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Broadcom is seeking to unload $1bn EUC business post-VMware acquisition

Laura Heisman has left VMware as its worldwide chief marketing officer, joining many of VMware’s top leaders who left in the wake of Broadcom’s acquisition

Scale Computing CEO Jeff Ready is stunned by how Broadcom is "burning" the VMware channel. The "Rip and Replace" program could eventually persuade Scale to switch manufacturers. Competitor Nutanix is also benefiting from the chaos at VMware.

'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.

VMware layoffs are creating ‘significant concern and chaos’ among customers and partners in the sale trenches, said C.R. Howdyshell, CEO of Advizex, a Fulcrum IT Partners company

As of today, VMware will operate as VMware by Broadcom

‘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