VMware by Broadcom has re-signed three key hardware vendors to Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) reseller agreements.
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Dell, HPE and Lenovo have all signed on the dotted line, meaning they can continue to sell hyperconverged systems and servers pre-installed with VMware's stack.
It's a big win for VMware by Broadcom. Hyperconverged rigs that blend compute, storage and network virtualization are a popular way to buy enterprise IT, and now three of the biggest names in enterprise hardware have signed up to sell them. As for the hardware makers, all three have significant customer bases to defend – so sorting out contracts that guarantee them the chance to do so will be welcome.
News of the agreements came after Dell in January 2024 ended a distribution agreement it entered into with VMware when it owned the virtual giant. Dell apparently fell out of contract with VMware for a time as well.
