Broadcom Increases VMware Prices, Impacting Learning Access

As the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a surge in virtualization adoption among K-12 schools, VMware’s acquisition by Broadcom has led to significant price increases and a strategy favoring larger budgets, creating challenges for educational IT departments. An Indiana school district’s IT director reported that migration from VMware is straining resources and limiting opportunities for student learning due to prohibitive costs and lack of new features.

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