# VMware (by Broadcom)

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/broadcom-vmware
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/broadcom-vmware.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/broadcom-vmware/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://vmware.com
- **Slug:** broadcom-vmware
- **Categories:** cloud-infrastructure, cybersecurity, it-management-software

## Overview

- **Tagline:** The industry-standard hypervisor with the most mature ecosystem for running traditional and modern applications across any cloud.
Source: Brand's website (https://vmware.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** VMware is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and virtualization technology. Since its acquisition by Broadcom in 2023, the brand has focused on enabling organizations to run, manage, connect, and protect applications across private, public, and hybrid clouds through a simplified subscription-based portfolio.
Source: Brand's website (https://vmware.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
  - vSphere Foundation (VVF)
  - vSphere
  - vSAN
  - NSX
  - Aria.
Source: Brand's website (https://vmware.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Subscription-based (per-core)
Source: Brand's website (https://vmware.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Fortune 500 enterprises, government agencies, global telecommunications, and high-scale financial institutions.
Source: Brand's website (https://vmware.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Nutanix AHV
  - Microsoft Azure Stack HCI / Hyper-V
  - Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization / KVM
Source: Brand's website (https://vmware.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.