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Oct 18, 2026 · Operations

Topgolf Dumps VMware After 400% Price Hike, Migrates 12K VMs to VergeOS, Saves $11.3M

After Broadcom's acquisition triggered a 400% VMware price increase, Topgolf migrated 12,000 virtual machines to VergeOS over six months, replacing 650 VxRail nodes with 400 Dell PowerEdge servers, achieving 87% hardware and 77% software cost reductions while overcoming multi-project coordination and third-party integration challenges.