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. **GET SOCIAL AND MORE WITH US HERE!** Get help with your Homelab, ask questions, and chat with us! 🎮 https://discord.gg/5TcfBWBB7S Subscribe and follow us on all the socials, would ya? 📸 https://instagram.com/2guystek 💻 https://facebook.com/2guystek Find all things 2GT on our website! 🌍 https://2guystek.tv/ More of a podcast kinda person? Check out our Podcast here: 🎙️ https://www.buzzsprout.com/1852562 Support us through the YouTube Membership program! Becoming a member gets you priority comments, special emojis, and helps us make videos! 😁 https://www.youtube.com/@2GuysTek/membership **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! Links to referenced articles: https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/26/broadcom-to-acquire-vmware-in-massive-61b-deal/ https://www.techtarget.com/searchDataCenter/news/366560755/Broadcom-completes-VMware-acquisition-promises-investment https://news.vmware.com/company/vmware-stockholders-approve-proposed-acquisition-by-broadcom https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/20/vmware_broadcom_deal_deadline_extended/ https://www.techtarget.com/searchDataCenter/news/366560755/Broadcom-completes-VMware-acquisition-promises-investment https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/07/broadcom_q4_2023/ https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366563072/Broadcom-drops-VMware-perpetual-licences-and-support