Not worth the trouble

Tech distribution giant Ingram Micro announced plans to end its business relationship with Broadcom and limit VMware dealings in certain regions starting January 2025. The company cited an inability to reach terms that balanced customer needs and shareholder returns.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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.

“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.

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.

Targets VMware ESXi servers

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

$60 billion

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