The end is here - VMware by Broadcom

It took 546 days for Broadcom to finally acquire #VMware in one of the largest mega-acquisitions in modern tech history. The acquisition has dramatic effects on the virtualization landscape and affects every VMware user out there. This video walks through all of the changes #Broadcom has made and discusses your options and what you should do as a user of VMware products.

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*TIMESTAMPS!*
0:00 Introduction
0:46 Background on the Broadcom-VMware acquisition
2:03 The end of perpetual licensing for VMware products
3:35 Broadcom shifting VMware's focus on global enterprise
4:33 The end of VMware Carbon Black and VMware Horizon VDI
5:32 VMware vSphere Foundation & VMware Cloud Foundation
6:31 So what do you do now?
7:21 The fate of VMware ESXi free and VMUG Advantage
8:06 Closing! Tell us what you think!

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