Broadcomreason 02 of 4it gets paid again without selling againderived 2026-09-08accession 0001730168-26-000080
VMware Cloud Foundation is the control plane for enterprise private and hybrid clouds; enterprises that have standardized on VCF face substantial migration cost and operational risk to switch, supporting durable subscription renewals at high incremental margins. This installed-base stickiness converts VMware into a recurring, high-margin annuity that diversifies Broadcom beyond cyclical semiconductor demand.
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It held on this filing. No finding was written because nothing in it bore on the reason — the sentences it was read against are below.
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the claims it rests on
“Net revenue from our infrastructure software segment increased in the fiscal quarter and two fiscal quarters ended May 3, 2026 compared to the prior year fiscal periods primarily due to strong demand for our VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) product.”
“Higher operating income from our infrastructure software segment in the fiscal quarter and two fiscal quarters ended May 3, 2026 compared to the prior year fiscal periods was primarily due to strong demand for our VCF product.”
“Gross margin was 69% for each of the fiscal quarter and two fiscal quarters ended May 3, 2026, and 68% for each of the fiscal quarter and two fiscal quarters ended May 4, 2025.”
“Many of our existing software customers have multi-year enterprise software license agreements, some of which involve substantial aggregate fee amounts.”
what it was checked against
infrastructure software value proposition
“Our infrastructure software solutions help enterprises simplify their information technology environments.”
private/hybrid cloud reliance
“Our customers rely on our infrastructure and security software solutions to modernize, optimize, and secure the most complex private cloud, hybrid cloud and edge environments.”
mission-critical workload stickiness
“This enables scalability, agility, automation, insights, resiliency and security, making it easy for customers to run their mission-critical workloads.”