This is yet another scary action against longtime customers.
https://cloudinfra.blog/broadcom-vs-allstate-how-vmware-customers-became-legal-targets-and-why-delaying-an-exit-is-risky/
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"A Deeper Issue: This Is an Attack on Enterprise Sovereignty"
Wow!
We don't care about laysuit. It's nothing
Interesting
Bull
Interesting. Very interesting:
"For years, enterprises justified VMware on-prem and private cloud deployments on the belief that they retained sovereignty "
@f4 Another cr$ppy BC HR sla$ve.
Need more hits on your cr-p blog OP?
It's nothing and we don't need to worry at all
Wow! This one is really big one with major consequences. Private cloud sovereignty collapses at BC.
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A Deeper Issue: This Is an Attack on Enterprise Sovereignty
There is a more unsettling implication in Broadcom vs. Allstate that goes beyond audits, contracts, or licensing fees.
This lawsuit challenges a long-held assumption in enterprise IT:
That a private cloud is truly private.
For years, enterprises justified VMware on-prem and private cloud deployments on the belief that they retained sovereignty — control over infrastructure, data, timing, and internal processes. The understanding was clear: this is our environment, governed on our terms.
The Broadcom lawsuit undermines that premise.
By seeking court-ordered access to systems, records, and devices, Broadcom is asserting that contractual audit rights can override operational autonomy — even inside what customers believed was their own private cloud.
This is no longer just about compliance.
It is about who ultimately has authority inside your infrastructure.