Executive Summary In late August, Broadcom ended public downloads of their VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) from their website. The VDDK is a set of libraries and APIs that enables external software like backup, recovery, and migration tools to access and transfer data from VMware virtual disks managed through vSphere or hosted on ESXi
· September 17, 2026 · 4 min read
Modern virtualization platforms face the paradox that defines infrastructure management: the need to be adaptable enough to serve unknown future workloads, while maintaining the ability to serve existing mission business-critical applications – all with accountability and resilience. The August 2026 release of Private Cloud Director addresses these needs directly, driven by customer and partner feedback
· September 15, 2026 · 4 min read
A conversation with Chris DeFortuna, Cloud and Infrastructure Manager at Meriplex When Broadcom’s restructuring of the VCSP program cut Meriplex’s route to market, Chris DeFortuna and his team didn’t just lose a vendor relationship. They lost the foundation of a managed cloud business that had been running on VMware for nearly two decades, serving thousands
· July 9, 2026 · 6 min read
Providing private cloud resources across multiple teams is a standard deployment model in the modern data center. Whether you’re splitting infrastructure between Finance and Engineering, giving unique customers their own isolated infrastructure, or managing dev, staging, and production as distinct environments, multi-tenancy is table stakes in a virtualized environment. Deploying and managing isolated environments is
· April 27, 2026 · 9 min read
Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware didn’t just raise prices; it broke the math that most MSPs built their managed services practice on. If your margins depended on VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) program pricing, you’ve probably already done the calculation and the numbers don’t work anymore. But the real problem isn’t the cost increase. It’s that
· April 16, 2026 · 6 min read
If you’re an MSP right now, you’re probably managing at least two uncomfortable conversations simultaneously. The first is about your virtualization platform—costs are up, licensing has changed, and everyone wants to know what your VMware story looks like going forward. The second is about AI: customers are asking about it, vendors are pitching it, and
· April 13, 2026 · 9 min read
A guide for MSPs navigating the VMware conversation with confidence Something shifted in the VMware world when Broadcom completed its acquisition. Licensing costs spiked, support models changed, and customers who had never given a second thought to their virtualization stack were suddenly calling their MSPs asking what it all means. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: your
· March 31, 2026 · 9 min read
Most managed service providers didn’t see it coming, not because they weren’t paying attention, but because the nature of the risk had been hiding in plain sight. VMware’s pricing overhaul wasn’t just a contract renegotiation. It was a structural revelation: what the industry had long treated as enterprise-standard infrastructure was, in reality, a dependency with
· March 25, 2026 · 6 min read
If you’re an MSP or CSP, you already know the headline: Broadcom cancelled the VCSP program, and the window to find an alternative is closing fast. What’s less talked about is the compounding problem underneath it. The VMware stack you need to replace isn’t one product — it’s six, each with its own license, its
· March 18, 2026 · 4 min read
The Broadcom acquisition of VMware is disrupting the entire virtualization market. For many organizations the new world order just doesn’t work: licensing costs have ballooned, support models have shifted, and the long-term roadmap feels murkier than ever. The fallout is an urgent wave of VMware displacement that shows no signs of slowing down. For Managed
· March 10, 2026 · 9 min read
As enterprises struggle to devise a VMware exit, many will turn to Managed Service Providers (MSPs) for assistance in planning and executing a successful, non-disruptive migration of their virtual infrastructure. This presents a unique opportunity for MSPs who can deliver a migration strategy that brings value to their clients while improving their services bottom line.
· March 4, 2026 · 4 min read
In the post-Broadcom landscape of 2026, the focus has changed from “Do I have to exit” to “What’s the best migration plan?” Organizations are no longer just looking for a new hypervisor; they are looking for an exit strategy that doesn’t interrupt their business or overload their resources. Finding the right migration strategy has the
· February 26, 2026 · 5 min read