Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami said at this week’s .NEXT conference in Chicago that roughly 30,000 VMware customers have migrated to Nutanix’s hyperconverged platform, citing growing customer dissatisfaction with Broadcom’s VMware strategy, according to SDxCentral.
Ramaswami noted that since Broadcom closed its VMware acquisition in November 2023, customers have cited reasons including cost, bundling of products, the end of perpetual licenses, and reduced partner programs as drivers for migration.
Nutanix has not disclosed how many of the relocated customers are SMBs versus larger enterprises, but the company says mid-market adoption remains strong as it pursues larger deals with staged deployments.
At Nutanix’s press briefing, Brandon Shaw, the company’s VP of technology services, said that Western Union has been migrating from VMware to Nutanix for about six months, moving 900–1,200 applications across roughly 3,900 cores as it explores new IT suppliers to better serve customers. Shaw added that Western Union faced some challenges partnering with Broadcom.
Industry rivals, including Microsoft’s Hyper-V and Proxmox, have also stepped up efforts to win VMware customers, as Broadcom’s strategy continues to reshape the virtualization landscape and push customers toward larger VCF-based investments.
