VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur's licensing fees by 85 percent
- ID
- 21197
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 04 Sep 2026, 2:58 AM
- Fetched
- 04 Sep 2026, 4:03 AM
- Provider
- Ars Technica
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/09/vmware-migration-reduces-tottenham-hotspurs-licensing-fees-by-85-percent/
- Source URL
- https://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index
Summary
- Score
- 5.5
- Created
- 04 Sep 2026, 5:12 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developerssaas_founders
What happened
Tottenham Hotspur migrated off VMware and reduced licensing fees by 85 percent. The article details are not available beyond the headline, as the source text only contains the title and site privacy boilerplate.
Why it matters
If your organization runs VMware, this is a concrete data point for justifying a migration away after Broadcom's price hikes. The 85% figure gives you a benchmark to model your own cost savings when evaluating alternatives like Proxmox, KVM, or cloud-native options. Malaysian enterprises and startups on VMware should treat this as a prompt to re-quote their current licensing costs.
Discussion angle
What are the realistic VMware alternatives for Malaysian SMEs and startups, and what's the actual migration effort versus the licensing savings shown here?