Broadcom is remaining tight-lipped on rumours long-standing VMware UK channel leader Andy Corcoran is heading for the exit doors.
According to multiple sources, Corcoran is about to vacate his role as UK&I GM partner and commercial sales at the virtualisation giant.
He has helmed VMware’s UK channel for five years, and before that held a similar role at former owner Dell.
“We will not be providing a comment in this instance,” a Broadcom representative said when asked to confirm the news.
One partner understood Corcoran is formally leaving at the end of this month.
Another who’d heard the news understood that Corcoran’s channel remit will now be picked up by Roxana Velcea, Revenue Director EMEA at Broadcom.
The news comes three weeks after Broadcom unveiled a revamped partner programme designed to evaluate VMware partners via a points-based system.
Broadcom CEO Hok Tan last week branded 2025 “another strong year” for the Nasdaq-listed outfit as total revenue powered up 24% to $64bn. Its infrastructure software business swelled 26% to $27bn on the back of “strong adoption” of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Tan said.
Broadcom’s current $1.55tn market cap makes it the world’s eighth-most valuable company.
But Tan’s ploy of narrowing VMware’s focus to top customers and partners (see here, here and here) has gone down better with shareholders than with some in the channel.
One source at a top-level Pinnacle partner we spoke to felt Corcoran’s departure could be connected with impending plans to trim the partner base further.
“They’re reducing the number of partners and as a result they don’t need as much depth or breadth in the partner team,” they said.
“They’re very keen to have acolytes running around talking about VCF. They want people who have invested heavily in technical capabilities to ensure they can get the customers to see the value by implementing it correctly, doing all the services and making sure they use all the features.
“There will be a huge cull from the conversations I’ve had. They’ll only have a few specialists that are heavily invested in and supportive of VMware.”
Under Broadcom’s revamped Advantage Partner Programme, VMware partners will be evaluated through a points-based system that measures not just transactions, but also certifications, resource investment, and services expertise
“By leaning into the private cloud opportunity with VCF at the core, partners who invest deeply in Broadcom, build advanced architectural capability, complete role-based certifications, and deliver consistent end-to-end customer outcomes, will unlock greater rewards, differentiated benefits, and higher profitability across the programme,” Broadcom stated at the start of this month.
We were unable to reach Corcoran for comment.
