Subj : VMware customers are jumping ship as Broadcom sales continue - he
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Mar 04 2024 11:15:06

VMware customers are jumping ship as Broadcom sales continue - here's where 
they're moving to

Date:
Mon, 04 Mar 2024 11:00:08 +0000

Description:
Open-source hypervisor infrastructure is gaining in popularity following 
Broadcom acquisition of VMware.

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It will likely come as no surprise that VMware is losing customers following 
its $61 billion acquisition by Broadcom at the end of 2023. 

In the months that followed the takeover, Broadcom has introduced major 
changes that it says will boost profitability for the company, including 
removing free products and terminating perpetual licenses in favor of a 
subscription-based business model. 

With many customers unhappy, a new community survey with more than 700 
respondents has shed light on the evolving hypervisor landscape and the 
troubling reality for VMware. Broadcom is losing VMware customers 

Several months on, VMware customers are now actively exploring alternatives 
to avoid potential price hikes, and theyre beginning to realize the benefits 
of open-source software infrastructure, for example the greater flexibility 
when it comes to hardware and software licenses. 

iXsystems brands VMware as a solution for those who can afford it, with only 
18% of the respondents staying with the provider. Similarly, Microsofts 
Hyper-V, another proprietary system, only accounts for around 12% of users. 

KVM-based and Xen-based hypervisor alternatives, which are both open-source 
solutions, account for more than two-thirds (70%) of all respondents 
preferred choices. 

Marc Staimer, President of Dragon Slayer Consulting, highlighted the 
dominance of open-source Linux in various domains, emphasizing the growing 
strength of Linux-based alternatives: Open-source Linux has become the 
dominant operating system by far, just about everywhere. It includes KVM 
(hypervisor), Kubernetes, containers, and more. 

Open-source infrastructure is credited for its interoperability, community 
engagement and documentation advantages, making them easier to integrate with 
existing environments. 

Its clear that open-source has been gaining traction for a while, however 
Broadcoms decision to drastically change VMwares offerings has served as a 
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admits sweeping Broadcom changes are worrying customers



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https://www.techradar.com/pro/vmware-customers-are-jumping-ship-as-broadcom-sa
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