Much was made of Broadcom Inc.’s recent acquisition of VMware. Following the move, a streamlined ethos guided the de-siloing and reorganization of VMware’s disjointed portfolio. The result is a move toward platformization and VMware Cloud Foundation 9, known as VCF 9.
VMware’s Krish Prasad unpacks VCF 9 with theCUBE’s John Furrier.
“Coming into the acquisition, we took all the product teams, which were organized as siloed business units, and brought them together to one division,” said Krish Prasad (pictured), senior vice president and general manager of the VMware Cloud Foundation Division at Broadcom Inc. “The reason we did that is because we want to deliver a platform, not a set of products that are integrated. [VCF 9] is a well-integrated platform that customers can deploy in [a company’s] private infrastructure, whether it’s on-prem or in the cloud, and get a very consistent experience.”
Prasad spoke with theCUBE Research’s John Furrier at VMware Explore, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed VMware’s focus on enhancing VCF with new AI functionalities while expanding the platform’s reach across different environments. (* Disclosure below.)
Overcoming legacy challenges: The new VCF 9 architecture
By consolidating all development efforts into a single R&D team, VMware is now able to provide a fully integrated cloud platform. This new approach simplifies deployment, reduces operational complexity and enhances the overall user experience by providing a unified platform that is easy to manage and scale, according to Prasad.
“You cannot deliver a full cloud platform that way because it’s all in different timelines, different support, all of that,” he said. “Now it’s all gone — it’s all an R&D team that is providing one product, which is a cloud platform, and we are building it all together.”
As AI continues to evolve, the demand for robust, flexible and scalable infrastructure has never been higher. VMware is positioning itself at the forefront of this wave, ensuring that its platforms can handle AI workloads efficiently. VCF 9 is optimized for AI, with automation features that allow for the seamless migration of workloads and the integration of various infrastructure components, according to Prasad.
“What we have with VCF 9 is one platform that protects your data wherever the data is residing, whether it’s on-prem or in the public cloud or whatever, and you get one layer that ties it all together and with the same policies, the same security and so on,” he said.
Broadcom is committed to VMware’s entire customer base, from small businesses to large enterprises, maintaining a broad support strategy where all customers can benefit from the latest innovations, Prasad pointed out.
“There are tons of demos and roadmap sessions where we are talking about all the things that are coming,” he said. “The biggest thing that will affect the roadmap is that we will collapse the organization into one business unit or one division. It gives us focus, it gives us speed, and you’ll see a lot of innovation accelerating coming out of VMware into Broadcom.”
As the cloud landscape continues to evolve, VMware’s strategy of combining private and public cloud capabilities into a single, cohesive platform could very well define the future of enterprise cloud computing.
Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE Research’s coverage of VMware Explore:
(* Disclosure: VMware by Broadcom sponsored this segment of theCUBE. Neither VMware nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)