When VMware CEO Rangarajan Raghuram took the stage to kick off the company's annual VMware Explore conference on Tuesday, it was no ordinary keynote speech – not with Broadcom's planned $61 billion acquisition of his company still looming and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan in attendance. Raghuram was there to unveil new products and services, but first he addressed the pending deal early on in his speech and subsequent press conference. He said the acquisition remains on track and is expected to close during Broadcom's 2023 fiscal year, which means sometime between this November and next October. The companies, which announced the acquisition in May, are going through the regulatory approvals, he said.