The relationship reportedly soured in 2025. VMware says that on March 4, 2025, it issued a formal audit notice to Allstate under the Master Agreement’s audit clause, telling Allstate that any changes in its environment during the license review process had to be reported promptly. After an introductory call, VMware emailed Allstate on April 11, 2025, saying that audit workstream teams would reach out to schedule kick‑offs. VMware’s audit partner, Connor Consulting, then contacted Allstate on April 16, 2025, and later held an audit kick‑off call on May 5, 2025, providing a technical questionnaire, a deployment detail workbook and scripts.
VMware sues Allstate over alleged obstruction of software licensing audit
