It doesn't really seem like Broadcom has an overall plan. We used a load balancer, briefly owned by Broadcom, but for some reason they didn't want it and sold it to PulseSecure. Had they kept it they could have build something where they would provide an easy load balancer integration for VMware, but I don't believe that how Broadcom thinks.
Better Broadcom network drivers for VMware?
There's a lot of potential synergies, like tailoring network card to VMware, adapting their APM to enable for VMs easily. Storage solution optimized for VMware. I just don't believe that they think in those lines, or maybe they do when they want to justify their purchases, but then never follow up.
Overall I think it's weird that VMware has such a hard time existing as an independent company. They are pretty dominant in their field which very little competition. Most companies I've dealt with run VMware for at least part of their business. I see this as being just as much a failure of VMware management to run a successful near-monopoly.
> maybe they do when they want to justify their purchases
It's this. They are very strategic about where they invest money. If they can get around a 20x RoI they will build it. If they can't they'll shut downt the division.
Better Broadcom network drivers for VMware?
There's a lot of potential synergies, like tailoring network card to VMware, adapting their APM to enable for VMs easily. Storage solution optimized for VMware. I just don't believe that they think in those lines, or maybe they do when they want to justify their purchases, but then never follow up.
Overall I think it's weird that VMware has such a hard time existing as an independent company. They are pretty dominant in their field which very little competition. Most companies I've dealt with run VMware for at least part of their business. I see this as being just as much a failure of VMware management to run a successful near-monopoly.