Broadcom turns VMware into a cash generation engine

Broadcom turns VMware into a cash generation engine

Chris EvansBroadcom, Inc., Enterprise, Individual Subscribers, Opinion, Processing Practice: Server Virtualisation, Virtualisation, VMware

In the last few days, we’ve seen announcements from Broadcom that simplify VMware licensing and move sales to a subscription model.  EUC and Carbon Black have already been discarded as not strategic, with the likelihood of more rationalisation to come.  Broadcom, a hardware company, is acquiring software assets not to create some business transformation but as a source of cash generation.

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