Tesco sues Broadcom and Computacenter over VMware license breach, seeks £100M in damages
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Simon Sharwood
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UK supermarket giant Tesco has sued Broadcom (owner of VMware) and IT services firm Computacenter for breach of contract related to VMware software licenses. Tesco acquired perpetual VMware licenses in 2021 but claims the defendants have failed to honor contractual obligations. The supermarket warns that the dispute could impact its ability to stock shelves if critical IT systems are disrupted. Tesco is seeking approximately £100 million in damages.
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· 3 pulledTesco has sued Broadcom for breach of contracts pertaining to its VMware licenses, named Computacenter as a co-defendant, and warned it may not be able to put food on the shelves if the situation goes pear-shaped.
Court documents seen by The Register assert that in January 2021 Tesco acquired perpetual licenses for VMware's vSphere Foundation and Cloud Foundation products.
Tesco is seeking approximately £100 million in damages.
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