Broadcom’s VMware acquisition tripled costs overnight. Perpetual licences are dead. Per-core pricing is punishing. Audit pressure is escalating. We help you fight back — with data, strategy, and leverage.
We don’t resell licences. We don’t partner with Broadcom. Our only job is helping you fight bloated renewals, audit exposure, and hidden cost traps — without vendor spin or pressure.
This isn’t VMware licensing anymore — it’s Broadcom margin optimisation. We push back on forced bundles, negotiate price caps, escape clauses, and meaningful protections across VCF, VVF, and ELA renewals.
Broadcom is stepping up audit pressure to enforce its new pricing model. We manage every phase — from cease-and-desist response to final settlement — challenging core counts, deployment assumptions, and retroactive claims.
Full visibility into your Broadcom VMware footprint. We identify compliance gaps, shelfware, over-provisioned bundles, and cost traps baked into the new subscription structure — before renewal or true-up hits.
Broadcom’s VCF and VVF bundles force you to buy features you don’t need. We analyse actual usage against bundle entitlements and negotiate to eliminate waste — or restructure to a lower-cost tier.
Nutanix, Hyper-V, Azure Stack HCI, KVM, Proxmox — we evaluate alternatives and build credible migration plans. Even without completing migration, a viable plan is your strongest negotiation lever against Broadcom.
If you hold perpetual VMware licences, third-party support from Rimini Street or Spinnaker can maintain coverage while you evaluate alternatives. We assess eligibility, negotiate terms, and manage the transition.
Broadcom’s sales and compliance teams negotiate VMware deals daily. Your procurement team does this once every few years. Level the playing field with independent advisory that consistently delivers 5–15× ROI.
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No commitment until you see a business case with projected savings. Start 9–12 months before renewal for maximum leverage.
We sign a mutual NDA to protect your confidential information before any data is shared. Standard process, typically same-day.
A confidential call to discuss your VMware estate, core counts, Broadcom renewal timeline, audit concerns, and migration appetite. No obligation.
Share your VMware ELA, subscription agreements, and Broadcom proposals. We review everything under NDA and identify every optimisation and defence opportunity.
We deliver a detailed business case showing projected savings vs. Broadcom’s proposal, alternative strategies, and our fixed advisory fee — so you see the ROI before you commit.
Once approved, we hit the ground running. Your Broadcom engagement kicks off immediately with a dedicated VMware advisory team.
No commitment. No cost until you see the business case.
We don’t resell VMware. We don’t partner with Broadcom. We just help you stop overpaying.
No Broadcom partnerships. No reseller conflicts. Every recommendation is built to protect your budget — not Broadcom’s subscription revenue targets.
Our VMware specialists have navigated complex ELA renegotiations, avoided surprise audits, and helped clients reduce 7-figure spending by escaping forced Broadcom bundles. We know the tricks — and how to beat them.
Per-core pricing, VCF/VVF bundles, 72-core minimums, cease-and-desist tactics, mandatory 180-day compliance reporting — we understand every aspect of Broadcom’s new enforcement posture and how to counter it.
Real outcomes from real Broadcom engagements. Every case started with a client facing Broadcom pressure — and ended with measurable savings.
Broadcom’s acquisition tripled VMware costs overnight. We built a credible alternatives strategy and negotiated a 45% reduction on the new Broadcom subscription agreement.
Read case study →Broadcom issued a $3.2M audit claim applying per-core licensing retroactively to legacy per-socket deployments. We challenged the methodology and resolved at a fraction of the demand.
Read case study →Identified that 60% of the estate didn’t require VCF features. Restructured the agreement, downgrading to VVF where appropriate, saving $2.1M over 3 years.
Read case study →Built a credible hybrid migration strategy combining Nutanix for non-critical workloads with retained VMware for mission-critical systems. Reduced VMware dependency by 50%.
Read case study →Transitioned perpetual VMware licences to third-party support, maintaining SLA coverage while saving 35% on annual maintenance and buying time to evaluate alternatives.
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