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Broadcom is taking VMware's top customers direct - about 2,000 accounts, according to two estimates - and will reject attempts by partners to register deals with...

In a strategic move aimed at transforming virtualisation and cloud computing firm VMware into a subscription-based business, Broadcom has officially ceased the sale of perpetual licenses for VMware products.

Already-purchased licenses can still be used but will eventually lose support.

Broadcom is moving quickly in undertaking several initiatives with VMware that are causing short-term uncertainty among many VMware customers.

Broadcom hasn't said how many people will be affected, or much of anything else.

Thousands of VMware employees absorbed last week by Broadcom opened their emails today without knowing if they would have a job once they finished reading

Broadcom and VMware have now received all required regulatory approvals and intend to close Broadcom’s USD 69 billion acquisition of VMware today.

Broadcom’s record-breaking acquisition of VMware for $61bn finally closed today, a year and a half after the very first announcement

The approval from China comes months after Broadcom received regulatory approval to acquire VMware from UK and EU authorities.

US chipmaker Broadcom says in an update that it expects to close its USD 69 billion acquisition of VMware before the expiration of the companies merger agreement in November.