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Broadcom reverses controversial plan in effort to cull VMware migrations


Broadcom will only hog 500 of VMware’s biggest customers, instead of 2,000.

This week, for example, United Kingdom (UK)-headquartered cloud operator Beeks Group said that a 1,000 percent increase in VMware costs led to it moving most of its 20,000-plus virtual machines to OpenNebula. Speaking with Ars, Rick Vanover, VP of product strategy at Veeam, said he thinks Broadcom taking fewer large VMware customers direct will have an “insignificant” impact on migrations, explaining: In his blog, Edwards argued that Tan is demonstrating a “clear objective to strip out layers of cost and complexity in the business, and return it to strong growth and profitability.” He added: "But so far this has come at the expense of customer and partner relationships.

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