Scale Smarter, Save More: Redefining Infrastructure Economics with VMware vSphere in VCF 9.1
In an era where every dollar counts and every minute of downtime matters, infrastructure teams face a perfect storm of challenges: hardware scarcity projected through 2027, isolated environments created by coexisting legacy and modern architectures, continuously evolving skillset demands, and […]
Deploy Modern Apps Faster, Scale Smarter, and Lower Your TCO with VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service in VCF 9.1
For many organizations, Kubernetes adoption began as a technical initiative, but scaling it into a reliable, enterprise-grade platform often proved far more difficult than expected. What started as innovation quickly became complex with: At the same time, the stakes are increasing. AI […]
Announced today: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1, a secure and cost-effective infrastructure platform for production AI workloads.
VCF 9.1 delivers an AI and Kubernetes native private cloud platform with integrated security and mixed compute infrastructure support across AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA. 🛡️
This enables enterprises to deploy inference and agentic AI applications with significantly lower costs, enhanced security, and freedom to choose best-of-breed GPU and CPU hardware.
Today’s press release:
VCF 9.1 Empowers Enterprises with Accelerated AI Workload Deployment at Lower Costs, Enhanced Security, and an Open Hardware Ecosystem. Read more in the press release.
VMware Data Services Manager 9.1: Automating the Modern Databases that Drive AI and Private Cloud
Microsoft SQL Server is now generally available in VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) 9.1, completing a robust Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform. This integration enhances operational efficiency, reduces costs by over 50%, and supports crucial databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL. The […]
What’s New with VMware Data Services Manager 9.1
VMware Data Services Manager is a Database-as-a-Service solution for VMware Cloud Foundation. It simplifies and automates database lifecycle management for the three most popular database engines deployed in VCF environments: PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server.
From Infrastructure to Innovation: VCF 9.1 Core Explained | VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 brings major updates across compute, storage, and networking, and in this episode, Pete and John sit down with Vijay, product lead for core infrastructure, to break it all down.
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 brings major updates across compute, storage, and networking, and in this episode, Pete and John sit down with Vijay, product lead for core infrastructure, to break it all down. From smarter memory utilization to native object storage and improved cyber […]
From Rising Costs to Smarter Storage: The VCF 9.1 Reality | Storage is at the center of rising infrastructure costs, and in this episode, Pete and John sit down with Rakesh to explore how VCF 9.1 is tackling that challenge head-on.
Storage is at the center of rising infrastructure costs, and in this episode, Pete and John sit down with Rakesh to explore how VCF 9.1 is tackling that challenge head-on. From cutting hardware requirements in half to introducing global deduplication and native S3 object storage, this […]
VCF 9.1: Scaling Secure Edge Deployments | Edge environments are growing fast, but managing them at scale is anything but simple. In this episode, Pete and John sit down with Rick Walsworth to explore how VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is transforming edge deployments.
Edge environments are growing fast, but managing them at scale is anything but simple. In this episode, Pete and John sit down with Rick Walsworth to explore how VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is transforming edge deployments. From zero-touch provisioning and built-in security to lifecycle […]
Designing VCF 9.1: Architecture, Sizing, and Scale in Practice | Behind every feature in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is the work that makes it actually run at scale. In this episode, Pete and John sit down with Emad Younis to unpack the details practitioners care about most.
Behind every feature in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is the work that makes it actually run at scale. In this episode, Pete and John sit down with Emad Younis to unpack the details practitioners care about most. From fleet architecture and latency planning to sizing at massive scale, Emad breaks [..]
VCF 9.1 Is Here. See It in Action.
If you missed the live unveiling of VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, the on-demand replay is now available — and it’s worth your time. This wasn’t a standard product announcement. The Inside VMware Cloud Foundation event was built for practitioners: the engineers, architects, and IT leaders who […]
VCF 9.1 Unveiled. Watch the On-demand Recording to Discover What’s New.
Three outcomes that matter:
✓ More capacity from existing hardware
✓ Faster application velocity for AI/ML workloads
✓ Built-in resilience without third-party tools
See how leading enterprises are preparing their infrastructure for the AI era.
Full recording:
Missed the May 5 Inside VMware Cloud Foundation event where VCF 9.1 was officially unveiled? No worries, we have you covered. Share the on-demand recording to see the new features in action through demo-walkthroughs and discover how the newly announced partnerships will expand VCF 9.1 capabilities.
What’s New with Security & Compliance in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 | This session walks through the security and compliance changes in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, organized around four areas: identity and access control, workload isolation, cryptography and encryption, and threat detection along with auditing and monitoring.
This session walks through the security and compliance changes in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, organized around four areas: identity and access control, workload isolation, cryptography and encryption, and threat detection along with auditing and monitoring.
What’s New in VMware vSAN in VCF 9.1 | This technical session walks through the new capabilities and enhancements introduced in VMware vSAN as part of VCF 9.1.
This technical session walks through the new capabilities and enhancements introduced in VMware vSAN as part of VCF 9.1. The video is organized around the themes that come up most often in customer conversations: lowering storage costs, accommodating the demands of modern applications […]
Technology Overview of VMware vSAN in VCF 9.1
This technical overview walks through VMware vSAN as the storage platform for VMware Cloud Foundation, covering the architecture, key capabilities, and deployment options available with vSAN for VCF 9.1. The video starts with the limitations of traditional three-tier storage architectures, then [..]
Global Deduplication and Enhanced Compression in VMware vSAN in VCF 9.1
vSAN for VCF 9.1 introduces global deduplication along with new compression techniques that can help reduce storage consumption across vSAN ESA clusters. Global deduplication is a cluster-based, post-processing activity that looks for duplicate data across the entire cluster and only runs when […]
Auto RAID and Effective Capacity in VMware vSAN in VCF 9.1
The new Auto RAID feature in vSAN for VCF 9.1 provides a system-managed approach to setting data resilience and space-efficiency parameters based on the characteristics of each vSAN cluster. A single vSAN ESA Auto RAID storage policy can manage clusters of different sizes and topologies […]
VMware by Broadcom: Patching in the AI Era. Why “Waiting” Is No Longer a Strategy | Doug Mehringer
If you’ve been in IT for any length of time, you already know the deal. Patching and upgrading never ends. What is changing is the pace. AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery in a very real way. Bugs are being found faster, more often, and in areas we didn’t even know to look. Work like […]
From Infrastructure to Agents: A Hands-On Guide to Secure Private AI with Broadcom – Part 2
In Part 2 of our blog series, we close the critical lateral security gap that exists inside the k8s cluster, which is not solved by standard perimeter security. We detail how to use VMware vDefend Distributed Firewall, enforced through Antrea CNI, to implement Zero Trust microsegmentation for […]
VCF 9.x Technical Qualification Process for Legacy Intel Processors: Skylake & Cascade Lake | This blog post breaks down the steps and requirements for this process, specifically focusing on VCF 9.x compatibility. – Doug Mehringer
Are you ready for VCF 9.x? As you upgrade your VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation) environment, you may be considering utilizing existing hardware. For certain server configurations, particularly those using older Intel Skylake or Cascade Lake processors, a Technical Qualification (TQ) process with […]
Authenticating to the VCF Operations API with vIDM Credentials | #vExpert Brock Peterson
We’ve discussed authenticating with the VCF Operations API a few times before: • Authenticating with the Aria Operations API • Aria Operations API Bearer Token ExpirationI’d like to explore what this looks like when using vIDM credentials. First, you must configure vIDM as an Authentication […]
