Tesco is migrating 40,000 server workloads off VMware and suing Broadcom for over £100M, alleging breach of perpetual license agreements post-acquisition.

Supermarket giant has turned to third-party support as court sets date to hear licensing dispute

Tesco claimed Broadcom hiked its VMware prices by about 175 percent in UK court filings.

Tesco is migrating 40,000 server workloads off VMware and suing Broadcom for over £100M, alleging breach of perpetual license agreements post-acquisition.

Tesco says Broadcom hiked VMware prices 175% and killed perpetual license support. It's migrating 40,000 servers and suing for "abusive conduct."

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