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Broadcom VMware Explore Conference

Release Date: 09/09/2025

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The annual gathering on infrastructure virtualization that is the VMware by Broadcom Explore conference has wrapped up and there are important takeaways from both the formal program and informal discussions. Analysts Jean Atelsek, Henry Baltazar and William Fellows join host Eric Hanselman to talk about their takes on the event. The newly integrated VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 (VCF) suite has shipped and along with it a new approach to the product portfolio. AI-focused capabilities have been added as VMware aims to create a private cloud portfolio to rival the public cloud offerings. Higher level data services are the first service abstractions available, with the promise of more to come.

In the new organizational structure, the Tanzu product offering is now in its own division in Broadcom. While that offers it independence, it’s also meant that in areas like AI functionality, there is some overlap between it and AI capabilities being built into VCF 9. The larger challenge for Broadcom is to motivate customers to fully implement VCF 9 and put all of its capabilities to work.

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Host/Author: Eric Hanselman
Guest: Jean Atelsek, Henry Baltazar, William Fellows
Producer/Editor: Adam Kovalsky
Published With Assistance From: Sophie Carr, Feranmi Adeoshun, Kyra Smith

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