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Driving Success Together: Broadcom’s Partner Mission

Brian Moats
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Coming back from VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas and Explore on Tour London, one thing is clear: the pace of digital transformation isn’t slowing down. Customers are rethinking their cloud strategies, looking for a path to a Cloud Operating Model on-premises and seeking the security and cost predictability of Private Cloud.

Broadcom and its customers cannot meet this demand alone. Our partners are essential to helping customers modernize their infrastructure, operations, and security to deliver the outcomes that matter most. That’s why it’s our mission to keep investing in our Partners, via the programs, enablement, and resources that help them deliver innovation and measurable value to our joint customers.

At these recent events, we had the opportunity to share our three-part partner mission, outlining the key areas we need Partner focus to unlock sustainable, predictable growth together. 

1.  Lead with VMware Cloud Foundation

Every customer journey — regardless of size — and regardless of where they are on their journey to modernize, ultimately delivers the greatest value realization with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).

Why it matters:

  • Customers get a simplified, predictable foundation for digital transformation.
  • Partners can deliver repeatable, scalable outcomes.
  • Leading with VCF positions Partners as the trusted advisor guiding both technology adoption and organizational change.

With VCF 9.0, we’ve taken a significant step forward, bringing together the best of both worlds with the agility and speed of public cloud and the control and predictability of private cloud. 

As Chris Woodin, Softchoice/WWT Vice President of Solutions and Alliances, put it “VCF 9.0 is the solution that brings private cloud to the masses when the masses need it most."

2.  Drive Adoption Through Services

Selling VCF is just the start.  Deploying it and driving adoption is where the real value is created. That’s why we are focused on enabling partners to build and scale professional services practices that bring the platform to life.

Why it matters:

  • Delivering services creates lasting customer value and higher-margin revenue.
  • The opportunity to deliver services is fully partner-led.
  • It drives adoption beyond technology — enabling process and cultural change.

We plan to introduce new incentives designed to reward full deployments and successful adoption, not just license transactions.

As AHEAD Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman Stephen Ayoub put it “If we give away 10% margin on licensing, and I can pick up 35% - 45% on the services side, my enterprise value is going up.”

That’s the kind of smart, sustainable growth we want to drive across the ecosystem.

3. Deliver Measurable Partner Impact

At Explore, I also shared the Partner Value Pyramid, a blueprint for partners to drive customer success and future-proof their journey to private cloud on VCF. It lays out what great looks like across the full lifecycle: from advising and architecting to deploying, managing, and optimizing outcomes over time.

Our customers are moving from a product mindset to a platform mindset, and they need partners who can guide them through that transition with measurable impact.

Why it matters:

  • The Value Pyramid helps partners map where they are today and what it takes to move up by expanding their skills, services, and customer outcomes.
  • You become the trusted advisor helping customers realize the full potential of their investment.
  • It’s not a one-time sale, it’s a long-term partnership focused on renewals, results, and growth.

We are committed to investing in our partners’ success through enablement, product expertise, and turnkey plays that make it easier to deliver consistent, high-value results.

Delivering Value Together

Our mission is simple but powerful: Lead with VCF. Drive adoption through services. Deliver measurable partner impact. From advisory and deployment to operations and private AI enablement, our ecosystem’s strength is your partnership.  

Together, we’re not just transforming IT — we’re transforming how business gets done.

Brian Moates at Explore 2025