Uncle Sam's VMware 'bargain' doesn't include the actual hypervisor

GSA trumpets 64% discounts on Broadcom's VMware portfolio, core vSphere platform mysteriously absent from agreement

The US General Services Administration is flogging discounts of up to 64 percent under a OneGov Agreement covering Broadcom's VMware portfolio – though the actual hypervisor that made VMware famous isn't included.

The framework covers VMware Tanzu Platform, Tanzu Data Intelligence, Avi Load Balancer, vDefend, and the Tanzu AI Starter Kit. Notably absent: VMware vSphere Foundation, the virtualization platform most agencies actually use.

"This agreement represents another major milestone under the OneGov initiative and advances President Trump's call to accelerate AI adoption across government," said Josh Gruenbaum, Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner.

Broadcom framed the deal as helping agencies extract more value from existing investments in its private cloud platform while "achieving zero trust through multi-layer defense-in-depth."

Those existing investments are considerable. The US Army and other agencies signed a reportedly $477 million ...