{"id":6393,"date":"2025-05-16T18:53:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T22:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/?p=6393"},"modified":"2025-05-16T18:53:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T22:53:39","slug":"aws-ditches-vmware-past-pushes-ai-powered-exit-amid-broadcom-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/aws-ditches-vmware-past-pushes-ai-powered-exit-amid-broadcom-fallout\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS ditches VMware past, pushes AI-powered exit amid broadcom fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-74\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"e116add4-5d80-4d5e-b865-fc09c4612d1d\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"444\">In a twist few saw coming back in 2017, Amazon Web Services is walking away from its once-cozy alliance with VMware\u2014and it\u2019s not doing so quietly. Nearly a decade after the two tech giants co-launched VMware Cloud on AWS, Amazon is now pushing customers to abandon VMware entirely, offering a new AI-fueled tool designed to make that transition brutally fast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"446\" data-end=\"810\">The fallout follows Broadcom\u2019s acquisition of VMware and a string of licensing shake-ups that left AWS unable to resell the very service it helped build. VMware Cloud on AWS lost its elasticity, and with it, much of the original vision. In response, AWS began openly courting customers still running VMware by suggesting a direct move to its native infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"1242\">Now, that suggestion is becoming automation. AWS has unveiled its rebranded \u201cTransform\u201d tool\u2014a successor to its earlier Java migration assistant. The latest version promises to convert VMware workloads into Amazon-native environments in minutes, rather than weeks. According to AWS, the tool can process 500 virtual machines in just 15 minutes, drastically reducing time and friction in one of IT\u2019s most difficult migration tasks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1558\">Broadcom\u2019s subscription-only licensing model has left many VMware users feeling boxed in, with reports of cost increases in the 300% range. Some are signing up for three-year terms just to buy time for a clean break. But migrations can take years\u2014especially with support for current VMware versions ending in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1560\" data-end=\"1882\">AWS\u2019s tool, if effective, offers not just a technical shortcut but a strategic out. It turns what was once a deeply integrated partnership into a showdown between legacy lock-in and cloud-native agility. In the process, Amazon isn\u2019t just selling infrastructure\u2014it\u2019s selling an exit strategy. 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