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Cloud-provider lobby CISPE asked the EU General Court (Case T-503/25) to annul the Commission's 12 July 2023 clearance of Broadcom's acquisition of VMware (Case M.10806). It argues the Commission failed to assess the deal's effects on server virtualisation software, bundling and innovation.

The European Commission ordered Broadcom and VMware International to hand over documents within five weeks in case AT.40924 (VMware software licensing), after receiving information alleging Broadcom abuses a dominant position in virtualisation software. The allegations are tying or bundling VMware products, abusive prices, limited interoperability and unfair contract terms.

Broadcom's revenue rose 29% to a record $19.3 billion for the quarter ended 1 February 2026, with AI semiconductor revenue up 106% to $8.4 billion, and it guided the second quarter to $22.0 billion.

VCF 9.1 is Broadcom's private-cloud platform release for AI inference and agentic workloads, promising up to 40% lower server costs through memory tiering and mixed AMD, Intel and NVIDIA hardware; its release notes are dated 12 May.

Broadcom and VMware International asked the EU General Court to annul the Commission's 26 February 2026 information decision in case AT.40924, in so far as it compels documents held outside the EU and legal advice privileged under US and other non-EU law (Case T-280/26).

The General Court's President dismissed Broadcom's bid to suspend the Commission's demand for communications with in-house lawyers qualified outside the EU, finding no prima facie case and that the Commission's interest in enforcing competition rules prevails (T-280/26 R). The annulment action continues.

Broadcom's VMware conference ran 31 August to 3 September at The Venetian Convention and Expo Center, where it launched VMware Private AI Cloud and VMware AI Factory and said Explore moves to Resorts World in May 2027.

The first stop of VMware Explore on Tour 2026 brings two days of sessions, Hands-on Labs and workshops from the Las Vegas show to Mumbai's Jio World Convention Centre on 29-30 September.

VMware Explore on Tour 2026 comes to the Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore on 1-2 October, one of three stops that add days of partner training.

VMware Explore on Tour 2026 reaches Europe at Frankfurt's Kap Europa congress centre on 13-14 October, with a content catalog and extra partner-training days.

VMware Explore on Tour 2026 holds its Japanese-language, invitation-only stop at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo in Roppongi on 20-21 October.

VMware Explore on Tour 2026 comes to the ICC at Olympia in West Kensington, London, on 18-19 November, one of three stops with extra partner-training days.

New to the tour in 2026, a one-day VMware Explore for the US public sector, state and local governments and contractors, at the Ronald Reagan Building on 8 December.

The 2026 VMware Explore on Tour season closes in Sydney on 3-4 March 2027 at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth on Phillip Street.