A long, costly road ahead for customers abandoning Broadcom’s VMware
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Summary
IT vendor manager Paul, who has used VMware’s vSphere since the early 2000s, loves the platform, but Paul’s company (a global food manufacturer) is looking for alternatives as Broadcom’s ownership of VMware has led to aggressive price hikes.
Paul’s company has a five-year enterprise agreement with VMware, but this expired in December, making the company ineligible for VMware support unless it purchases a subscription, so it is looking at other options.
Since Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, Spinnaker has seen a high level of interest in its software maintenance support, which it now offers for VMware.
This suggests that many companies are considering alternative support options as they are unhappy with Broadcom’s ownership of VMware, but are concerned about the potential implications of moving away from the platform.
