virtualization

Advertises for someone to ‘own cost-effective alternative virtualisation platform’

UK retail giant Tesco appears to have decided to replace VMware with Proxmox in its stores.

A job ad for a new Head of Software Engineering: Edge Platform role says the gig involves leading “two major, interconnected engineering priorities: modernising Tesco’s edge virtualisation estate through the migration from VMware to Proxmox, and building a robust, scalable software-driven Edge Management Platform to provision, manage, monitor and maintain the retail edge estate throughout its lifecycle.”

The stakes are high because the job ad says Tesco’s Edge Platform “provides the underlying computing environment and software capabilities that enable applications to run across our stores.”

“Store technology must remain dependable despite connectivity disruptions, constrained local resources and the complexity of managing software and infrastructure changes across thousands of locations.…