VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur's licensing fees by 85 percent

unethical_ban

There is a 100% chance that someone in Broadcom exec team is making money shorting themselves. Or else some insider assurance that they'd get so much money from government or some big customer that they could run their products into the ground no matter what. But enterprises are not as locked in as people think.

jbyers

This is good for Tottenham, we need that money: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7542593/2026/09/02/tottenha... ($405M in gross transfer spend in this summer's window)

happymellon

So I know that its VMWare, so the fees will be eyewatering, but 85% reduction is really meaningless in this story. How much was Tottenham using? Did the 85% actually cover the cost of their new CTO coming in and switching platforms? It's very vague.

Jean-Papoulos

“If [virtualization is] not built into a broader AI operation stack, the value is even lower again,” Pickering said. For the love of god keep Gen AI off of infrastructure...

rhipitr

85% reduction in VMware fees replaced by some other fees from something else? Or just an overall 85% reduction in cost?

nezhar

Reminds me of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42682671

p0w3n3d

Go pricey get slicey!

gchamonlive

> Tottenham Hotspur (...) has saved over 85 percent in licensing fees by replacing (...) VMware instance with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s VME. So only a matter of time until they have to migrate again.

Zenul_Abidin

Still won't help them get out of a relegation fight.

bob1029

> The soccer organization confirmed this week to The Register that it has moved its stadium’s server, storage, and networking infrastructure to HPE solutions delivered through HPE’s hybrid cloud management platform, GreenLake. This is just a much worse version of AWS. Obsession with maintaining some degree of physical control over infrastructure drives many organizations to absolute insanity. Skip the hybrid nonsense. Find a CTO with some balls.

celsoazevedo

Tesco, a large supermarket chain (also in the UK), is also moving away from VMware: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/06/tesco... I'm assuming they're paying much more than a football club. There's also a legal side in this case because they're actually suing Broadcom: "Tesco claimed Broadcom hiked its VMware prices by about 175 percent in UK court filings."