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AT&T sues Broadcom for refusing to renew perpetual license support

by Scharon Harding
September 5, 2024
I.T. Today
5 min read

AT&T filed a lawsuit against Broadcom on August 29 accusing it of seeking to “retroactively change existing VMware contracts to match its new corporate strategy.” The lawsuit, spotted by Channel Futures, concerns claims that Broadcom…

Broadcom says “many” VMware perpetual licenses got support extensions

by Scharon Harding
April 17, 2024
I.T. Today
4 min read

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan this week publicized some concessions aimed at helping customers and partners ease into VMware’s recent business model changes. Tan reiterated that the controversial changes, like the end of perpetual licensing, aren’t…