VMware Simplifies Offer Lineup through Broadcom | The Gestalt IT Rundown: December 13. 2023

Change is in the air and it's licensed. The biggest news this week came from VMware (by Broadcom) as they announced a simplification of their licensing model. The first change is that VMware Cloud Foundation has had the subscription cost cut in half and additional support levels added to help with activation and lifecycle management. VMware vSphere Foundation is also available as a subscription offering with several add-ons avaialble. Notably missing is the option for perpetual licensing, which was removed in this simplification. Also removed were hybrid purchase programs and anything not subscription-based. Customers may still use their perpetual licenses but will not be able to buy support for them until they transition to the new subscription model. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 0:57 - AMD Launches MI300 6:13 - Broadcom Divests EUC and Carbon Black Units from VMware 9:33 - Broadcom Acquires Elastics.cloud 12:56 - New Firmware Attacks on Windows and Linux 16:40 - VMware Simplifies Offer Lineup through Broadcom 26:53 - The Weeks Ahead 29:39 - Thanks for Watching Follow our Hosts on Social Media Tom Hollingsworth: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stephen Foskett: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett⁠⁠⁠⁠  Follow Gestalt IT Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.GestaltIT.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT Tags: #Rundown, #EUC, #CarbonBlack, #MI300, @AMD, @Broadcom, #Linux, @VMware, @Elasticscloud, @GestaltIT, @SFoskett, @NetworkingNerd, @CTOAdvisor,