Eliminating the Encryption Overhead: Inside VCF 9.1’s Intel QAT Offload | #vExpert Puneet SharmaEliminating the Encryption Overhead: Inside VCF...Implementing Zero-Trust data-in-motion compliance within legacy private clouds introduces a severe performance trade-off: executing real-time symmetric encryption (AES) on gigabytes of active memory packets saturates general-purpose x86 CPU cores. During large-scale DRS balancing or host [...]Broadcom Social... Continue Reading →

Agentic AI is changing software delivery faster than most governance models can keep up. The real challenge is no longer writing code faster. It’s orchestrating, governing, and auditing autonomous AI systems operating at machine speed. In this new blog, Shamim Ahmed, Head of Product for ConnectALL, explores why point-to-point AI integrations create compliance, visibility, and... Continue Reading →

vCenter Management Evolved: New vCenter Linking in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.xvCenter Management Evolved: New vCenter Linking...For years, VMware administrators scaling out private clouds by deploying multiple workload domains have relied on Enhanced Linked Mode (ELM) to stitch together their vCenter Server instances into a single vSphere Client view. However, as environments have scaled, the operational... Continue Reading →

Modern Infrastructure: Streamlining Operations with VCF 9.1 | Listen in to this session on streamlining operations, where we discuss improved management and operations capabilities in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1. We discuss advanced capabilities that will help your Day 0 to Day N for private cloud. With Sehjung Hah | Product Marketing Engineer, VCF Division, Broadcom.Modern... Continue Reading →

Capture a Namespace as a Blueprint in VMware Cloud FoundationCapture a Namespace as a Blueprint in VMware...VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 has released tons of great new features! This blog focuses on an exciting feature update to VMware Cloud Foundation Automation 9.1: the ability to capture a vsphere namespace and then redeploy that environment as... Continue Reading →

VCF 9.1 Brings Multi-Network Support to VMware vSphere Kubernetes ServiceVCF 9.1 Brings Multi-Network Support to VMware...Part 1 of a series on VKS Multiple Networks in VCF 9.1 TL;DR: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 and vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) 3.6 introduce declarative multi-NIC support for Kubernetes nodes, making VKS multi-network support a first-class platform capability. This... Continue Reading →

VCF 9.1 - Side-loading VCF binaries into VCF Installer & Fleet Depot Service for Air-Gapped EnvironmentsVCF 9.1 - Side-loading VCF binaries into VCF...VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 continues to support side-loading, or direct upload, of VCF binaries into the VCF Installer, similar to VCF 9.0. However, there is now an additional workflow required after the... Continue Reading →

VCF 9.1 Tag Management: Elevating Operational GovernanceVCF 9.1 Tag Management: Elevating Operational...In our previous deep dive into Introducing Centralized Tag Management in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0, we explored how the introduction of VCF-level Tag Management began to break down the silos of individual vCenters. It set the stage for a “fleet-wide” mindset. With the release... Continue Reading →

Stuck on vSphere 7 or 8? How to get to VCF 9.1 on your EXISTING Servers (No Hardware Refresh Required!) – #vExpert Christopher Kusek, PKGuildStuck on vSphere 7 or 8? How to get to VCF 9.1...Hardware shortages shouldn't strand your infrastructure. Discover how VMware erased the line in the sand, allowing legacy server support for... Continue Reading →

Say Goodbye to Maintenance Windows: vSAN 9.1 Brings “Hot-Extend” | Good news: with the release of VCF 9.1, clustered applications are finally getting some much-deserved love in this release. The biggest highlight? We now have zero-downtime hot-extend for shared virtual disks. – #vExpert Bart PeetersSay Goodbye to Maintenance Windows: vSAN 9.1...Good news: with the release... Continue Reading →