Western Union zaps VMware and moves to Nutanix

Western Union has commenced a migration from VMware to Nutanix after deciding it didn’t want to do business with Broadcom.

The company’s vice president and head of technology services Brandon Shaw on Wednesday told the audience at Nutanix’s .NEXT conference that Western Union is six months into a migration of 900 to 1,200 applications that run across a 3,900-core server fleet.

The decision to move came during a period of re-invention at Western Union, a 175-year-old company that is currently working to become more customer-focused and therefore is open to new suppliers to help reach that goal, Shaw explained.

He said Western Union had “decent lines of communication” with Broadcom and used some of its non-VMware software products, but also had “challenges partnering with them.”

Broadcom’s software licensing strategy for VMware was another issue for Western Union, as it all but requires customers to ...