“Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs

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To meet the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, VMware focuses on building trust rather than functional features, adjusting its marketing strategy to enhance customer confidence. Corporate clients prioritize security and reliability over mere technical functions.

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A Ars Technica en 2026-09-05 01:35

After Broadcom acquired VMware, its flagship product, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), became unaffordable for many small and medium-sized enterprises due to high subscription bundle prices. Although some customers reported that sales representatives still strongly recommended VCF, claiming that the lower-price vSphere Standard was no longer available, Broadcom tried to reassure these enterprise customers by adjusting its strategy.