VMware Explore 2024: Latest news and insights

Broadcom CEO pushes on-prem private clouds

Aug 29, 2024: In a keynote address at VMware Explore 2024, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan talked up the new version of VMware Cloud Foundation and extolled the future of the enterprise: “private cloud, private AI, your own private data.”

VMware Cloud Foundation gains AI model store, other updates

Aug 28, 2024: Some companies are looking to third-party AI platforms that don’t lock them into any one particular AI vendor or cloud provider, and VMware – now owned by Broadcom – is one of the leading contenders for the job. Today, at the annual VMware Explore conference, Broadcom sweetened the deal, announcing support for a new model store for the VMware Private AI Foundation with Nvidia add-on to its VMware Cloud Foundation 9 platform.

With Project Cypress, VMware brings generative AI to cyberdefense

Aug 27, 2024: At the VMware Explore conference this week, VMware announced the addition of a generative AI tool, called Project Cypress, to its own vDefend cybersecurity platform. “Security teams get overwhelmed with a large number of threat campaigns and false alarms,” says Umesh Mahajan, vice president and general manager for application networking and security at Broadcom. “Project Cypress, via a natural language interface, helps triage and investigate high-risk threat campaigns faster, explains a particular threat campaign with additional context needed for the security team to quickly take appropriate actions, recommends remediation options, and can enforce the remediation option selected by the security team via vDefend’s threat prevention capabilities.”

VMware upgrades software-defined edge for AI workloads

Aug 27, 2024: VMware has added connectivity options and traffic-management capabilities to its software-defined edge products to better support generative AI workloads. Edge computing will play a “pivotal role” in the deployment of AI applications, according to IDC, which expects spending on edge computing to reach $232 billion in 2024, an increase of 15.4% over 2023.

Customer concerns loom as VMware Explore event approaches

Aug 19, 2024: Enterprise customers have questions about VMware’s future direction, licensing changes, and product roadmap following Broadcom’s takeover. Customers want to continue to see innovation across the VMware portfolio, says one analyst. They also want to see Broadcom focus on integration, interface design, and an easier adoption path. 

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Generative AI dominates VMware Explore 2023 news

Aug 25, 2023: Highlights include a private AI platform developed with Nvidia that lets enterprises run generative AI applications on their proprietary data within VMware’s hybrid cloud infrastructure.