Broadcom Inc. has recently unveiled new and expanded services for VMware Cloud Foundation at VMware Explore 2024 in Barcelona. The focus is on accelerating AI, maintaining national digital sovereignty, and enhancing cybersecurity in today’s digital-first organizations. The company aims to help customers achieve these critical business outcomes through a private cloud platform that is easy to deploy, cost-effective, and secure.
VMware Cloud Foundation is recognized as the industry’s first private cloud platform that combines public cloud scale and agility with private cloud security, resilience, and performance. It supports digital innovation by enabling faster infrastructure modernization, a unified cloud experience, and improved cyber resiliency and platform security. The platform can be deployed consistently across various environments, including on-premises data centers, partner clouds, and at the edge.
Broadcom’s VMware Cloud Foundation Advanced Services offer a catalog of solutions to accelerate innovation in private cloud environments. The company has released VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 and 5.2.1 this year, with plans for VMware Cloud Foundation 9 in the future. One notable success story is IPZS, the Italian Mint and Printing Institute, which deployed the Italian version of the European Digital Identity Wallet using VMware Cloud Foundation, enabling faster and more secure software development.
Broadcom is also introducing VMware Tanzu Data Services for VMware Cloud Foundation to streamline the deployment, management, and consumption of critical data services. This new service aims to enhance data security, governance, and operational efficiency, particularly for AI applications that rely on robust data services for accurate and efficient performance.
In terms of cyber resilience and security, Broadcom is expanding VMware Live Recovery to support Google Cloud VMware Engine as a target Isolated Recovery Environment for VMware Cloud Foundation workloads. This enhancement provides a consistent and secure experience for protecting VMware workloads running on-premises or in the cloud. Additionally, the VMware vDefend Advanced Service for VMware Cloud Foundation now offers GenAI-based intelligent assistance to help IT security teams proactively address sophisticated threats.
Broadcom’s Private AI strategy focuses on privacy, control, simplicity, automation, resiliency, and choice of AI hardware, models, software, and services. The company is supporting Microsoft’s Azure AI Video Indexer on VMware Private AI running on VMware Cloud Foundation and Azure VMware Solution, enabling customers to run AI projects securely and efficiently.
In conclusion, Broadcom’s continued investments in VMware Cloud Foundation and its expanded services demonstrate a commitment to accelerating innovation, enhancing security, and supporting customers’ digital transformation journeys. The company’s focus on private cloud modernization, data services, cyber resilience, and AI capabilities is poised to drive significant value for organizations looking to thrive in the digital age.
