CISPE calls for inquiry into Broadcom’s lockdown antics

CISPE calls for inquiry into Broadcom’s lockdown antics

VMWare take over will decimate the cloud infrastructure A European cloud trade organisation has urged an inquiry into Broadcom due to concerns about alterations to VMware’s licensing arrangements. The Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE) consortium has appealed to regulatory and legislative authorities throughout Europe to examine Broadcom’s modifications to VMware’s operational model, which … Read more

Euro-cloud consortium CISPE calls Broadcom investigation

Euro-cloud consortium CISPE calls Broadcom investigation

Lobby group CISPE – a collective representing Cloud Infrastructure Providers in Europe – has called for regulators to investigate VMware by Broadcom’s software licensing arrangements, which it claims will bankrupt some of its members and hurt end-users. The group on Tuesday objected to what it described as Broadcom “unilaterally cancelling license terms for essential virtualization … Read more