CMA flags competition concerns over Broadcom’s VMware buy

Kit maker Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware could hamper innovation in the server market, according to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority.
The tie-up was announced last May and the CMA published the findings of its Phase 1 investigation into the $61 billion deal on Wednesday. If it goes through, it will bring together a major supplier of hardware and software solutions to the networking and server markets in Broadcom, and VMware as one of the biggest suppliers of server v