Broadcom has made many changes...and you can't be happy

As a Nutanix partner, we've been watching this story with the VMware acquisition by Broadcom for over 18 months.  Well, it's finally done.  And users don't seem to be that happy.  Let's talk about it, and see if you've got some better options (you do).

To begin, the acquisition of VMware doesn't help you in any way.  Broadcom purchased VMware for a lot of money, and the only way they're going to make that money back is to cut a lot out of VMware.  Increasing profit is pretty simple; you either sell more of your products, increase the price of the products you're already selling, cut back on the internal costs of the products you sell, or a combination of these (most likely).

So far, we've seen Broadcom do the following:

• Eliminate perpetual licenses (you knew that was coming, because most other vendors changed to term based licenses awhile ago)
• Announce that products will be "bundled", meaning you'll be paying for some products you have no need for
• Prices are going up (the average price increase we've seen so far is over 40%...ouch)
• Are getting rid of their VDI offering (Horizon/View) so you're going to be dealing with a new vendor
• Changed their reseller program to tick off every reseller that previously invested in selling VMware

Can you tell me which of these changes positively impact you in your role at your organization?  You can't...because none of them are positive for you.

It can't feel good to be a Broadcom customer right now.  Them charging you for vSphere and vCenter when both are no longer products but instead are now features isn't cool.  

Nutanix gives you those functions as features of their AOS operating system.  In other words, the two VMware products you most have a use for are free with Nutanix.  And don't tell me the products don't work (they do...beautifully) or that your VMware trained guys can't figure them out (AHV and Prism) because they can get comfortable with both inside of about 5 minutes.

So why keep up with the hassle?  This is a fight you didn't ask for...but you sure got dragged into it.  Let us help you.

We can make it very easy for you to deploy Nutanix and migrate your VMware VMs over to Nutanix's AHV (again, the software and migration are free).  In fact, the price to buy the Nutanix appliance (all new hardware) is most likely less expensive than what you're already paying for VMware itself.

If you were ever looking for a SLAM DUNK, this is it.  You weren't looking for the hassle, because it doesn't help your company sell more widgets, and that's where we can come in.  We'll do the lifting for you.  It's easy.

Reach out and let's start a discussion, like many of your peers have already done.  Thanks...