Customers Frustrated with VMware after Broadcom Acquisition

Customers Frustrated with VMware after Broadcom Acquisition

Customers are unhappy with price increases and technical support after Broadcom's acquisition of VMware. Learn why many are seeking vendor alternatives.

[Digital Daily Reporter Ianna] Recently, in the corporate IT environment, dependence on specific companies is increasing and license costs are rapidly increasing, and the trend of open source companies is strengthening strategies to provide more choices to enterprise customers. At a press conference held at the Conrad Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul on the 2nd, Werner Knoblich, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of Suse, introduced recent changes in the IT inf…

Knoblich CRO said, “As more technologies are integrated in the recent IT infrastructure market, vendor lock-in is deepening and costs are increasing. We are receiving feedback that this is increasing the burden on customers.” In particular, amid growing concerns about changes in the corporate IT infrastructure environment due to changes in licensing policies after Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware and Red Hat’s discontinuation of software patch d…