VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur's licensing fees by 85 percent
Summary
Tottenham Hotspur soccer team has cut its licensing costs by over 85% by switching from VMware to Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) Morpheus VM Essentials virtualization software for its stadium’s data center. The team also uses other HPE solutions and software to manage its IT infrastructure more efficiently and to bring artificial intelligence operations into its tech system.Key Facts
- Tottenham Hotspur replaced VMware with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials (VME) to reduce licensing fees.
- The team saved more than 85% on licensing costs after the switch.
- The stadium’s IT infrastructure includes servers, storage, and networking managed via HPE’s GreenLake hybrid cloud platform.
- HPE OpsRamp software is used alongside Morpheus VME to manage multi-cloud environments.
- The data center uses HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers and Alletra Storage MP.
- Tottenham’s CTO, Rob Pickering, cited issues after Broadcom took over VMware as a reason for the switch.
- The team is integrating AI operations to detect and fix problems automatically with a small tech team of about 35 people.
- The migration was completed over approximately three months as part of a broader data center redesign.
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