“The statement that came back to me from Broadcom was, ‘We appreciate that with these changes VMware is not for everybody,’” says Tom Smyth, head of technical solutions as Misco. “Everyone else can use it. Broadcom is not going to gear its decisions towards them anymore. … I can appreciate that. I can respect their decisions. It’s not something I would do personally.”
Dell Technologies’ total employee count shrank from 133,000 a year ago to 120,000 as of this month, down 9.7 percent. The tech giant is awaiting a turnaround in PC and infrastructure sales that has yet to materialise, according to its most recent earnings.
Tan says Broadcom expects double-digit revenue gains from its VMware Cloud Foundation as it is focused on providing resources, support and upselling for VMware’s ‘largest 2,000 strategic customers'
The vendor’s COO Jeff Clarke said the fiscal year 'didn’t go as planned'
Dell Technologies has a new channel leader in Denise Millard and a new channel programme with plans to kick off the year by growing and modernising its core business through partners
'Effective Immediately: Strategic customer segments are no longer eligible for Opportunity Registration,’ Broadcom wrote to partners in a newly issued Opportunity Registration Policies, according to material obtained by CRN
'I’m optimistic that we will meet the revenue criteria and continue to be partners, but I’m scared [expletive]-less about what is going on inside VMware,' a longtime partner tells CRN.
Existing VMware partner agreements will be cancelled by Broadcom on February 4
Broadcom has still not said how many of VMware’s 38,000 employees it plans to cut now that the deal is closed, but state-by-state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) disclosures show the layoffs have surpassed 2,000.
‘Broadcom Inc. and VMware, Inc. today announced they have received all required regulatory approvals and intend to close Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware on November 22, 2023', according to a statement Broadcom released Tuesday morning