Telco giant slams silicon-and-software shop for trying to bully it into buying software it doesn't want or need, at huge prices
Telco giant slams silicon-and-software shop for trying to bully it into buying software it doesn't want or need, at huge pricesUS telecoms giant AT&T has alleged Broadcom has reneged on an extended support deal it struck with VMware, and warned the consequences could be massive outages for customer support operations – and even the US president's office.
The references to"new software" almost certainly allude to VMware Cloud Foundation – Broadcom's integrated bundle of VMware's compute, storage, and network virtualization products, plus associated management tools. Broadcom has stopped selling individual VMware products and now sells only bundles that include several software products and support.
The complaint also suggests Broadcom's refusal to extend support creates enormous risk for US national security – some of the ~8,600 servers that host AT&T's ~75,000 VMs"are dedicated to various national security and public safety agencies within the federal government as well as the Office of the President." Other VMs are relied upon by emergency responders, and still more"deliver services to millions of AT&T customers worldwide" according to the suit.
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