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VMware raided by Japanese antitrust watchdog for suspected tie-in sales

By Sachiko Sakamaki ( September 25, 2024, 07:59 GMT | Insight) -- The Japanese entity of Broadcom's virtualization unit VMware was raided today by the Japan Fair Trade Commission for a suspected antitrust violation involving tie-in sales. The software company may have bundled virtualization software with other software in sales to Japanese cloud companies in violation of the Antimonopoly Act. The Japanese competition regulator’s action coincides with scrutiny from other regulators on VMware’s contractual changes since it was acquired by Broadcom.The Japanese entity of Broadcom's virtualization unit VMware was raided today by the Japanese competition regulator for a suspected antitrust violation involving tie-in sales....

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