Vmware Cost Increases - How Broadcom Vmware Product Offerings Are Evolving
IDC, Wednesday, August 7th, 2024
Learn what this means to new and existing customers and what to do about it.
With Broadcom's acquisition of VMware in 2023, the new VMware by Broadcom has undergone an overall program of merger and reorganization, which in turn has led to a restructuring and consolidation of many of the most prominent and popular VMware product offerings.
As a result of some of these changes, many customers are seeing significant cost increases at both purchase and renewal for VMware products, with new more expensive subscription bundles replacing common perpetual software licenses. These changes have caused much consternation and concern for customers, with even Broadcom CEO Hock Tan acknowledging and referenced these post-merger;