The Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers Europe (CISPE) has challenged Broadcom’s claims that VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) can serve as a foundation for sovereign cloud infrastructure. CISPE argues that the proprietary nature of VCF creates a dangerous over-reliance on a foreign vendor that maintains unilateral control over the software. Because Broadcom is a US-based entity, its products remain subject to American export regulations and legal frameworks regardless of where the data centers are physically located.

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Nationwide Building Society is expanding its partnership with Broadcom to implement VMware Cloud Foundation as the cornerstone of its new private cloud platform. This integrated solution combines compute, storage, networking, and security to help the organization build a custom, resilient infrastructure. The transition supports a broader digital transformation strategy aimed at delivering scalable services to millions of customers.

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VMware Cloud Foundation now includes the vSphere Kubernetes Service, a CNCF-certified runtime that allows for the management of virtual machines and containers from a single control plane. This architectural integration eliminates infrastructure silos by allowing administrators to provision Kubernetes clusters using the same platform they use for traditional virtual machines. The service maintains close alignment with upstream Kubernetes releases, ensuring compatibility with standard tools like Helm and Argo CD without imposing proprietary constraints.

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Tesco has initiated a massive infrastructure migration to remove VMware software from its fleet of 40,000 servers. This transition follows a legal dispute where the UK supermarket chain sued Broadcom for allegedly failing to honor perpetual licenses purchased in 2021. The company expects to complete the full decommissioning of its existing VMware environment by 2027.

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Synology DSM 7.4 – What Is Included and Should You Upgrade? UPDATE – Synology has reached out to me to correct a presentation point regarding the supported devices for DSM 7.4 and one that I covered at 04:01 . DSM 7.4 will continue to support the 20-series models; it’s specifically the new Storage Efficiency feature […]

Broadcom a publié récemment VMware Workstation Pro 26H1 (build 25388281) : outre le passage sur une architecture 64 bits, découvrez les autres nouveautés.

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