Tottenham Hotspur ditches VMWare in favor of HPE cuts licensing costs by 85 percent

Date:
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:22:52 +0000

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By moving its virtualization bill from VMware to HPE, Tottenham just saved 85%. It's also investing in other HPE tech.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Tottenham Hotspur just
confirmed plans to migrate from VMware to HPE, saving 85% off its bill CTO
Rob Pickering revealed that Broadcom-era changes are largely to blame The stadium is also undergoing a broader HPE upgrade Tottenham Hotspur has phased out VMware at its stadium as part of a major infrastructure overhaul. By moving to HPE Morpheus VM Essentials, the London football team managed to cut virtualization costs by more than 85%.

According to Ars Technica , CTO Rob Pickering explicitly pointed toward the commercial changes following Broadcom's acquisition of VMware. But for Tottenham, the migration was just one part of a major data center and networking refresh, with the company also shifting its server, storage and networking infrastructure incidentally, to HPE. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here: Tottenham moves from VMware to HPE, saves 85% Though the team didn't reveal how much it paid for which products with VMware, Pickering did say the saving was a "significant amount" and "north of 85%."

"The issues with the Broadcom takeover of VMware are well-known in terms of the commercial changes to their structure and the way that they engage with clients," he added. You may like HPE will let VMware users get a free year's license via its own tools Tesco dumps thousands of servers off VMware, blames 'abusive conduct' from Broadcom VMware renewals force organizations to
rethink infrastructure strategy

Tottenham also confirmed that integrating virtualization, infrastructure and automation into one single operational stack ultimately led to more value
than simply swapping one virtualization vendor for another to save money, hence the decision to go all-in on HPE.

Earlier this summer, HPE announced that it would be offering prospective customers a year's free HPE Morpheus VM Essentials for customers switching from VMware to help ease the cost involved with migration. Its Zerto
migration software was also confirmed to be part of a $1 package. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting
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It's unclear whether Tottenham Hotspur took advantage of those offers.

At the same time, the stadium is also said to have started a major network upgrade toward Wi-Fi 7 and HPE Aruba Central in a stadium with around 20,000 network access points and connections.

More broadly, Tottenham Hotspur isn't the only business turning its back on VMware UK supermarket giant Tesco also confirmed plans to dump 40,000 VMware licenses. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.



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