Calling all vExpert applicants!Calling all vExpert applicants!Have you applied or are you thinking about applying for vExpert? Starting June 12th Martin Micheelsen and I will be running the vExpert Candidates Open Office Hours again. This is an online zoom call where we discuss what it takes to become a vExpert but also where we can... Continue Reading →

Mitigating risk and keeping up with compliance demands strong encryption strategies for securing data at rest a challenge. That’s why so many financial, legal and healthcare organizations rely heavily on the Symantec Encryption portfolio to keep their data safe. However, even the best security can suffer from mistakes. Read our latest blog, Secured and Battle-Tested,... Continue Reading →

vSphere Tags on Clusters in Aria Operations _ brockpeterson.comvSphere Tags on Clusters in Aria Operations _...vSphere VMs have this concept of "Notes" in vCenter, which are pulled into Aria Operations quite nicely. They look like this.This works great for VMs, but what about Clusters? Unfortunately, there is no concept of Notes in vCenter for Clusters,... Continue Reading →

Live from Palo Alto, CF Day NA 2025! : Cloud Foundry Weekly : Ep 57Live from Palo Alto, CF Day NA 2025! : Cloud...Join the Cloud Foundry Weekly crew as we go live from Cloud Foundry Day NA 2025 from Broadcom's beautiful campus in Palo Alto!Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

Spring Office Hours S4E13 - Spring Boot 3.5 Release Party with Phil WebbSpring Office Hours S4E13 - Spring Boot 3.5...Spring Boot 3.5 is here—and we're throwing a release party to celebrate! Join us for a special edition of Spring Office Hours as we welcome Phil Webb, co-creator of Spring Boot, to walk us through what’s... Continue Reading →

Optimizing Qwen3 CPU ONLY inference on Tanzu Platform: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep ...Optimizing Qwen3 CPU ONLY inference on Tanzu...Hot off the presses in model releases - we will explore the Qwen3-30b-a3b MoE model running on the Tanzu Platform. Early testing shows it performs exceptionally well on somewhat older enterprise-grade server CPUs (aka Cascade Lake). This... Continue Reading →

Is Cloud Foundry the Agentic AI Platform? : Cloud Foundry Weekly : Ep 53Is Cloud Foundry the Agentic AI Platform? :...Corby and Kirti return to show how Cloud Foundry is the enterprise's Agentic AI platform of choice!We will continue to explore the Model-Context Protocol (MCP), Spring AI, and GenAI on Tanzu Platform. Last but not... Continue Reading →

What are Intelligent Apps? Understand the difference between GenAI vs Agentic AI...What are Intelligent Apps? Understand the...How much do you really know about AI Applications? What’s the difference between an app that just responds and one that actually thinks ahead? In this episode, we dive into the key differences between Generative AI (GenAI), Agentic AI,... Continue Reading →

Regional Data Services on Tanzu Platform: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep 58Regional Data Services on Tanzu Platform: Cloud...Mad scientist Mark Fynes will join the show this week to discuss his work on running cloud foundry/bosh-vended data services as a regional service!Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

Aria Operations 8.18 HF6 via Admin UI _ brockpeterson.comAria Operations 8.18 HF6 via Admin UI _...Aria Operations 8.18 HF6 dropped yesterday, fixing a few bugs and addressing several CVEs, it was announced here. It can be applied to any 8.18.x environment and once applied will take you to 8.18.3 (24746341). Let's go get it, you... Continue Reading →