Nobody wants this legacy tech. There are no fanboys left at the customers. Definitely no new customers. How long left before KKR cuts their loss and what’s left gets sold off so someone can take the s&s and mange the decline? Omnissa X account has 403 followers, the community account has 100 (nice one Renu). This company is so fu---d.
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I agree, these old EUC apps are obsolete. Alternative modern software is available at much lower cost and less operational complexity. UEM and VDI are looking very dated.
I left the EUC space a couple years ago because I could see the decline in customer interest and investments happening in real-time (watching licenses get shed every year from "strategic" customers, customer "champions" moved on internally or externally to focus on other tech, etc.). It's all gotten so much worse. I see the "EUC community" still trying to stay relevant by trying to ride the coattails of what's left of Citrix, Omnissa, etc. The value prop just isn't there for a lot of customers anymore. None of this stuff is any less complex than it was 10 years ago, the licensing is expensive AF, and there's better ways to do "remote work" now.
Get rid of the small ones. Focus on existing large enterprises. KkR’s 4 billion will return.
The Omnissa community is pathetic, starting with the Botox lady (Holly). What a joke! She wants to convince people to join webinars giving away swagger. LOL!
Omnissa Community on X has 150 followers, none look like customer decision makers. We've already lost the loyalty of the most important folks in our installed base. Leaving VMware has ended our sales momentum. My customers told me to stop reaching out.
"Correction, their plan WAS to hold out for at least 5 years... seeing how fast things are going downhill, they are going to flip it around 3 year mark."
That could very well be... why else would they keep saying "we are ahead of schedule" when in fact we are sinking deeper and deeper by the day? They are setting the stage for what is to come.
"Their plan is to hold out for at least 5yrs."
Correction, their plan WAS to hold out for at least 5 years... seeing how fast things are going downhill, they are going to flip it around 3 year mark.
Hocknissa will be another 23andMe sooon.......just another Ponzi scheme........life boats are already drowning in icy waters.......karma will haunt.......
"Their plan is to hold out for at least 5yrs."
It's true that KKR has owned other declining legacy software companies for a long time due to a lack of interested buyers. For example, KKR has owned BMC software for 7+ years. BMC continues to experience revenue and profitability challenges. Omnissa will suffer the same outcome of ongoing headcount cuts and failing product end-of-life announcements in the coming years. It's inevitable.
@op KKR is it. The sooner you realize it the better.
Their plan is to hold out for at least 5yrs.
Black rock own KKR, on the grand scheme of things financially, they spent post it money for omnissa. They won't sell it and will watch it die. It won't even be noticed when it does die.
Euc was a side package for data center for years.
Horizon isn’t a thing without vSphere.
Airwatch remnants are clunky, slow, in a perpetual upgrade due to India mafia engineering.
Euc sold into VMware customers.
Euc leaves VMware.
Euc products are behind the market and sh-t.
No sales
surprise pikachu face
EUC LOL
"Nobody wants this legacy tech."
Agreed, and now it's clear -- to everyone who isn't in denial -- that a stand-alone Omnissa business model is in a state of perpetual decline (just like Citrix). KKR assumed that a viable UEM and VDI product line still had growth momentum. Now they know it doesn't. Also, Renu and her team were unprepared to launch and create customer demand for Omnissa. So, a shrinking market opportunity and unimaginative marketing have sealed our fate. Game over.