Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said the integration of VMware is "largely complete" with revenue growth and operating margins hitting 70% exiting 2024.
Broadcom reported better-than-expected fourth quarter earnings as its AI revenue continued to surge.
The list of VMware rivals trying to poach workloads is swelling and recent days highlight how vendors such as HPE, AWS, Red Hat and Nutanix are stepping up the pressure.
Broadcom reported better-than-expected third quarter results as revenue growth was driven by Ethernet networking and custom accelerators for AI data centers.
Nutanix is winning larger enterprise deals and looking to ride hyperconverged infrastructure partnerships with Cisco and Dell as it plays the long game against Broadcom's VMware.
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said that VMware has heard from enterprise customers and made VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) more integrated and user friendly to be the private cloud platform of choice.
VMware added a bevy of features to its VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) platform including import tools that make the migration from vSphere and vSAN to VCF easier.
Broadcom saw strong AI demand in the fiscal second quarter and said VMware accelerated its software business.
Nutanix is learning that larger deals--including the wins from Broadcom's VMware--take longer to nail down and implement due to CXO approvals and Broadcom discounting when business is at stake. Nevertheless, Nutanix appears to have the tools required to win in the trenches vs. VMware.
Nutanix outlined a series of deployment options, partnerships and platform enhancements at its .Next Conference in Barcelona. The gist of the news: VMware we have you surrounded.
Rimini Street said it will offer support services for VMware products so customers can continue to run their perpetually licensed software.
Broadcom has had a steady cadence of blogs that appear to be aimed at allaying VMware customer concerns.
