Broadcom has taken 2,000 of VMware’s best customers in a direct-only sales model drive.
It also told partners they would reject any deal they tried registering for a strategic account.
“If you send new opportunity registrations for strategic customer accounts, they will be turned down,” Broadcom told shocked VMware partners.
If a VMware partner’s deal with a strategic account is waiting, it “will be turned down,” Broadcom wrote.