Broadcom has completed its acquisition of VMware, which will now operate as VMware by Broadcom. Broadcom’s structure is to run divisions dedicated to product groups, and the VMware business will operate as the following four Broadcom divisions:
- VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
- Tanzu (TNZ)
- Software-Defined Edge (SDE)
- Application Networking and Security (ANS)
As Broadcom is now refocusing VMware on these four core business units, Broadcom officially intends to divest itself of end-user computing (EUC), which includes products as Horizon, Workspace One and App Volumes, and Carbon Black which had just become an independent Broadcom business unit (see this article on The Register).
On Dec. 11, Krish Prasad (SVP and GM of the VCF division) announced significant changes coming to the VCF division portfolio:
- Transition to Subscription Licenses: Offerings will be available solely as subscriptions or as term licenses following the end of sale of perpetual licenses and Support and Subscription (SnS) renewals.
- Portfolio simplification: A reduction from more than 160 products, bundles and editions to two offers – VMware Cloud Foundation and the new VMware vSphere Foundation.
vSphere Standard and vSphere Essential Plus remain untouched by this changes.
The new licensing bundles are offered as “Disconnected”, i.e. no VMware Cloud connectivity. Optional “Connected” capability is planned for the future.