Fintech company Beeks Group joins the growing list of companies disillusioned with Broadcom’s purchase of VMware, migrating away from the platform after a 10x price increase.
Broadcom purchased VMware in late 2023, and wasted no time dramatically increasing prices for existing customers. AT&T filed a lawsuit against Broadcom, alleging breach of contract after the company wanted to charge AT&T 1,050% more. There have been additional reports of other companies, some with tens of thousands of VMware virtual machines, migrating to competing products in response to Broadcom’s tactics.
According to The Register, Beeks Group is the latest to migrate away from VMware following a 10x price increase. Interestingly, Beeks was another company with tens of thousands of VMware VMs, to the tune of more than 20,000 in 20 datacenters.
Matthew Cretney, Beeks head of production, told the outlet that Beeks received a bill for 10x what it had traditionally paid VMware. At the same time, the company’s clients said that VMware was not longer critical to their operation, freeing Beeks to explore alternatives.
Ultimately, the fintech company settled on OpenNebula, an open-source solution that can use a number of hypervisors, although KVM is often the preferred choice. The migration was not without its challenges, as code that relied on VMware APIs had to be rewritten to target OpenNebula. Nonetheless, relying on an open-source solution ensures that Beek will never face this issue again.
As The Register points out, Beeks joins the likes of Geico, John Deere, Computershare, and Boyd Gaming in migrating away from VMware due to Broadcom’s tactics. While Broadcom is well known for squeezing every last penny of profit out of products, it’s tactics may end up destroying VMware’s value.
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