Roundtables

Escape VMware lock-in with a modular Internal Developer Platform

February 22, 2024

6:00 pm

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45 min

Bi-weekly

When Broadcom closed their acquisition of VMware it was clear that the typical licensing price changes would soon come for VMware clients and partners. Especially for those 299,400 customers that Broadcom has officially announced they don't care about as they prioritize only the top 600 customers.

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Forrester estimates that in 2024, 20% of VMware customers will begin the process of exiting VMware in favor of alternatives. Humanitec partners with Thoughtworks and Bechtle to pave the way out of VMware’s lock-in with a modular Internal Developer Platform.

During this session, we’ll dive into:

How to build an exit strategy if you are a VMware customer looking for alternatives
The reference architecture of a modular Internal Developer Platform
Next steps for a smooth transition

Audience - who should join?

Director of Platform Engineering, Head of Platform, Head of Platform Engineering, CTO, CIO, Chief Product Owner, VP of Engineering, Head of Engineering, Head of DevOps, Director of Platform, Global Head of DevOps and Platform Services, Principal Technical Product Manager, Director Cloud Platform Engineering, Principal Platform Engineering, Global Head of Cloud Platform, VP of Infrastructure Automation and DevOps Engineering, Global Head of Developer Experience, Head of Infrastructure, Head of Cloud using VMware products

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Kaspar von Grünberg

CEO at Humanitec

Kaspar is an early pioneer in platform engineering. Over the last decade he has been building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) at scale, and is responsible for coining the term IDP. A regular speaker on the topic of platform engineering, Kaspar is the author of several associated defining articles. He is also the founder and CEO of Humanitec, the company behind Score and the Platform Orchestrator which is now the centerpiece at the majority of dynamic IDPs.