# Broadcom

Broadcom designs semiconductors and infrastructure software for global organizations, serving markets including private cloud, mainframe software, cybersecurity, and enterprise software. The company's strategic partnerships include an extended collaboration with Nationwide Building Society to adopt VMware Cloud Foundation for an enterprise-grade private cloud platform.

Status: provisional
Last verified: 2026-08-30T22:24:14.000Z

## Evidence

- (single_source) Symantec was founded in 1982.
  - supports https://broadcom.com/products/cybersecurity
    > founded in 1982

- (single_source) Broadcom provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.
  - supports https://broadcom.com/company/careers
    > to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.

- (single_source) Costin Ionescu noted a shift toward a more focused path forward following the acquisition by Broadcom.
  - supports https://broadcom.com/company/news/articles/innovation-in-engineering/costin-ionescu-the-broadcom-engineer-who-made-security-software-safer-and-fast-enough-to-matter
    > There's clearly been a shift toward a more focused path forward since the acquisition by Broadcom

- (single_source) Nationwide Building Society is described as the world's largest building society.
  - supports https://broadcom.com/company/news/articles/customers/broadcom-nationwide-private-cloud-transformation
    > Nationwide Building Society, the world's largest building society

- (single_source) Broadcom provides semiconductors and infrastructure software for global organizations' complex, mission-critical needs.
  - supports https://broadcom.com/company/about-us
    > Broadcom provides semiconductors and infrastructure software for global organizations' complex, mission-critical needs.

- (single_source) Broadcom's infrastructure software solutions serve markets including private cloud, mainframe software, cybersecurity, enterprise software, and Fibre Channel storage area network management.
  - supports https://broadcom.com/company/about-us
    > Broadcom's infrastructure software solutions serve markets including private cloud, mainframe software, cybersecurity, enterprise software, and Fibre Channel storage area network management.

- (single_source) Broadcom designs and develops technologies that power digital ecosystems, advancing mobile and home devices, cloud innovation, AI, and digital security.
  - supports https://broadcom.com/company/careers
    > From advancing the latest mobile and home devices to driving cloud innovation, accelerating AI and securing our digital world, Broadcom designs and develops technologies that power digital ecosystems.

- (single_source) Costin Ionescu is a Broadcom engineer known for the CP3 project, short for C++ Protected, which addresses running complex detection logic in real time without exposing the protected system.
  - supports https://broadcom.com/company/news/articles/innovation-in-engineering/costin-ionescu-the-broadcom-engineer-who-made-security-software-safer-and-fast-enough-to-matter
    > Costin Ionescu spent years working inside that constraint. The project he is best known for, CP3 — short for C++ Protected — grew out of a simple question: how do you run complex detection logic in real time without exposing the system you're trying to protect?

- (single_source) The next phase of the Broadcom-Nationwide partnership includes adoption of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) as the foundation for a fully integrated, enterprise-grade private cloud platform.
  - supports https://broadcom.com/company/news/articles/customers/broadcom-nationwide-private-cloud-transformation
    > of this next phase is the adoption of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), as the foundation for a fully integrated, enterprise-grade private cloud platform.

- (single_source) Broadcom and Nationwide Building Society announced an extension of their strategic partnership on June 24, 2026.
  - supports https://broadcom.com/company/news/articles/customers/broadcom-nationwide-private-cloud-transformation
    > LONDON — June 24, 2026 — Broadcom Inc., a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, and Nationwide Building Society, the world's largest building society, today announced an extension of their strategic partnership

## Timeline

- 2026-08-30T22:14:53.000Z: Broadcom provides semiconductors and infrastructure software for global organizations' mission-critical needs. Broadcom's infrastructure software serves markets including private cloud, mainframe software, cybersecurity, enterprise software, and Fibre Channel SAN management. Broadcom designs technologies powering digital ecosystems across mobile, home, cloud, AI, and digital security. Broadcom and Nationwide Building Society announced an extension of their strategic partnership on June 24, 2026. Nationwide Building Society is described as the world's largest building society. The Broadcom-Nationwide partnership's next phase includes adopting VMware Cloud Foundation for an enterprise-grade private cloud platform.