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CISPE warns Broadcom’s VMware partner program closure will force hundreds of European cloud providers out, citing price hikes up to 900%, bundling, and restrictive market effects.
- The Cloud Infrastructure Service Provider in Europe filed a complaint with the European Commission asking for interim measures to block Broadcom from terminating the VMware Cloud Service Provider programme, calling it a 'death sentence' for some suppliers.
- Since Broadcom's $69 billion takeover, CISPE says prices have risen tenfold and minimum commitments now rely on projected rather than actual consumption, while most partners were excluded from the VMware program.
- Broadcom told The Register that 'strongly disagrees with the allegations by CISPE, an organisation funded by hyperscalers, which misrepresent the realities of the market' and 'continues to be committed to investing significantly in our European VMware Cloud Service Provider partners', as only 19 US providers remain from thousands and around nine UK suppliers stay in VMware's plans.
- European cloud service providers face losing authorisation to sell VMware products, forcing businesses built around VMware to switch authorised suppliers or start costly migrations, which CISPE says destroys some markets.
- CISPE is pursuing legal challenges, filing an appeal with the European General Court in July to annul the EC's clearance of Broadcom's VMware deal and previously acted against Microsoft, naming AWS and Microsoft as adherent members.
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The dispute between European cloud providers and Broadcom is escalating after the industry association CISPE filed a formal competition complaint with the European Commission. At the heart of the criticism is VMware's strategic realignment following its acquisition by Broadcom, which the European cloud industry believes will have profound implications for market structures, pricing, and access to essential virtualization software. […] Source
The European cloud association CISPE has filed a competition complaint against Broadcom and calls on the European Commission to take urgent action.
The Cispe is relaunching its offensive against Broadcom. The European association of cloud infrastructure service providers has announced the filing of a complaint for anticompetitive practices with the European Commission, together with a request for interim measures.It has criticized Broadcom for further tightening the conditions for access to VMware offers in Europe, to the point, according to it, of [...] The post Cispe complaint against Bro…
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