{
  "id": 12877809,
  "title": "IBM offloads 'hundreds' of its cloudy VMware customers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ibm-offloads-hundreds-of-its-cloudy-vmware-customers-12877809",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-08T13:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register",
    "slug": "the-register",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/virtualization/2026/10/08/ibm-offloads-hundreds-of-its-cloudy-vmware-customers/5301849"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Broadcom has acquired hundreds of VMware customers from IBM, transferring them to 11:11 Systems. This move comes after Broadcom decided to retain only partners that fully commit to its Cloud Foundation (VCF) private cloud stack. IBM, once a top VMware partner, stopped selling new VMware services last year. Sources suggest that soon-to-be-former VMware partners often have contractual obligations to provide VMware-powered clouds beyond March 2027. 11:11 CEO Brett Diamond says the affected customers are running VCF versions 7 and 8 and are \"ripe for migration.\" Diamond's company has 40 to 50 points of presence for its VMware cloud and plans to apply a migration methodology to the acquired customers. Diamond hopes to shift the newly acquired customers to VMware's VCF 9, as support for VCF 8 will end next year. The acquisition is 11:11's eighth purchase of a VMware service provider. Broadcom's decision to drop IBM comes as the company sells Red Hat OpenShift, which is a stronger competitor to VMware. Some VMware partners feel Broadcom's actions have improperly concentrated the market for VMware cloud providers.",
  "summary": "Broadcom partner 11:11 picks ‘em up ahead of channel death deadline",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "IBM offloads 'hundreds' of its cloudy VMware customers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ibm-offloads-hundreds-of-its-cloudy-vmware-customers",
        "published": "2026-10-08T13:01:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}