We discuss how some VMware customers are being faced with 10x or more price increases in the wake of the Broadcom acquisition changes.

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Timestamps
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00:00 Introduction
02:11 Broadcom VMware Acquisition Strategy
03:07 Broadcom Avago Acqusition History PLX PCIe Switches
04:28 Broadcom Playing Hardball on NIC Pricing with HPE
06:37 VMware Farms its Locked-in Installed Base
08:55 The VMware VCSP 10x Price Increase for MSPs
14:30 VMware Admins going the way of the Mainframe Admin
16:17 Key Lessons Learned