Kicking Pat retires  
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Tuesday, 03 December 2024 08:53

Kicking Pat retires  


Gelsinger failed to turn Chipzilla around fast enough

Pat [kicking] Gelsinger was retiring from Chipzilla retirement and stepped down from the board of directors -- effective immediately.

Another big customer escapes Broadcom’s clutches
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Cloudy Beeks Group jumps ship

In yet another blow to Broadcom, UK-based cloud operator Beeks Group has decided to defect to the open-source OpenNebula stack.

Customers fleeing VMware
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Friday, 01 November 2024 11:21

Customers fleeing VMware


Not impressed with price hikes and subscription shifts

Since Broadcom’s $69 billion acquisition of VMware last year, many customers have voiced dissatisfaction with Broadcom’s changes to VMware’s offerings, and now it appears that they are spurring the company as if it were a rabid dog.  

EU investigates Broadcom over VMware licencing
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Watchdog barks

US chipmaker Broadcom is facing scrutiny from EU antitrust regulators over changes to the licensing conditions of its newly acquired cloud computing firm VMware, following grievances from several EU business users and trade associations.

Dell dumps VMware after Broadcom buyout
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Wednesday, 31 January 2024 09:53

Dell dumps VMware after Broadcom buyout


Does not want an open relationship any more

The tech distributor has ditched its deal to sell VMware products after Broadcom snapped up the software firm.

Broadcom kills off perpetual licenses
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Wednesday, 13 December 2023 12:10

Broadcom kills off perpetual licenses


“Encouraging” customers to subscriptions

Broadcom appears to be doing its best to make like hell for VMware customers by killing off VMware's on-premises perpetual licenses.

Broadcom VMware takeover concerns European Commission
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Restricts parts of the market, others can't reach

The European Commission said US chipmaker Broadcom's $61 billion takeover of cloud computing company VMware could restrict competition for certain hardware components.

Trend Micro finds new Linux based ransomware
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Targets VMware ESXi servers

Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered some new Linux-based ransomware that's being used to attack VMware ESXi servers.

Broadcom expected to buy VMWare tomorrow
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Wednesday, 25 May 2022 12:04

Broadcom expected to buy VMWare tomorrow


$60 billion

The rumoured acquisition of VMWare by Broadcom is expected to be announced tomorrow.

HPC will be virtualised
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Tuesday, 24 May 2022 11:55

HPC will be virtualised


VMware's Uday Kurkure says

High-performance computing will be virtualised according to VMware's Uday Kurkure.