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☆ VMware customers report massive price increases since Broadcom takeover: 'Feels quite a bit like being held for ransom'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-20 | by ( Rosalie Chan | Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementVMware customers report seeing massive price increases since Broadcom acquired VMware late last year, with some paying as much as 10 times as much for the same services. VMware price hikesDave Russell, senior vice president and head of strategy at Veeam, said his company saw a 300% price increase in the VMware products it's using. Hinkley said CloudBolt's customers have seen VMware price increases ranging from 140% to 600%. Hinkley said longtime VMware customers have spent years developing code and automation processes in their IT infrastructure specifically for running VMware products. Similarly, Virtuozzo CEO Alex Fine said over 200 providers approached his company as a result of the price increases.

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☆ At VMware, 'change' and 'uncertainty' loom after its $69 billion acquisition by Broadcom, which left customers on edge
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Under Broadcom, VMware will operate in four divisions, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan told employees last week in an email. Competitors swoop inNow that Broadcom has acquired VMware, competitors, and partners see a big opportunity to win over VMware customers. VMware customers had already been concerned that Broadcom ownership may hurt innovation and cause a talent exodus , while VMware slowed down customer deals, BI previously reported. He said he has heard from VMware customers that they're "really concerned" and that Broadcom is "confirming the worst fears" customers have about the acquisition. VMware layoffsBroadcom conducted layoffs of VMware employees on Monday.

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☆ Microsoft announces custom AI chip that could compete with Nvidia
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A custom-built rack for the Maia 100 AI Accelerator and its "sidekick" inside a thermal chamber at a Microsoft lab in Redmond, Washington. The first, its Maia 100 artificial intelligence chip, could compete with Nvidia's highly sought-after AI graphics processing units. In addition to designing the Maia chip, Microsoft has devised custom liquid-cooled hardware called Sidekicks that fit in racks right next to racks containing Maia servers. Moving from GPUs to AWS Trainium AI chips can be more complicated than migrating from Intel Xeons to Gravitons, though. WATCH: Nvidia notches tenth straight day of gains, driven by new AI chip announcement

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