VMware Sues Nutanix CEO For Allegedly Failing His Obligations To VMware
VMware is suing former Chief Operating Officer Rajiv Ramaswami (pictured) after he recently left to become CEO of rival Nutanix, charing Ramaswami with “material and ongoing breaches” of his legal and contractual duties to VMware as he was being courted by Nutanix in late 2020.
Ramaswami was chief operating officer of products and cloud services at VMware for the past four years before jumping to Nutanix in December to replace retiring CEO and co-founder Dheeraj Pandey. At VMware, Ramaswami was responsible for business units developing products, cloud services and cloud operations.
Nutanix has said the lawsuit is an attempt by VMware to “hurt a competitor.”
CRN breaks down the five most important things to know about VMware’s lawsuit against Nutanix’s new CEO.
