Thread regarding VMware layoffs

Tanzu

Will Broadcom be able to sell Tanzu? Who would likely buy Tanzu? Seems like they would have to play a lot of catch-up to compete with openshift, rancher, etc. The glory days of cloud foundry are long gone, and Tanzu hasn't really done anything substantial since.

I can't see Broadcom wanting to keep them, but then again I also can't see anyone else wanting to take it on.

Is it likely to just get completely axed? Or will broadcom just cut engineering completely and milk the existing customers with sh-tty support until they finally jump?

by Anonymous
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As someone in Tanzu, I can tell you that the work environment is toxic. A lot of stepping on toes and work place politics occurs. Managers are known for stealing their employees work, and I have no doubt that my boss would sacrifice us all to Broadcom.

Personally, I can not stomach the "our product is just so complex" story anyone. It's not that serious. Get over yourselves.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @3iob+1hAQVu8v

Broadkube would be kuler.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @3sxg+1hAQVu8v

Tanzu is the red headed step child of the company. They're not even close to a functioning business unit. They get paid to do nothing at this point.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @2hva+1hAQVu8v

Tanzu will take over all of Broadcom by making it more Kubernetes native and renaming the company to Broadkom.

by k8sOrDeath
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Post ID: @2mlf+1hAQVu8v

I think we were forced to buy Pivotal by Dell. To make Ford and some other holder of Pivotal whole again after it didn't perform as well as was expected.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/24/ford-microsoft-backed-start-up-pivotal-could-ipo-by-mid-2018.html

by Anonymous
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I think it is time to say goodbye to VMW, another observation as big as Broadcom is ($27B market cap), it only has 200 IT open jobs, which is surprising and yet telling a story that AVGO is do more with less.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1fim+1hAQVu8v

The failed Pivotal acquisition / integration is a big part of the problem. Who in their right mind would buy that dumpster fire?

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1wbw+1hAQVu8v

"We believe Carbon Black (Security) and Tanzu (DevOps) are potential "for sale" assets."

https://www.streetinsider.com/dr/news.php?id=20216135&gfv=1

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1cgy+1hAQVu8v

Tanzu is kind of a dumpster fire. Lots of potential but too confusing for the customers to understand and really buy into it. TAP is supposed to be the product we are all hoping takes off... not holding my breathe tho

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1dhb+1hAQVu8v

Honestly, f*ck kubernetes, lol. 😂 I don't have much hope for Tanzu. I'm jumping ship.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1kmt+1hAQVu8v

Tanzu is a brand name covering many independent products, like Pivotal Cloud Foundry now renamed to Tanzu blah blah. That pulls in money but VMware itself doesn’t give much a sh-t about it because of the new toy which is Kubernetes. It would be just deserts for tanzu Kubernetes focused folks to get the axe and the Cloud Foundry folks remain, well I guess just a few. Either way, Broadcom sounds like an awful place to work, so with such a long runway in front of us, best not to stick around unless you have really good reasons.

by Anonymous
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More than likely sold off or that product line will be EoL’d. AVGO will go through the entire portfolio and decide what product lines to keep, sell, or EoL

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