Every technology shift feels urgent when budgets are tight, and workloads cannot miss a beat. Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware turned up that pressure by redrawing subscription rules and placing VMware Cloud Foundation at the center of private-cloud strategy. In that whirlwind, ePlus earned Broadcom’s 2024 VMware Fastest Growth Partner award for the Americas. The honor grew from a services-first philosophy that combines straight-talk advisory work with precise engineering execution, all grounded in three decades of VMware experience.
ePlus begins most engagements with a clear-eyed look at facts. Its VMware Licensing Assessment and Optimization Assessment reveal how an organization really uses vSphere, vSAN, NSX, Aria Suite, and more. That baseline sets the stage for the four-week Broadcom Strategy Engagement.
Week one locks in scope, timelines, and milestones. Week two gathers data through automated discovery and stakeholder interviews, mapping license footprints and performance patterns. Week three weighs three paths side by side: upgrade to VMware Cloud Foundation 9, adopt another hypervisor, or head to public cloud. Engineers quantify costs, performance gains, security improvements, and potential risks rather than guessing. Week four delivers a decision framework that blends hard numbers with the client’s risk tolerance, then translates it into a milestone-driven action plan. Customers walk away knowing precisely where savings lie, how to avoid disruption, and what resources the move will demand.
That clarity matters because execution follows immediately. As a Premier Broadcom Solution Provider, ePlus architects private clouds on VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware vSphere Foundation, Aria Operations, vSAN, HCX, SDDC Manager, and Data Services Manager. It stitches those platforms into converged or hyper-converged stacks, builds software-defined networks, automates provisioning, and layers in lifecycle management. Consumption-based pricing models align spend with usage, so finance teams do not face sticker shock. When operations need extra hands, managed services keep systems patched, monitored, and optimized without draining internal staff.
As Broadcom reshapes VMware’s future, we fuse deep insight and agile delivery to help clients unlock decisive, sustainable cloud advantages. — Mark Marron, CEO, President & Director
A recent project shows the impact in real life. An engineering firm chose not to renew the lease on its headquarters and decided to lift every workload to the cloud. ePlus designed a VMware Cloud Foundation environment that migrated applications, tightened disaster-recovery objectives, and added ransomware protection, all while preserving existing skill sets. VMware NSX delivered micro-segmentation and secure networking; disaster recovery as a service improved data resilience; observability tools enhanced day-to-day operations. The firm kept the same three-year total cost of ownership it had before the move, yet gained a modern platform ready for new product development.
License optimization stays front and center throughout. Deliverables from the VMware Licensing Assessment include vCenter overviews, host-level details, feature-usage snapshots, rightsizing recommendations, and renewal options. An executive summary distills those findings into a roadmap leadership can act on months before renewal deadlines arrive. The goal is to ensure every dollar spent on software produces measurable value.
Behind the tools and frameworks stands a team of more than 2,200 professionals spread across North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia-Pacific. Many have walked the same data-center floors as their customers, so conversations move quickly from theory to action. Consultants versed in software development, automation, IT service management, and third-party integrations help organizations speed deployments, streamline documentation, and free internal staff to tackle strategic work instead of routine chores.
The recent Broadcom accolade was called a clear validation of the company’s efforts to assist customers in navigating product evolution. Clients echo that sentiment, relying on ePlus to anticipate change, eliminate licensing surprises, and simplify complexity across cloud, security, networking, and automation.
ePlus translates uncertainty into structured progress, offers vendor-neutral guidance backed by validated financial and technical analysis, and delivers private-cloud solutions that leave organizations stronger, safer, and ready for what comes next.