How does the situation look like for VMware India post this Mega acquisition ? Some prominent BUs like MAPBU, CMBU are the ones giving the highest revenue if I am not wrong. Also what does it look like for those having an offer in hand from VMware - and what about other Asian Countries like Singapore, China - they have a lot of Sales Engineering teams here with roles like Dir/Solution Engg. Manager, Enterprise Architects, App Modernisation Architects ? #vmware #broadcom #India #tech #deal #cloud
Is Vsphere safe?
This from Broadcom's Earning calls - Krause said Broadcom is willing to live with lower margins for VMware than it expects from CA and Symantec, with R&D to benefit as a result. The software boss pledged ongoing investment and innovation for VMware’s core infrastructure products, naming vSphere, VSAN, vRealize and NSX as the subjects of ongoing love and attention. I guess it is safe.
Thanks for the info....i have an offer for mts 2 and i like the team ...but this acquisition makes me too nervous
What about Carbon Black BU? Is it profitable?
If you're not in a BU that is a cash cow, you're fucked. Sales and HR and customer accounts people would probably see heavy layoffs.
are you ex-VMware?
No. This is pretty standard of Broadcom. They look at the divisions that turn a nice profit and invest in them and kill the rest. This applies especially to the non-engineering side of things, since they already have a lot of people who can do these jobs and getting rid of them improves their bottom line by a fair bit. VMware had an annual revenue of 12 billion and a net margin of about 2 billion. That's 15 percent and is pretty low considering they're a software company. Plus, broadcom has announced that increasing vmware's profitability is a key goal, which involves selling the pieces that aren't profitable. Note that they've publicly announced what they intend to do in this nice infographic - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTswbA-WAAM0kVZ?format=jpg&name=large