--- title: “Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware... description: Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami claims approximately 30,000 VMware customers have migrated to Nutanix, citing widespread negative sentiment toward Broadcom's... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/negative-views-of-broadcom-driving-thousands-of-vmware-migrations-rival-says-ju7uuxkfo copyright: © 2026 Daily Dev Ltd. terms: https://daily.dev/tos/ twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: “Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware migrations, rival says | daily.dev og:description: Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami claims approximately 30,000 VMware customers have migrated to Nutanix, citing widespread negative sentiment toward Broadcom's... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/negative-views-of-broadcom-driving-thousands-of-vmware-migrations-rival-says-ju7uuxkfo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jU7uuxKFo.png og:image:alt: “Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware migrations, rival says og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # “Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware migrations, rival says **[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami claims approximately 30,000 VMware customers have migrated to Nutanix, citing widespread negative sentiment toward Broadcom's management of VMware since its November 2023 acquisition. Key drivers include steep price increases, forced product bundling, elimination of perpetual licenses, and reduced channel partner support. Nutanix reports its strongest quarterly new logo additions in eight years, with mid-market customers leading adoption. Western Union is highlighted as a notable migrant, moving 900–1,200 applications across 3,900 cores after experiencing partnership challenges with Broadcom. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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