Tanzu Platform 10.3: Your Apps & Platform Just Got Safer 🔐 | Cloud Foundry Weekly #77Tanzu Platform 10.3: Your Apps & Platform Just...This episode is a quick deep dive into all the new security upgrades in Tanzu Platform 10.3 — making both your apps and platform safer than ever. Special guests DMZ and V. Körbes... Continue Reading →

VMware Training and Certification. Year 2025. Part 10. | IT Architecture and Training. In this article, we focus on VMware Aria Operations and VMware Aria Operations for Logs – solutions designed to provide deep operational visibility, performance analytics, and proactive monitoring across VMware-based infrastructures. – #vExpert Andrii RomanenkoVMware Training and Certification. Year 2025....Previously, we examined... Continue Reading →

Every Mini PC & SFF Hardware Announced at CES 2026 – William LamEvery Mini PC & SFF Hardware Announced at CES 2026I always look forward to the annual announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), with a specific eye toward new hardware platforms and innovations well suited for running VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) in a... Continue Reading →

DSM 9.0.2 – New Microsoft SQL Server Enhancements – SQL Server Agent Support – Cormac HoganDSM 9.0.2 – New Microsoft SQL Server...VMware Data Service Manager 9.0.2.0 has achieved General Availability (GA) status, and is now readily accessible from the Broadcom Download Portal. You can see the full DSM 9.0.2 release notes here. In this post,... Continue Reading →

VMware Workstation Gen 9: Part 8 Licensing Resources | To move your VCF 9 deployment forward you should consider applying a license. For Home Labs I suggest using the vExpert and VMUG Advantage programs. – #vExpert Matt ManciniVMware Workstation Gen 9: Part 8 Licensing...To move your VCF 9 deployment forward you should consider applying a... Continue Reading →

VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0.2 Is Now GA – Why This Patch Matters | VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0.2 has reached General Availability, and while this is officially “just” a patch release, it brings several practical improvements that directly impact real-world deployments. If you are running VCF 9.x or planning a brownfield import, this update deserves your... Continue Reading →

VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0.2.0 Release NotesVMware Cloud Foundation 9.0.2.0 Release NotesMaintenance releases provide bug and security fixes, hardware enablement changes, such as support for servers, CPUs, devices, driver updates, guest OS support, and backward-compatible new features. They are limited in scope to minimize the operational impact. You can pick and choose which [...]Broadcom Social Media... Continue Reading →

From Engineer to Influencer: Why the vExpert Journey Matters in 2026 | The landscape of VMware has changed significantly over the past year. With Broadcom at the helm, the ways we learn, share, and get recognized have evolved. Understanding the vExpert Program and the new Broadcom Advocacy model is crucial for staying relevant in the... Continue Reading →

The 75% Productivity Gain: Moving to Policy-Based Database ManagementThe 75% Productivity Gain: Moving to...We all know the drill. A developer pings you on Slack or submits a Jira ticket: “I need a PostgreSQL instance for the new payment service. Yesterday.” In a perfect world, you’d spin it up instantly. In the real world, you enter... Continue Reading →

VMware Workstation Gen 9: Part 7 Deploying VCF 9.0.1 | Now that I have set up an VCF 9 Offline depot and downloaded the installation media its time to move on to installing VCF 9 on my Workstation environment. In this blog I'll document the steps I took to complete this. – #vExpert Matt ManciniVMware... Continue Reading →