News & Events:VMW

* Second-quarter M&A down 25.5% amid recession fears. * Interest rate hikes drive U.S. dealmaking down 40% * Asia Pacific sinks 10%, Europe up 6% on large buyouts. * Financing drought, valuation mismatch key hurdles.

* BROADCOM'S (AVGO) $69BN VMWARE DEAL SET FOR LENGTHY EU ANTITRUST INVESTIGATION - FT. * BROADCOM IS ALREADY IN PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH EU OFFICIALS WHO WILL BE LOOKING INTO WORRIES THAT THE MERGER MAY LEAD TO ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR - FT Source text : https://on.ft.com/3tX3I2i Further company coverage:

VMware (VMW) positioned as a Leader in Unified Endpoint Management Software, UEM Software for Apple Devices, and UEM Software for Ruggedized/IoT Device Deployments VMware Inc. (VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today announced it has been positioned as a Leader in three recent IDC MarketScape reports related to the Unified Endpoint Management space: The evaluated solution, VMware Workspace ...

Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC are investigating the proposed sale of VMware, Inc. (VMW) to Broadcom Inc. (AVGO). Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of VMware (VMW) will elect to receive either $142.50 in cash or 0.2520 shares of Broadcom (AVGO) for each share of VMware (VMW) that they own, subject to proration.

AWS Customers Can Purchase Tanzu Observability in AWS Marketplace VMware, Inc. (VMW) today announced the company is empowering Centrica in its mission to help customers live sustainably, simply, and affordably by providing better visibility into the company’s cloud-native applications running on Amazon Web Services.

VMware, Inc. (VMW) today announced the company received the 2021 Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year Award for Infrastructure Modernization. “Organizations globally are benefitting from the close collaboration of VMware (VMW) and Google Cloud as we help customers accelerate their cloud-first business strategies,” said Gregory Lehrer, vice president, hyperscaler partnerships, VMware.

VMware (VMW) today announced it has been named a Visionary in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring and Observability.1 VMware’s observability platform, Tanzu Observability by Wavefront, has been recognized for its vision and execution.

Introduces VMware Contexa™ Threat Intelligence, Powering VMware Security to Stop Threats Others Simply Can’t See VMware Inc. (VMW) today announced significant enhancements to its unique lateral security capabilities to help customers achieve strong security for both modern and traditional applications, across multi-cloud environments.

- Comprehensive Mobile Security with VMware Workspace ONE Mobile Threat Defense - New Update Management Capabilities Helps Automate Windows Device Management VMware Inc. (VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today unveiled innovations to its anywhere workspace platform, VMware Workspace ONE, that will make it easier for IT teams to manage and better secure all employee devices.

Dealmakers at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett are riding high. They worked on the three biggest mergers and acquisitions announced so far this year, pushing Simpson Thacher to the No. 1 spot of the U.S. dealmaking league tables for law firms for the first time in 17 years.

Dealmakers at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett are riding high.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on VMware. And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga. Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. So how do we know what this whale just did?

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- Once a poor "skinny kid" from Malaysia, Hock Tan was going head-to-head with a legendary U.S. technology mogul for a transformative acquisition. Tan placed a call earlier this month to VMware Inc Chairman Michael Dell, also the chief executive of computer maker Dell Technologies Inc. He proposed one of the biggest tie-ups in the history of the technology sector.

Once a poor "skinny kid" from Malaysia, Hock Tan was going head-to-head with a legendary U.S. technology mogul for a transformative acquisition. Tan placed a call earlier this month to VMware Inc Chairman Michael Dell, also the chief executive of computer maker Dell Technologies Inc. He proposed one of the biggest tie-ups in the history of the technology sector.

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Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC are investigating the proposed sale of VMware, Inc. (VMW) to Broadcom Inc. (AVGO). Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of VMware (VMW) will elect to receive either $142.50 in cash or 0.2520 shares of Broadcom (AVGO) for each share of VMware (VMW) that they own, subject to proration.

Broadcom Inc (AVGO): * VMWARE INC (VMW) - UPON TERMINATION OF MERGER AGREEMENT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, CO WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY BROADCOM A TERMINATION FEE OF $1.5 BILLION. * VMWARE INC (VMW) - UPON TERMINATION OF MERGER AGREEMENT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, BROADCOM WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY CO A TERMINATION FEE OF $1.5 BILLION.

Broadcom Inc (AVGO): * BROADCOM (AVGO) - EFFECTIVE UPON EFFECTIVE TIME OF DEAL, ONE MEMBER OF VMWARE BOARD WILL BE ADDED TO BROADCOM'S BOARD Further company coverage: