Inside KKR's $3.8bn offer for VMware EUC

Private equity firm KKR has offered $3.8bn for the End User Computing business

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Inside KKR's $3.8bn offer for VMware EUC
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Inside KKR's $3.8bn offer for VMware EUC

Broadcom announced it would look for a home for the End User Computing (EUC) and Carbon Black products when it closed on the $69 billion acquisition of VMware.

On Monday, private equity powerhouse KKR said it has offered $4 billion to buy the End User Computing business whole, keeping its highly regarded leader as well as it staff, in a move that was embr...

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