Semiconductor company Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) has received final clearance from the U.K. government to acquire multicloud services provider VMware (NYSE: VMW) and expects to close the transaction by the end of October. Broadcom said Monday it is in the advanced phases of the process of securing the remaining regulatory approvals before Oct. 30. In M...

Alex Barbato, public sector solutions engineer at VMware (NYSE: VMW), said government agencies looking to implement DevSecOps methodologies to advance technology modernization efforts should ensure that development, security and operations teams are aligned by enabling them to have a mindset to work together to deliver on an outcome and achieve miss...

The European Commission has approved Broadcom‘s (Nasdaq: AVGO) proposed $61 billion acquisition of multicloud services provider VMware (NYSE: VMW) following the completion of an in-depth review. Broadcom said Tuesday the two companies believe combining their operations would not hamper cloud market competition and could provide enterprise cust...

IT software consulting company Intact Technology has appointed Brian Crosby, former director of solutions consulting at ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), to the position of chief growth officer. Crosby will lead Intact’s go-to-market teams, devise growth strategies, identify new business opportunities and nurture partnerships and customer relationships,...

Jeremiah Sanders, senior transformation strategist at VMware (NYSE: VMW), said government agencies looking to capitalize on the benefits of a multicloud environment should implement a cloud-smart strategy that allows them to adopt a “migrate then modernize” approach when it comes to applications and other workloads. Sanders noted that such an ap...

Broadcom‘s (Nasdaq: AVGO) bid to purchase VMware (NYSE: VMW) via an approximately $61 billion cash-and-stock transaction has secured the approval of stockholders at the cloud and virtualization technology vendor. VMware’s shareholders voted in favor of the acquisition at a special meeting held Friday, the company said. The vote occurred five...

Gary Wang and Bob Ferrari of Peraton said government agencies are implementing hybrid cloud environments to meet mission needs but there are challenges that should be addressed, including security vulnerabilities, the need to integrate applications, workloads and services across on-premises systems and clouds and the capacity to manage diverse tools...

Tom Kellermann, former head of cybersecurity strategy at VMware (NYSE: VMW), has been appointed senior vice president of cyber strategy at Los Altos, California-based vulnerability assessment software provider Contrast Security. He will oversee Contrast Security’s strategy to support cyber initiatives in the government and financial sector and...

Jennifer Chronis, vice president of public sector business at VMware, was recently presented her 2022 Wash100 Award by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a visit to the company’s office in Reston, Virginia. Executive Mosaic is thrilled to recognize Jennifer Chronis as a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, for leading significant company g...

Jennifer Chronis, vice president of public sector at VMware and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, recently spoke with GovCon Wire in the latest Executive Spotlight interview to discuss her appointment with the company, how its workforce drives talent retention for the long term as well as the unique set of challenges on the business side of innovatio...