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Broadcom agreed a 10-year VMware deal with NTT DOCOMO. It disclosed no price.

Japanese mobile operator NTT DOCOMO signed a 10-year agreement covering VMware software licences, technical help and maintenance for the private cloud behind its digital services, Broadcom said.

ERP LEADERS news desk · · First reported by Broadcom release via GlobeNewswire · Edition no. 43
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Broadcom called it Broadcom Japan's first 10-year comprehensive agreement of this kind.

VMware is the software many companies use to run their servers as virtual machines. DOCOMO has run its private cloud on VMware since 2019.

Broadcom did not disclose the deal's value, licence volumes or milestones, Converge Digest reported. The site also noted that the announcement does not show DOCOMO moving its whole mobile network onto the software.

On 16 October, CIO.com reported that VMware licence costs have often risen steeply since Broadcom bought the company. In a survey for Rimini Street, 90% of chief information officers (CIOs) at VMware customers said they were weighing alternatives. CIO.com gave no respondent count, and Rimini Street sells third-party support.

One large customer has now committed for a decade. Without the price, the deal says nothing yet about what other VMware customers will pay.

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  1. 17 Oct

    Some VMware customers reported quotes up 1,500%. 90% of CIOs polled weigh alternatives.

  2. 9 Oct

    IBM sold the contracts of hundreds of VMware customers. It did not answer questions.

  3. 8 Oct

    Broadcom raised VMware prices. Nine in ten surveyed customers said they weigh alternatives.

  4. 17 Sept

    Broadcom raised VMware prices by 10x or more, European cloud providers say.

  5. 16 Sept

    Broadcom fixed one critical VMware flaw seven weeks before ransomware arrived.

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