In May, US semiconductor giant Broadcom said it will acquire cloud and virtualization services provider VMware in a cash-and-stock deal worth $61 billion. The breadth of the customer base, portfolio, go-to-market, and the centrality of VMware in our customers’ operations is very different. Now that they’ve acquired VMware, they intend to make it the flagship brand of their company and …
A deal would expand Broadcom’s push into software a year after its $18.9 billion deal to buy US business software company CA Inc Chipmaker Broadcom Inc is in advanced talks to buy cybersecurity firm, Symantec Corp, according to sources familiar with the matter, as Broadcom seeks to diversify beyond semiconductors. A deal would expand Broadcom’s push into software a year …
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