Broadcom took VMware. Now what?: Off List episode 7

In this episode

The VMware acquisition rewrote a lot of budgets. The panel talks through the subscription only forced migration, the core count repricing that multiplied bills, the real options on the table, how to find leverage when there is genuinely no alternative, and what the Broadcom playbook signals about the next acquisition of a tool you depend on.

The subscription only forced migration and the end of perpetual
Core count repricing: how the bills multiplied
Your real options: negotiate, migrate, partial exit, or wait
Finding leverage when there is no alternative
Reading the playbook for the next acquisition

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