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Podcast: In Focus by The Hindu
Episode: Decoding Broadcom’s intent to acquire VMWare for $61 billion | In Focus
Description: Last week, Broadcom announced its decision to acquire VMWare for a humongous $61 billion. VMWare is known in technology circles for its specialisation in virtualising hardware assets. It offers app modernisation, and services across cloud, networking and security technologies. Broadcom designs, develops and manufactures a range of semiconductor and infrastructure software products.What did Broadcom see in this target firm? Is there complementarity? How can VMWare help Broadcom scale its offerings and/or raise revenue potential?Guest: Naveen Mishra, Senior Director Analyst at GartnerHost: K. Bharat KumarEdited by Ranjani Srinivasan<...