Computacenter has filed its own claim against Broadcom and Dell as part of a wider lawsuit brought by Tesco.

Last month, the supermarket giant announced plans to sue Broadcom for £100 million over VMware licensing contracts . Broadcom bought VMware in 2022 for $61 billion, sparking a backlash from its own customers by changing licensing terms in a way that led to price increases for many.

Tesco said via court filings that the licensing changes led to prices it paid for VMware software to jump by 237%, accusing Broadcom of refusing to negotiate and taking advantage of its market dominance to hike up prices.

So what does any of this have to do with Computacenter? The IT reseller was pulled into the lawsuit as a defendant, because Tesco got its licenses for VMware via Computacenter.

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