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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