Who is VMware by Broadcom?
VMware by Broadcom is an enterprise software provider that delivers virtualization, cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and digital workspace platforms for data centers and multi-cloud environments.
- Virtualization and cloud infrastructure platforms for compute, storage, and management in private, public, and hybrid clouds.
- Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Virtualization (NV) solutions for data center and multi-cloud connectivity.
- Security and zero trust-aligned solutions embedded in workloads, networks, and access controls.
- End-user computing and digital workspace platforms for secure delivery of applications and desktops.
- Multi-cloud management, automation, and observability tools for operating distributed enterprise environments.
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VMware by Broadcom provides enterprise platforms that virtualize compute, storage, networking, and security to support private cloud, public cloud, and hybrid multi-cloud architectures. Its offerings are used by enterprises, service providers, and public-sector organizations to consolidate workloads, standardize infrastructure operations, and run business applications across on-premises (on-prem) data centers and cloud providers.
The company’s core portfolio centers on server virtualization platforms and cloud infrastructure software (cloud infrastructure), which abstract physical resources into software-defined pools for virtual machines, containers, and application services. These platforms typically integrate with hypervisors, storage virtualization technologies, and management consoles that provide policy-based control, capacity planning, and lifecycle management for infrastructure and workloads.
In networking, VMware by Broadcom delivers SDN and NV solutions (networking) that create logical switches, routers, firewalls, and load balancers in software. These products are designed to integrate with existing IP networks and routing protocols, and to support constructs such as micro-segmentation, overlay networks based on tunneling protocols, and centralized policy enforcement for east-west and north-south traffic in data centers and cloud environments.
The company also offers embedded security capabilities (security) that align with zero trust architectures. These include distributed firewalls, workload-level security policies, and controls for network segmentation and inspection. The approach ties security policies to applications, identities, or workloads rather than solely to physical network boundaries, which is intended to support consistent enforcement across multi-cloud deployments.
For end-user computing, VMware by Broadcom provides digital workspace and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) platforms (digital workspace) that deliver Windows, Linux, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications to users on various endpoint devices. These platforms typically support identity integration, remote access protocols, device management, and policy-based control to manage user access and application delivery.
In the area of cloud management and operations, VMware by Broadcom offers tools for multi-cloud management, automation, and observability (cloud management). These tools enable provisioning, configuration management, performance monitoring, capacity analytics, and cost visibility across heterogeneous environments. They are used by infrastructure and operations teams to standardize workflows, integrate with IT service management systems, and support DevOps and platform engineering practices.
Within an enterprise technology directory, VMware by Broadcom aligns with categories such as virtualization and cloud infrastructure, SDN, network and workload security, digital workspace and VDI, and multi-cloud management and automation. Its platforms are typically integrated into broader ecosystems that include storage systems, compute hardware, public cloud services, and third-party management and security tools, forming part of the core stack for modern data center and multi-cloud operations.
Our description of VMware by Broadcom. Updated December 2025.
