Spectrum-4 with 51.2T switch silicon Double the bandwidth of previous gen and 6x reduction in power consumption Networks16 Aug 2022 | 1
VMware’s subscriptions start at 16 cores, prices won't be made public Prepaid one-, three-, or five-year terms preferred for big bundles Virtualization29 Jul 2022 | 29
VMware president sees some 'anxiety' at customers who've seen Broadcom at work Virtzilla also thinks SmartNICs can ease your security concerns Virtualization19 Jul 2022 | 19
Mastermind of Broadcom’s VMware buy is out, CEO Tan to take over software Updated Chip giant takes an add Hock approach Virtualization11 Jul 2022 | 4
Broadcom takeover deal for VMware faces no rival bids Updated Lack of alternative offers means sale may go ahead with expected completion in fiscal 2023 Virtualization06 Jul 2022 | 11
Broadcom sketches out VMware ambitions that stretch from mainframe to cloud Engineers, sales teams told to stick around, customers promised more 'choice' – to buy from Symantec or CA Virtualization23 Jun 2022 | 11
VMware customers fear Broadcom acquisition will stall innovation, increase cost Gartner advises renegotiating subscriptions now to avoid ‘dramatic’ and ‘extraordinary’ price rises Virtualization09 Jun 2022 | 21
Arista's latest switches pack AMD Xilinx FPGAs to fuel high-frequency traders Do you feel the need? The need for speed? Systems02 Jun 2022 | 3
VMware customers have watched Broadcom's acquisitions and don't like what they see It's not hard to find unpleasant precedents for what might happen to Virtzilla Virtualization31 May 2022 | 39
Broadcom's stated strategy ignores most VMware customers Focuses on 600 users, lets smaller outfits slide, trims R&D spend, slashes sales expenses Virtualization30 May 2022 | 35
Broadcom to 'focus on rapid transition to subscriptions' for VMware Offers comforting vision for core customers, products, channel – though warns efficiencies are coming Virtualization27 May 2022 | 45
Confirmed: Broadcom, VMware agree to $61b merger Unless anyone out there can make a better offer. Oh, Elon? Virtualization26 May 2022 | 12
Broadcom buying VMware could create an edge infrastructure and IoT empire Comment Hypervisor giant too big to be kept ticking over like CA or Symantec. Instead it can wrangle net-connected kit Edge + IoT26 May 2022 | 9
Broadcom to buy VMware 'on Thursday for $60 billion' Think we speak for everyone when we say: Seriously, what the f...? Virtualization24 May 2022 | 23
Broadcom in talks to buy VMware: multiple reports Michael Dell could be the key to any deal Virtualization23 May 2022 | 8
FTC probes Broadcom for anti-competitive behavior again – reports Chip designer allegedly cites supply chain issues to lock customers in exclusively Systems25 Apr 2022 |
Semiconductor average lead time breaks half-year barrier Ukraine invasion, two Chinese lockdowns, Japanese earthquake cited by financial analysts in supply report Systems14 Apr 2022 | 21
Apple, Broadcom allowed to press Ctrl-Z on billion-dollar Wi-Fi patent payout to Caltech Appeals court orders do-over for damages calculation Networks04 Feb 2022 | 31