Some enterprises are dropping VMware, just not all at once

While the predicted mass exodus from VMware hasn’t materialized, many enterprises are actively reducing their VMware footprint, a new survey shows. Broadcom’s 2023 acquisition of VMware prompted forecasts that enterprises would rethink their virtualization strategies amid fears that VMware license costs would triple. So far, though, only 14% of enterprises questioned have so far seen…

Does vendor influence turn into CIO bias?

I haven’t come across a CIO who considers themself vendor-led. However, I’ve seen CIOs quietly shaped by vendors in ways that only become apparent years later, once platforms are deeply embedded, choices have narrowed and their strategy closely aligns with supplier roadmaps. This is not a moral failure; it is a structural condition of modern…