VMware Vs. Nutanix: Poonen And Pandey Trade Barbs In Software-Defined Spat

The gloves are coming off as VMware and Nutanix trade barbs on Twitter over customer mindshare and software-defined market momentum. The back and forth came after Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey told CRN that, "VMware's worried about Nutanix more than they're worried about any other company."VMware COO Sanjay Poonen fired back on Monday saying Pandey is, "just screaming into Nutanix's echo chamber!" VMware and Nutanix recently reported solid quarterly earnings, with both vendors posting the exact same total revenue increase of 14 percent year over year. VMware generated revenues of $2.2 billion for its third fiscal quarter, while Nutanix reported sales of $313 million for its first fiscal quarter.Both vendors have been named a leader in Gartner's 2018 Magic Quadrant for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure. Similarly, Nutanix and VMware captured the No. 1 and No.2 highest scores in Forrester's new Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Q3 2018 report.