Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom’s “abusive conduct”

Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom’s “abusive conduct”

Tesco is also dealing with migration challenges related to data security because its new, unnamed virtualization software is incompatible with the Veeam and Zerto products it uses. “Manifestly unfair and excessive” price hike Tesco initially requested at least 100 million pounds (about $133.6 million) in damages each from Broadcom, VMware, and reseller Computacenter, plus interest….

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Eli Lilly, Regeneron in FDA PreCheck manufacturing program

Eli Lilly, Regeneron in FDA PreCheck manufacturing program

Eli Lilly and Regeneron are among the first seven companies the U.S. Food and Drug Administration selected for a pilot program designed to accelerate reviews of new domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, CNBC has learned. Lilly, Regeneron, Amneal, Cellares, Fujifilm Biotechnologies, Kriya Therapeutics and Kyowa Kirin are the first companies that will participate in the FDA’s…

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NVIDIA Vera CPU Opens the Way for Agentic Scientific AI at Los Alamos National Laboratory

NVIDIA Vera CPU Opens the Way for Agentic Scientific AI at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Mission, Vision and Veritas — new Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) supercomputers to be built with HPE and NVIDIA — are tapping NVIDIA Vera CPUs to accelerate scientific discovery, unlocking agentic AI for science. The supercomputers will use the HPE Cray Supercomputing GX5000 architecture with the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform, combining NVIDIA Vera CPUs, NVIDIA…

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Xbox ends deal to fund and publish IO Interactive’s Project Fantasy; redundancies expected

Xbox ends deal to fund and publish IO Interactive’s Project Fantasy; redundancies expected

Xbox has exited a deal to fund and publish IO Interactive’s online fantasy RPG, codenamed Project Fantasy, a move that may lead to job losses. IO Interactive stated it must “adapt to this new reality and its short-term consequences, including staff decisions.” The developer added it will “support those affected through this challenging transition,” and…

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