Exclusive Broadcom has recently killed off VMware vSphere Foundation in parts of EMEA, the company told The Register , dealing a blow to smaller customers, one of whom told us they would likely switch to a rival hypervisor as a result.

VVF is a bundle that offers compute, storage, and networking virtualization, and a platform to run containers. It’s most useful in hyperconverged infrastructure and hybrid clouds, but is less capable than the Cloud Foundation (VCF) private cloud suite.

Virtzilla said EMEA customers would need to check with their local dealer to see if VVF was still on sale in their country.

“VVF is no longer available in some EMEA countries, but for the majority it is still available,” a Broadcom spokesperson said. “Customers will have to reach out to sales reps or partne

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