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SoftServe | August 03, 2022
SoftServe, a leading digital authority and consulting company, has been named a principal partner in VMware’s Certified Application Modernization listing. This recognition marks the first year SoftServe has been named a high-valued partner for innovative services in the Cloud Native field from VMWare, further deepening cooperation between the companies throughout Europe.
“These achievements are significant milestones for us, and they reinforce recognition of our continued commitment to learning and developing with our partners and customers, We are honored to be recognized by VMware as a high-valued partner and trusted advisor in Application Modernization for our customers through cutting-edge solutions and services.”
Volodymyr Semenyshyn, SoftServe’s EMEA president
This is the second master services competency (MSC) in the Cloud designation for SoftServe. The company’s first MSC is for its capabilities in VMware Cloud on AWS. Leveraging both achievements, the company deploys modern application technologies to help clients maximize and run applications across private and public cloud environments without limits.
SoftServe is a principal partner, the highest tier of partnership through VMware. SoftServe boasts more than 20 VMware-certified architects who utilize their experience and strategic skills to create innovative roadmaps and bolster infrastructures for our clients across key industries.
SoftServe's reputation as a trusted adviser in delivering cloud transformation combined with VMware Cloud solutions solves today's most pressing technology challenges. Through collaborating, the cloud migration journey is simplified and clients save time and reduce operating costs as they build and deploy modern apps and APIs.
About SoftServe
SoftServe is a digital authority that advises and provides at the cutting-edge of technology. We reveal, transform, accelerate, and optimize how enterprises and software companies do business. Our end-to-end solutions and expertise deliver innovation, quality, and speed across the healthcare, retail, energy, manufacturing, and financial services verticals. We empower enterprises and software companies to (re)identify differentiation, accelerate solution development, and vigorously compete in today’s marketplace—no matter where you are in your journey.
About VMware
VMware is a leading provider of multi-cloud services for all apps, enabling digital innovation with enterprise control. As a trusted foundation to accelerate innovation, VMware software gives businesses the flexibility and choice they need to build the future. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is committed to building a better future through the company’s 2030 Agenda.
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Broadcom | June 01, 2022
Broadcom announced Thursday that it intends to acquire virtualization pioneer and multicloud leader VMware for $61 billion in a landmark technology transaction rivaled only in value by Dell's $67 billion acquisition of EMC in 2016 and Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard earlier this year.
The statement on Thursday confirms allegations that the two corporations were in purchase negotiations over the weekend.
According to the release, the boards of directors of both firms unanimously accepted the transaction. The purchase is scheduled to close in Broadcom's 2023 fiscal year, which runs from November 2022 to October 2023, pending regulatory, shareholder approvals, and other closing conditions.
As part of the agreement, Broadcom's software division would be absorbed into the VMware brand. Broadcom Software Group includes infrastructure and security software solutions for businesses.
VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram in a prepared statement said that "We stand for innovation and unwavering support of our customers and their most important business operations and now we are extending our commitment to exceptional service and innovation by becoming the new software platform for Broadcom. Combining our assets and talented team with Broadcom's existing enterprise software portfolio, all housed under the VMware brand, creates a remarkable enterprise software player.
Collectively, we will deliver even more choice, value and innovation to customers, enabling them to thrive in this increasingly complex multi-cloud era."
Broadcom, which already owns CA Technologies and security behemoth Symantec, is based on semiconductors. With inflation and recession worries likely dampening future IT hardware investment, Broadcom's purchase of VMware, with its extensive portfolio of digital solutions, might serve as a balm.
"VMware's platform and Broadcom's infrastructure software solutions address different but important enterprise needs, and the combined company will be able to serve them more effectively and securely."
Tom Krause, head of the Broadcom Software Group
The news of the prospective merger coincided with the publication of VMware and Broadcom's respective quarterly earnings results on Thursday. VMware announced overall revenue of $3.09 billion for the quarter, up 3% year on year, as well as $899 million in sales from SaaS and subscription solutions, up 21% year on year. Broadcom announced overall sales of $8.1 billion, an increase of 23% year on year.
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Broadband Forum | July 14, 2022
Operators can now reduce the time and cost associated with onboarding new Optical Network Unit (ONU) vendors, roll-out services faster, and more easily migrate and evolve their networks by applying new innovations and flexibility thanks to the publication of two new documents from the Broadband Forum today.
Broadband Forum’s TR-451 ‘vOMCI Specification’ and MR-451 ‘ONU Management using Virtualized OMCI’ have armed operators with more choice in how they create, activate, and maintain services associated with ONUs. Previously, the management cycle of the ONU was tied to a specific vendor’s Optical Line Terminal (OLT). The latest specification enables operators to de-couple the ONU and OLT from control and management purposes, with the Virtualized ONU Management (vOMCI) being introduced as a solution to centralize operations without relying on each OLT to act as a management entity.
This means operators’ OLT vendors no longer needed to be intimately involved in the roll-out of the management services and features provided by the ONU. TR-451 also increases the number of potential ONU vendors, allowing operators to better negotiate the best prices for ONUs. The specification enables easier interoperability testing and on-boarding of ONUs within an operator’s ecosystem and cloud-based network. It supports various deployment models where virtualized functions can be deployed to the cloud or within existing management system solutions.
“The latest specification can be used in the evolution of the management of ONUs, not as a replacement for the management processes and data models already in use by operators but to future-proof their infrastructure while maintaining their investment in existing ONU devices,” said Bruno Cornaglia, Co-Director of the SDN/NFV Work Area at Broadband Forum. “Ultimately, ONU management will be more adaptive to changes in operators’ processes and services, as well as less costly to maintain.”
About the Broadband Forum
Broadband Forum is the communications industry’s leading open standards development organization focused on accelerating broadband innovation, standards, and ecosystem development. Our members’ passion – delivering on the promise of broadband by enabling smarter and faster broadband networks and a thriving broadband ecosystem.
Broadband Forum is an open, non-profit industry organization composed of the industry’s leading broadband operators, vendors, thought leaders who are shaping the future of broadband, and observers who closely track our progress. Its work to date has been the foundation for broadband’s global proliferation and innovation. For example, the Forum’s flagship TR-069 CPE WAN Management Protocol has nearly 1 billion installations worldwide.
Broadband Forum’s projects span across 5G, Connected Home, Cloud, and Access. Its working groups collaborate to define best practices for global networks, enable new revenue-generating service and content delivery, establish technology migration strategies, and engineer critical device, service & development management tools in the home and business IP networking infrastructure. We develop multi-service broadband packet networking specifications addressing architecture, device and service management, software data models, interoperability and certification in the broadband market.
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