Big photo: After its acquisition by Broadcom, the VMware has become a focal point of dispute in the technical industry. Now, virtual is taking back to court on an alleged large -scale software license violation of Siemens.
Broadcom has filed a case against the US Arm of Siemens AG, accusing the German group of using “thousands” of VMware products without appropriate license. According to the trial, the two companies had an agreement for a specific number of licenses, but Siemens reportedly reduced those conditions, while still sought full VMWARE support for its virtue-based operation.
Broadcom claimed that Siemens AG and its colleagues “download, copied, distributed, distributed, distributed, distributed, distributed, distributed, distributed, distributed, distributed, distributed, distributed. VMWare and Siemens originally signed a software license and services in 2012, it was previously signed a software license and services compromises. Has acquired the virtualization company.
The trial further states that Siemens presented a list of VMware products, which he was using and requested to expand the support for an additional year under the 2012 agreement. However, the list allegedly consisted of several products for which Siemens did not obtain a proper license. As a result, VMWARE initially tried to reject the support renewal request.
Siemens AG later confirmed the accuracy of its list and even threatened to sue VMware at a unanswered support request. In response, Broadcom gave a limited support expansion, but also filed a case against Siemens alleging large -scale software license violations. VMware is now demanding jury trials, demanding compensation for damage and even a part of Siemens’ profits have been obtained from using their copyright software allegedly.
According to the trial, Siemens never provided a reliable explanation for discrepancies in the list of vmware-licensed products. While the German company insisted that the list was accurate, VMware claimed that the number of licenses and real use did not match. Broadcom also criticized Siemens to refuse to run an external script on its system – an audit that would have allowed VMWARE to verify the limit of their software use.
VMware became an integral part of the corporate structure of Broadcom in 2023. Under CEO Tan Hawk Ing, the company has preferred high-value customers to maximize revenue, a strategy that appears to be paying based on its latest quarterly results. Prices are rising and revenue is rising, but many VMARE customers are rapidly disappointed.
