team.blue Named VMware Pinnacle Partner: A Stable European Route Forward for Partners

The VMware ecosystem is changing.

Since Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, the landscape has shifted significantly. Product portfolios have been consolidated into VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). Perpetual licences have moved to subscription models. Licensing metrics have changed. And the partner network has been dramatically reduced.

For many organisations across Europe - customers, service providers, and resellers alike - this has raised important questions:

• What does this mean for our infrastructure?
• What happens to our existing investments?
• How do we ensure continuity?
• Who can we rely on long term?

In times like this, stability matters.

team.blue: A Pinnacle Partner

team.blue has been retained as a VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) Pinnacle Partner under Broadcom’s restructured Advantage Partner Program.

This reflects our long-term commitment to digital infrastructure, our scale across Europe, and our ability to deliver secure, enterprise-grade VMware solutions within Broadcom’s new framework. It gives our current and future partners something essential: stability and a clear path forward.

What This Means for Customers

For organisations running VMware environments today, the message is simple: continuity.

Our customers continue to have access to the full VMware Cloud Foundation portfolio, supported within the new programme structure and backed by direct engagement at the highest partner level.

Whether the priority is:

• Understanding new subscription models
• Evaluating cost implications
• Optimising an existing VMware estate
• Planning a phased migration
• Ensuring compliance and security

our teams are equipped to help navigate those decisions with confidence.

Infrastructure is not something businesses should have to rethink overnight. Our role is to provide reassurance and long-term stability.

What This Means for the Ecosystem

The restructuring of VMware’s partner network has also impacted many resellers and service providers who can no longer transact directly.

For those navigating this transition, having a stable, authorised route forward is essential.

Our approach is partner-first.

When we support other service providers, they retain ownership of their customer relationships and continue delivering their services. We provide the authorised infrastructure layer and lifecycle management behind the scenes.

It is a collaborative model designed to ensure:

• No disruption for end customers
• Compliance within the new programme structure
• Operational continuity
• Long-term trust

Partnership is built on clarity, especially during change.

European Scale, Local Expertise

One of team.blue’s strengths is the way we combine group-wide infrastructure scale with strong local brands who understand their customers and partners.

Across more than 60 brands in 22+ European countries, our teams are already helping customers and partners interpret and respond to the VMware changes.

In Denmark, Curanet has published detailed guidance and is hosting a dedicated webinar to support businesses assessing their next steps.

In the Netherlands, TransIP provides a comprehensive overview of the Broadcom-VMware transition and its impact on licensing and pricing.

Also in the Netherlands, Proserve, our managed services brand, was among the first within our group to be recognised as a Pinnacle Partner. Their specialists are working closely with organisations to evaluate infrastructure strategies and future-proof VMware environments.

In Belgium, Combell is delivering regionally tailored guidance and expert sessions to help Belgian businesses navigate the transition within their local regulatory and operational context.

Each brand brings expert knowledge. Together, we provide the reassurance of European scale.

Security and Trust at the Core

Beyond programme tiers and licensing structures, this moment is about trust. As a European technology provider, team.blue and our brands deliver:

• GDPR-aligned environments
• Strong data protection standards
• Enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure
• Long-term operational resilience

We understand that infrastructure decisions are critical business decisions. They impact performance, compliance, and customer experience.

In a changing ecosystem, trusted partnerships matter.

Being named a Pinnacle Partner reinforces our role as a stable, secure European infrastructure provider committed to long-term collaboration and practical solutions.