VMware 重组、CEO 离职、裁员即将开始

博通对 VMware 的收购终于尘埃落定，很快成立了四个部门，专门负责这家虚拟化技术巨头的业务，但似乎没有一个部门包括最终用户计算产品。

这些变动并未正式宣布，但已出现在了博通的高管名单上。

IT 外媒 The Register 今天与博通进行了核实（媒体和分析师的询问目前并不由VMware的工作人员处理），被告知 VMware 业务将作为博通的以下四个部门来运营：

（1）VMware Cloud Foundation（VCF），由高级副总裁兼总经理 Krish Prasad 领导。

（2）Tanzu（TNZ），由副总裁兼总经理 Purnima Padmanabhan 领导。

（3）软件定义边缘（SDE），由副总裁兼总经理 Sanjay Uppal 领导。

（4）应用软件网络和安全（ANS），由副总裁兼总经理 Umesh Mahajan 领导。

上述四位高管在 VMware 都担任过类似的职位。

博通采取的公司结构是运营的部门各自负责相应的产品组，因此 VMware 部门（iDivisions）并不意外。

博通的高管名单上共有 26 个部门。

Purnima Padmanabhan 被任命为 Tanzu 的负责人，意味着该名单上领导业务部门的女性数量翻了一番，达到两人。

虽然没有一个部门提到最终用户计算佐证了博通对该产品系列兴趣不大的传闻，但首席执行官陈福阳表示，他打算继续推行 VMware 之前奉行的“应用无处不在”（app anywhere）战略。但是在一篇博文和采访中，他对该产品系列只字未提。他确实重申了有意与 VMware 的渠道伙伴合作，确保产品更容易部署，并建立一个简化多云操作的平台。

陈福阳在采访中传达的信息略有变化，强调了服务以及多云基础设施的自动化部署。分布式防火墙和负载均衡系统是用户在部署应用软件时这位首席执行官希望自动部署的那种产品。

这是 VMware 多年来奉行的信条。

The Register 获悉，有关员工未来就业的决定将于下周初公布。

但博通已迅速采取了行动，为办事处/办公室易名。 The Register 看到了一张显示 VMware 在澳大利亚悉尼的办事处的新公司工作服的照片，工作服显然是在一夜之间更换的。

CEO 告别

交易正式达成的另一个结果是 VMware 首席执行官 Raghu Raghuram 离职，他在领英上发布了一份内容经过修改的电子邮件，他在离开这家被收购的公司时向同事发了这封邮件。

Raghu Raghuram

Chief Executive Officer at VMware

To all my industry friends and colleagues, we completed the acquisition with Broadcom and consequently I stepped down as the CEO of VMware. Here is a modified version of the email I sent to the company that I would like to share with you.

My Sincere Thanks

All of you would have seen the announcements from Broadcom regarding the close of the transaction, the go-forward strategy, and the organizational structure under the leadership of Hock Tan.

It has been my absolute privilege and honor to lead VMware for the last three years. During this time, we have navigated a dizzying journey together that spans the full lifecycle of a business — from raising debt financing to spinning off from Dell and operating as a standalone public company, to being acquired by Broadcom and executing through a complex regulatory process to finally arrive at this milestone moment in VMware’s history. Throughout it all, I have been amazed at the resiliency and focus of the VMware team as we repeatedly beat our financial goals, broke new ground with our product releases, and took time to celebrate the values that make us a special company.

Our innovations have positively impacted both businesses and the planet in so many ways. Building these technologies and serving our customers over the last two decades has truly been the defining journey of my professional life. Along the way, I have been privileged to work alongside an amazing group of colleagues and leaders. Many of you are still here at VMware, while many have gone on to accomplish remarkable things at other companies. To all of my current and former colleagues, thank you for all that you do. It has truly been a pleasure working with you all.

I have also been fortunate to collaborate and build lasting relationships with the industry's finest minds, many of whom are VMware customers and partners. To my industry colleagues, thank you for the privilege of working with you. I will always be grateful for the opportunity to work with, learn from, and be inspired by you.

As this chapter of VMware comes to a close, I am enormously proud of what we together have accomplished for our customers, for each other and for our investors. And while I am very appreciative of our past, I am equally optimistic and confident about VMware’s future.

Technology has been – and always will be – a powerful force for progress and for good, and we all get to contribute and make that a reality every day. So regardless of whether you are joining Broadcom or starting your next chapter elsewhere, I wish each of you the very best and all the success in making a positive impact in this world.

As for myself, I plan to take a short break, rejuvenate, and then find a new and impactful mission into which I can pour my energy and passion. I will also continue my association with VMware as a strategic advisor to Hock Tan. I have no doubt that our paths will cross again. Until then, thank you, goodbye and good health.

这封邮件基本上安慰他人，赞扬了同事们为 VMware 取得的成功所做的贡献。

但他似乎也证实了裁员是不可避免的，他写道：“所以无论你是加入博通，还是在其他地方开启你的下一个篇章……我都真诚地祝福每个人，祝大家都能给这个世界带来积极的影响。”

博通还没有裁掉的一个职位是高级社区经理，这个职位负责监督 vExpert 计划，类似微软的 MVP 计划和思科的 Champion 计划。

Corey Romero 保住了这份岗位，他发布消息称，自己将继续出任这个角色，这意味着vExpert 计划也将保留下来。

vExperts 发布关于 VMware 的大量内容，经常参加 VMware 用户组（VMUG）。

VMUG 总裁 Brad Tompkins 发推文表示，该用户组得到了博通自上而下的支持，并表示这种支持会继续下去。

博通在接管 VMware 的第一天并没有透露太多信息，但保留 vExperts 和 VMUG 无疑是有力的声明，表明它重视 VMware 那些最忠实的追随者和热情的传播者， 这是一个很好的开端。