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County IT warns of VMware licensing disruption and possible high relicense costs after Broadcom acquisition
Summary
The county’s IT director reported one VMware physical server failed and that license activation portals are inconsistent after Broadcom’s purchase of VMware; Dell and Broadcom have given conflicting explanations, and relicense quotes could drastically raise multi‑year costs if licensing is not honored.
Todd Jones, the county’s IT lead, told the board that one of four physical VMware servers failed about four weeks earlier after a licensing‑activation issue emerged during Broadcom’s transition period. County staff temporarily stood up a bare‑metal replacement to keep sheriff’s office services (including evidence relay and camera uploads) running.
Jones said the county purchased…
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