IBM Sold Its VMware Cloud Customers. Broadcom Keeps the Rent.
Hundreds of VMware Cloud Foundation customers moved from IBM Cloud to 11:11 Systems. Broadcom's partner purge reroutes accounts, it does not lose them.
Ninety Percent of VMware Users Are Shopping. Complexity Is What Stops the Exit.
A new survey finds 90 percent of VMware users exploring a VMware exit on cost, but operational complexity, not the bill, is what stalls it.
The Kubernetes OS Started Running VMs the Week It Changed Owners
Sidero Labs sold to Yardi and added Talos Hypervisor, a native hypervisor inside the Kubernetes OS. VMs and containers now share one immutable host.
Gartner’s Virtualization Grid Is Now a VMware Exit Shortlist. Read It Like One.
The 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Server Virtualization Platforms reads like a VMware exit shortlist.
Broadcom Is Critical Again in Europe, and SAP Just Joined the List
Europe's fourth cloud licensing report rates Broadcom critical and moves SAP to amber. VMware licensing is now a two-vendor pattern, not a one-off.
Broadcom Sold You Two VMware Bundles. You Probably Need One.
VMware licensing 2026 is a per-core subscription in two bundles. Here is what you buy, and the trap of paying for a stack you never deploy.
Broadcom Cut Off the VMware Tool That Migration Vendors Depend On
Broadcom pulled public downloads of VMware VDDK, the kit Nutanix Move and virt-v2v need to read VMware disks. In-flight migrations just got harder.
The VMware Exit Has a Shortlist. Nutanix Just Took a Front Seat.
Nutanix is a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure, the market where VMware customers shop now.
The Cloud Repatriation Math Only Works for Workloads That Hold Still
Cloud repatriation cost math works for steady-state workloads and fails for spiky ones. Here is how to tell which one you run.
A Full VMware Exit Costs More Than Three Years of Broadcom’s Bill
A three-year VMware migration cost comparison shows staying put is cheapest early, a partial KVM move stays messy, and a full exit pays back late.