Tesco replacing VMware with Proxmox in its stores and on the edge
Tesco is planning to replace VMware with Proxmox across parts of its store-based technology estate, according to a job advert reported by The Register.
By The Register
Tesco is planning to replace VMware with Proxmox across parts of its store-based technology estate, according to a job advert reported by The Register.
The advert is for a Head of Software Engineering: Edge Platform. It says the successful applicant will lead the migration from VMware to Proxmox and develop a software platform to provision, manage, monitor and maintain Tesco’s edge systems.
Tesco’s edge platform provides the computing environment used by applications across its stores. The role will be responsible for the engineering strategy and delivery of the migration, including validating store configurations and reducing reliance on older systems.
The job description calls Proxmox a “secure, reliable and cost-effective alternative virtualisation platform”. It also lists a safe and predictable migration, operational handover and successful validation of store systems among the role’s performance measures.
The position is based in Bengaluru, India. The advert does not set out how many Tesco stores are included in the planned migration.
Proxmox is an open-source virtualisation platform developed by an Austrian company. The Register reported that Tesco operates more than 5,000 stores worldwide, but the retailer has not publicly detailed the full scope of the Proxmox rollout.
The report also said VMware had indicated it did not regard Tesco as a lost customer. Tesco’s future virtualisation arrangements for core workloads have not been confirmed.