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Sheetz is quitting VMware, migrating 11,000 virtual machines

Automation and [SvHCI’s VMware] VM Import Utility were absolutely vital to scaling this migration. Operating in a 24/7/365 retail environment meant that minimizing business disruption was critical. It required meticulous planning and heavy automation to ensure our store operations ran as smoothly as possible throughout the entire transition. SvHCI product maturity in relation to APIs… Read More: Sheetz is quitting VMware, migrating 11,000 virtual machines »

Allstate accuses Broadcom of auditing it because it quit VMware, CA

The complaint reads: On September 12, 2025, Allstate informed VMware’s consultant that it had “removed VMware from all devices,” and therefore Allstate was no longer able to “execute the Scripts provided by Broadcom as the scripts are dependent on having VMWare components running in the environment.” Allstate reportedly followed up in October to tell VMware… Read More: Allstate accuses Broadcom of auditing it because it quit VMware,… »

T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware amid lawsuit

T-Mobile is asking a New York court to rule that Broadcom was contractually obligated to continue supporting its VMware perpetual licenses. In its complaint, T-Mobile said it has tens of thousands of virtual machines using VMware software across approximately 303,140 CPU cores. It also said that it was migrating off VMware but noted the time-consuming… Read More: T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware… »

Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom’s “abusive conduct”

Tesco is also dealing with migration challenges related to data security because its new, unnamed virtualization software is incompatible with the Veeam and Zerto products it uses. “Manifestly unfair and excessive” price hike Tesco initially requested at least 100 million pounds (about $133.6 million) in damages each from Broadcom, VMware, and reseller Computacenter, plus interest.… Read More: Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom’s “abusive… »

Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry

HPE’s new promotion aims to entice customers to more deeply consider migrating off VMware. While numerous third-party surveys have pointed to a significant amount of VMware customers looking to reduce or eliminate their VMware use over the next few years, concerns around time and cost are also expected to slow or deter migration plans, especially… Read More: Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct… »

“Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware migrations, rival says

Amid customer dissatisfaction around Broadcom’s VMware takeover, rivals have been trying to lure customers from the leading virtualization firm. One of VMware’s biggest competitors, Nutanix, claims to have swiped tens of thousands of VMware customers. Speaking at a press briefing at Nutanix’s .NEXT conference in Chicago this week, Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami said that “about… Read More: “Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware migrations, rival… »

Cloud service providers ask EU regulator to reinstate VMware partner program

“In January 2026 Broadcom signaled the termination of its VMware Cloud Service Provider program in Europe,” CIPSE said in a statement. This unilateral decision ​removed all but a tiny minority of hand-selected partners and ​excluded most European CSPs from selling VMware products.” In its complaint, CISPE also accused Broadcom of “ongoing abuse,” citing sharp price… Read More: Cloud service providers ask EU regulator to reinstate VMware partner… »

Most VMware users still “actively reducing their VMware footprint,” survey finds

Migrations are ongoing Broadcom introduced changes to VMware that are especially unfriendly to small- and-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and Gartner previously predicted that 35 percent of VMware workloads would migrate else by 2028. CloudBolt’s survey also examined how respondents are migrating workloads off of VMware. Currently, 36 percent of participants said they migrated 1–24 percent of… Read More: Most VMware users still “actively reducing their VMware footprint,” survey… »

AMD wins massive AI chip deal from OpenAI with stock sweetener

As part of the arrangement, AMD will allow OpenAI to purchase up to 160 million AMD shares at 1 cent each throughout the chips deal. OpenAI diversifies its chip supply With demand for AI compute growing rapidly, companies like OpenAI have been looking for secondary supply lines and sources of additional computing capacity, and the… Read More: AMD wins massive AI chip deal from OpenAI with stock… »

Broadcom’s prohibitive VMware prices create a learning “barrier,” IT pro says

Broadcom didn’t respond to Ars Technica’s request for comment for this article. Compatibility problems Migrating off of VMware hasn’t only resulted in delayed projects for the Indiana school district; it has also brought complications for its HCI hardware. The district’s IT director told Ars that Dell won’t provide long-term support for the hardware if it’s… Read More: Broadcom’s prohibitive VMware prices create a learning “barrier,” IT pro… »