VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur's licensing fees by 85 percent
Tottenham Hotspur has reduced its IT licensing costs by 85 percent by migrating its stadium infrastructure from VMware to HPE's virtualization solutions. The move follows dissatisfaction with Broadcom's recent takeover of VMware and subsequent changes to licensing models.
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This highlights a broader trend of enterprise customers seeking alternatives to VMware due to aggressive pricing changes following the Broadcom acquisition.
Kicked out VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur’s licensing fees by 85 percent Pro soccer team’s CTO points to “issues with the Broadcom takeover.”
31 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has 20,000 network access points, 1,849 IPTV screens, and 519 CCTV screens. It hosts about 63,000 viewers. Credit: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has 20,000 network access points, 1,849 IPTV screens, and 519 CCTV screens. It hosts about 63,000 viewers. Credit: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav Tottenham Hotspur, a professional soccer team that’s part of the Premier League, has saved over 85 percent in licensing fees by replacing its stadium’s VMware instance with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s (HPE’s) Morpheus VM Essentials (VME) virtualization software.
Tottenham hasn’t disclosed which VMware products it used or how much it previously paid the Broadcom firm.
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