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T-Mobile appears to be migrating its 303,000-core VMware environment to another platform while fighting Broadcom in court for the extended support it says its perpetual-license agreement guarantees. "The matter is somewhat urgent," The Register reports, because a court-ordered support arrangement expires August 3, "so T-Mobile may soon be unable to get support for its very substantial VMware estate." The Register reports: The dispute relates to a deal T-Mobile struck with VMware in August 2023, which saw the telco acquire perpetual licenses and two years of support for some software, plus the option for a further year of support. When Broadcom acquired VMware in 2023, it stopped selling perpetual licenses and standalone support deals for customers with those licenses. Broadcom also reduced the virtualization giant's product range from over 150 products to two subscription-only bundles. Broadcom now mostly sells its Cloud Foundation (VCF) private cloud suite. Customers including AT&T and Tesco tried to exercise their right to extended support, but Broadcom declined to do so. AT&T settled on confidential terms. Tesco is pursuing the matter in the courts. When customers exercise their option for extended support, Broadcom argues it can't deliver because the products covered by the contract don't exist anymore, its contracts allow it to deny support for dead products, and subscriptions are now the industry standard. T-Mobile started using VMware's products in 2008. In one hearing, the carrier's counsel described T-Mobile's VMware implementation as "the base of the entire internal network" and "the place where 1,000 applications reside." Another filing, from Broadcom, says the telco runs VMware software on over 303,000 CPU cores. Court documents allege that in 2024 Broadcom notified T-Mobile it would not renew support after the initial two-year deal expired in 2025. The two parties kept talking about possible new arrangements. T-Mobile also sought an injunction that would compel Broadcom to provide extended support. Broadcom opposed the injunction, arguing that T-Mobile deliberately waited too long to seek it. At one point T-Mobile suggested a $20 million deal for another two years of support. An affirmation filed last week by T-Mobile vice president of technology Kevin Luu says the carrier sought that arrangement "to be able to complete T-Mobile's transition away from VMware at a more deliberate pace." The court eventually granted the injunction forcing Broadcom to offer support beyond August 2025, but required T-Mobile to pay $5.28 million and post a $500,000 undertaking. Broadcom continued to provide support but also sought damages on grounds that the injunction meant it missed out on a new deal with T-Mobile. The telco has rubbished that argument in part because the two parties were still talking about a new deal. Broadcom later proposed to charge $24 million for extended support covering six products, a sum it said would cover over 20 staff needed to support T-Mobile. The carrier fired back by pointing out that it has made just two support calls in 2026, which hardly justifies such a massive staff and expense.

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Thomas Olverson was working on his farm in rural Lancashire on July 25, 2024 when he died of gunshot injuries, sending shockwaves through the quiet community of Scarisbrick.

Reserved for VIP tennis fans across sport, show business and high society, the best seats in the house welcomed the Northern Irishman, who made a grand entrance alongside his wife Erica Stoll.

Official projections showed deaths would outpace births every year from 2026 and researchers said Britain entered a 'new demographic era' as this threshold was crossed yesterday.

A manhunt is underway for the bucket hat-wearing bomber responsible for attacking a Ukrainian oligarch in Monaco on Monday night.

They were more likely to say that the prime-minister-in-waiting would govern for the North of England, it revealed.

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In a statement posted to his Instagram, Muniz revealed they made the decision to divorce following a 'period of separation that we kept private.'

Jacob Butler, 14, was left with a horrific leg wound when he decided to take a dip in a lake known as the Blue Lagoon, in Colliers Moss Park, Cheshire.

Seemingly hoping to use the celebrations to claw back some affection, the Prime Minister wrote: 'It might actually be coming home,' accompanied by an England flag.

Harry Kane's proud wife Kate led the WAGs celebrating in the stands as England made it through to the next round following a tense game against DR Congo in Atlanta on Wednesday.

The Queen of Pop, 67, was taken to the ICU and had to be intubated and put into a medically induced coma in 2023 as she battled for her life despite going into lung and kidney failure.

Meta is reportedly developing its own cloud business that could sell access to its AI models and lease data-center computing capacity to other companies. The move would put Meta in direct competition with Amazon, Google, and SpaceX. Engadget reports: The cloud business could offer multiple services, according to [Bloomberg], like selling access to AI models run on Meta's infrastructure, or leasing the computing power of its data centers to other companies looking to train AI. Offering something akin to Amazon Web Services could help make back some of what Meta has already spent on its new bet. As part of its AI plans, the company has committed to investing $600 billion in the US by 2028. Meta has also already made more than a few expensive hires to build its AI superintelligence team. Meta Compute, the data center and AI-focused initiative Meta created in January, is currently developing the new cloud business, according to Bloomberg.

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The Ex On The Beach star took to Instagram on Wednesday to share the news.

The leader of Cambridge County Council said it was 'fantastic' to see people showing support but insisted it must be done in a 'safe, inclusive way and with permission'.

Concerns are growing over 84-year-old Senator Mitch McConnell's health after the release of emergency dispatch audio.

It's a 'complete BEC operations environment,' Talos researcher says

In an exclusive interview the Blanchardstown man speaks to the Mail of the catastrophic injuries he suffered on the front lines of the deadliest conflict in Europe since WW2.

One person was rushed to hospital after being struck by lightning at Fox Hollow Golf Course on Tuesday evening, with the same strike also igniting a brush fire that took crews over four hours to contain.

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