Cloud service providers ask EU regulator to reinstate VMware partner program

Major cloud service providers are petitioning the EU to restore the VMware partner program, which Broadcom dismantled after acquisition. The plea highlights a growing transatlantic rift in enterprise software licensing and partner ecosystems. This move outpaces similar disputes in the semiconductor sector—like the EU's probe into Nvidia's acquisition of ARM—by directly threatening VMware's 60% market share in virtualized data centers, a figure 30% higher than the runner-up in enterprise cloud infrastructure.