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Analyst Insight Series #3: Policy-Driven Governance and Multi-Tenant Control
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/04/28/analyst-insight-series-3-policy-driven-governance-and-multi-tenant-control/
Published: April 28, 2026 15:47
Guest post by Carl Lehmann, S&P Global Market Intelligence This blog is the final installment in a three-part series that functions as a companion to the 451 Research report, “A Unified Platform Approach to Building Private Clouds for Modern Workloads.” In…
Post-Quantum Readiness on VMware Cloud Foundation
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/04/28/post-quantum-readiness-on-vcf/
Published: April 28, 2026 12:00
The algorithms that secure most digital communications today, such as RSA and elliptic curve cryptography, rely on math problems that traditional computers cannot solve in any reasonable amount of time, even with the computing advances of the last few…
From Infrastructure to Agents: A Hands-On Guide to Secure Private AI with Broadcom – Part 1
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/04/27/guide-to-secure-private-ai-with-broadcom-part-1/
Published: April 27, 2026 12:32
Part 1 of 4: Setting the Infrastructure – Networking and Deep Tenancy As enterprises rush to integrate AI into their workflows, moving from experimentation to production is often stalled by a critical hurdle: risk around security, privacy, and compliance.…
Stop Guessing: Advanced Monitoring and Troubleshooting for Data Services
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/04/24/stop-guessing-advanced-monitoring-and-troubleshooting-for-data-services/
Published: April 24, 2026 20:03
The VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) transforms database management by providing in-depth visibility and unifying database metrics with the VMware Cloud Foundation. This allows for quicker troubleshooting and proactive alerts, ultimately enhancing…
CPU, Disk, Network, and Memory Workload Profiles for DVD Store Database Testing
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/04/24/cpu-disk-network-and-memory-workload-profiles-for-dvd-store-database-testing/
Published: April 24, 2026 16:29
DVD Store, an open source database testing toolkit, has been widely used since it was originally released in 2005. It can be run on SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL databases. DVD Store simulates an online store where users log in, browse, review,…
How VMware Salt Automates Compliance Across Private Cloud
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/04/23/how-vmware-salt-automates-compliance-across-private-cloud/
Published: April 23, 2026 16:43
Continuous Compliance VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) gains significant capabilities through VMware Salt. As part of the VMware Advanced Cyber Compliance (ACC) Advanced Services add-on, VMware Salt addresses a fundamental challenge: transforming manual,…
Analyst Insight Series #2: Operational Scalability and Lifecycle Management
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/04/23/analyst-insight-series-2-operational-scalability-and-lifecycle-management/
Published: April 23, 2026 16:29
Guest post by Carl Lehmann, S&P Global Market Intelligence This blog is the second installment in a three-part series that functions as a companion to the 451 Research report, “A Unified Platform Approach to Building Private Clouds for Modern Workloads“.…
Hidden in Plain Sight: How a TAM Helped a Customer Build a High-Performance vSAN Cluster Using Existing Hardware
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/04/23/hidden-in-plain-sight-how-a-tam-helped-a-customer-build-a-high-performance-vsan-cluster-using-existing-hardware/
Published: April 23, 2026 16:19
A large part of my day-to-day job as a VMware Cloud Foundation TAM (VCF TAM) is keeping my customers moving forward by following a defined success plan and helping them navigate roadblocks. Recently, I worked with a customer that needed a new storage…
Analyst Insight Series #1: Unified Self-Service Consumption for Modern Workloads
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/04/21/analyst-insight-series-1-unified-self-service-consumption-for-modern-workloads/
Published: April 21, 2026 20:19
Guest post by Carl Lehmann, S&P Global Market Intelligence Findings from a recent 451 Research report, “A Unified Platform Approach to Building Private Clouds for Modern Workloads,” reveal how enterprises are increasingly adopting private clouds to run…
The Real Constraint on Enterprise AI isn’t GPUs; It’s Power
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/04/21/the-real-constraint-on-enterprise-ai-isnt-gpus-its-power/
Published: April 21, 2026 14:00
For years, energy sat in the background of enterprise IT planning. Costs were stable enough that most leaders didn’t treat power as a first-order constraint. You planned for servers, storage, networking, and software; energy rarely changed the math. AI…
Deploying Harbor Service in Air-Gapped VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/04/21/deploying-harbor-service-in-air-gapped-vmware-cloud-foundation-9-0/
Published: April 21, 2026 10:45
Modern private cloud infrastructure demands enterprise-grade container registry capabilities, particularly in environments where external internet connectivity is restricted or prohibited. Within VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0, deploying Supervisor…
Why Enhanced DirectPath Wins for High-Performance Apps
https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/04/20/why-enhanced-directpath-wins-for-high-performance-apps/
Published: April 20, 2026 19:11
Navigating the Passthrough Maze: Why Enhanced DirectPath Wins If you take a quick look through the vCenter UI, you’ll encounter a wide array of passthrough technologies: Fixed DirectPath (formerly just DirectPath or PCI Passthrough), Dynamic DirectPath,…