![]() ![]() In February, both sides agreed to do just that, and pushed the outside date back 90 days. That’s the date where VMware could be allowed out of the deal, unless its leaders or Broadcom’s shift that date to later in the year. ![]() “The effect on competition could be substantial given that the relevant hardware markets are already relatively concentrated and interoperability with VMware’s server virtualization software is very important to server hardware manufacturers.”Īs Broadcom races to respond to the UK, the clock is also ticking on an internal deadline: the May 26 outside date. ![]() “The Merged Entity would be able to leverage VMware’s market power in server virtualization software to reduce the competitiveness of Broadcom’s hardware rivals by, for example, impairing the certification of competitors’ drivers for Ethernet NICs, FC HBAs, and storage adapters, and impairing access to VMware’s API for competitors’ FC switches,” regulators there wrote on April 21. The U.K.’s Competition and Market Authority (CMA) has given Broadcom until May 9 to file a written response to its nine-page “Issues Statement” that mapped out the reasons why it is concerned about the $61 billion buyout. semi-conductor giant may use its control of VMware to harm rivals and the market. Broadcom has just days to craft an argument that can calm government regulators who fear the San Jose, Calif. ![]()
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