We asked Broadcom’s CTO to tell us the truth about VCF, AI, and what the hell’s going on with VMware… and he did.
Addicted to Cloud – The Broadcom Intervention with Joe Baguley We asked Broadcom’s CTO to tell us the truth about VCF, AI, and what the hell’s going on with VMware… and he did. Interrupting our Digital trust series for this whopper…When Broadcom bought VMware for $61 billion, everyone had something to say — most of […]
AI Is Moving Fast – We Spoke to a leader at Dell about it.
We’ve been sitting on our latest episode of State of Systems one for a while, we think it’s a good one and particularly resonant for right now. Over the past few months, we’ve had some fascinating conversations about where AI is inside organisations, not just where the headlines say it is. One of those was […]
Omnissa: powering more of the modern workplace than most people realise
Last year, we spent some time with Spencer Pitts from Omnissa on State of Systems, and it made one thing very clear: this is a business a lot more people should be paying attention to. What struck us most was not just the scale of Omnissa, but the clarity of its thinking. For many people […]
Digital Trust Series Part 2: Heathrow’s Headache
When your weakest supplier grounds planes If JLR’s shutdown was an economic earthquake, Heathrow’s cyber-chaos was the public spectacle. In one of the world’s busiest airports, flights were suddenly grounded. Check-in systems collapsed. Security queues stretched back towards the car park. Passengers slept on terminal floors while staff handed out biscuits to calm the crowds. […]
Digital Trust Series Part 1: Lessons from the JLR Supply Chain Attack
Lessons from the JLR Supply Chain Attack (Part 1): Digital Trust in Manufacturing Since there have been so many news stories around hacks across the past month, we wanted to talk about it. This is part of of our 3 part series on digital trust. Why digital trust is now your biggest vulnerability In 2025, […]
Tesco Sues Broadcom for £100M – Every Little Helps…
Yes, Tesco just dropped a £100 million lawsuit over VMware licensing. But before you start sharpening your Broadcom pitchforks, take a breath. Their strategy is Bold, Brutal (at times) and when you zoom out – still strategically sound. Here’s the situation: Tesco claims £7 million in perpetual VMware licences have been rendered useless. They say […]
We met the man taking IGEL global and he didn’t hold back…
When he said that IGEL has never been compromised we didn’t quite believe him. But then we asked him how. In our latest episode of State of Systems, we sat down with Justin Thorogood, IGEL’s newly promoted AVP for UK/I and APAC, to talk about the future of endpoint security – and he didn’t hold back. From […]
Red Hat’s Virtualisation Pitch: Freedom or Just Another Lock-In?
Yes — we’re talking about VMware again. Of course we are. Everyone is. And if you’ve followed our last post — “Nutanix is knocking, but VMware customers aren’t opening the door” — you’ll know we’re not shy about calling out the alternatives being thrown around right now. If You’re Feeling the Pressure, Read This First There’s nothing […]
Nutanix Is Knocking, But VMware Customers Aren’t Opening the Door
Broadcom’s reshaping of VMware has triggered a predictable response: competitors circling. Nutanix, in particular, has launched an aggressive campaign to capitalise on what it calls a “multi-year opportunity” — trying to court VMware customers who feel uncertain or overlooked. They’re offering concessions, migration support, and OPEX-driven pricing models. On paper, it sounds compelling. But here’s […]
The Co-op’s Empty Shelves: Your Wake-Up Call for Human-Centric Cyber Security.
Did you walk into a Co-op store a while back and find the shelves looking a little bare? That was the direct, real-world consequence of a sophisticated cyberattack by Scattered Spider, an elite, English-speaking threat group that’s redefining cyber warfare. Scattered Spider doesn’t just lurk at your network edge – they masterfully exploit the human element, bypassing technology to […]