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Topgolf\u2019s VMware costs were going to increase by 400 percent under Broadcom. To avoid that cost, the sports entertainment company moved 12,000 virtual machines (VMs) to VergeIO\u2019s VergeOS and has saved over $11 million so far.<\/p>\n

Before migrating, Topgolf\u2019s VMware connection \u201cran very deep,\u201d Scott Forehand, Topgolf\u2019s global infrastructure manager, told Ars Technica.<\/p>\n

Topgolf has over 100 locations worldwide featuring interactive golf games with real-time shot tracking and digital analytics. The company used vSphere and ESXi for decades and started using VxRail, the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform that VMware co-engineered with Dell, in 2017. Topgolf employees previously participated in numerous VMware customer councils and have been interviewed for books on how Topgolf used vSphere and Horizon (now Omnissa Horizon), per Forehand, who is a leader of the Dallas\/Ft. Worth VMware User Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Topgolf\u2019s VMware costs were going to increase by 400 percent under Broadcom. To avoid that cost, the sports entertainment company moved 12,000 virtual machines (VMs) to VergeIO\u2019s VergeOS and has saved over $11 million so far. Before migrating, Topgolf\u2019s VMware connection \u201cran very deep,\u201d Scott Forehand, Topgolf\u2019s global infrastructure manager, told Ars Technica. 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