Broadcom Inc.’s acquisition of VMware Inc. is proceeding almost exactly as we expected when the deal was announced in May 2022. Much of the media and competitor narrative is focused on the increased ...

The European cloud service providers’ association also warned all is not well in its drive to get Microsoft to level the software licensing playing field. The European Cloud Competition Observatory ...

Tesco has sued Broadcom and a VMware reseller for £100 million in damages Tesco was meant to have five years’ support and upgrades and an optional extension Failure to settle the case could disrupt ...

Broadcom received a “red” status from the European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) for the vendor’s most recent handling of legacy VMware licensing changes, which ECCO claims could be violating ...

After a few short years of sweeping change following Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware, the enterprise technology market is still feeling the effects. The semiconductor giant’s 2023 ...

Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed. Some customers have opted to continue using VMware ...

Broadcom (Nasdaq:AVGO) has initiated what appears to be a systematic legal offensive against subscription-less VMware customers who hold a perpetual software license and have expired support contracts ...

‘Broadcom can report that most have signed new contracts, but we know that these are punitive and threaten the viability of service providers locked-in to the VMware ecosystem,’ said Francisco ...

Beginning April 10, the fewest licenses a VMware customer can buy will be 72 cores, up from 16 cores. Meanwhile, late renewals will now cost customers an extra 20 percent of the price of the first ...

Broadcom closed its acquisition of VMware in November 2023 and immediately began a business simplification push built around VMware Cloud Foundation, shifting customers from perpetual licensing to ...

Broadcom might have closed on its VMware acquisition in late 2023, but the ramifications of that mega-deal rippled deepest through the industry in 2024. The deal highlighted the disruptive nature ...