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5 Phases of Highly Efficient M&A IT Integration: Developer Access with
Enterprise Guardrails

Daniel Flaherty Aug 2, 2023

In the last post of this series, we covered the best practices you can implement
to achieve consistent security and governance for your multi-cloud, heterogenous
IT environment during M&A integration. The final recommendation for highly
efficient M&A IT integration is to enable developer access to the parent
company’s cloud resources with enterprise guardrails in place. This addresses
the challenge of developer productivity during M&A – where the developers you
acquire remain isolated from the parent organization, without access to shared
infrastructure and the ability to collaborate efficiently with the broader team.
Ultimately, the goal is to help your newly acquired developers release software
faster, removing the toil they face in the process. This in turn delivers faster
time to market for products and services that address your customer needs and
help grow the business. Enable Developer Access to Cloud Resources with
Enterprise Guardrails You can enable faster developer access to cloud resources,
more efficient collaboration, and shortened time to market with a developer
platform that abstracts infrastructure tasks and provides a “golden path” to
production. VMware Tanzu Application Platform gives you this layer of
abstraction, functioning as a secure software supply chain for developers to
build and ship modern applications running on Kubernetes in any cloud
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PlatformWithin Tanzu Application Platform, your DevOps or platform operations
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developers to focus on code and not worry about infrastructure-related tasks.
Developers from the acquired company can onboard quickly, leveraging prebuilt
templates that already contain your policies and work within the developer’s
existing integrated development environment (IDE). They do not need to learn the
new infrastructure that their code runs on because those tasks have been
abstracted away. With a centralized, multi-cloud developer platform like Tanzu
Application Platform, you can accelerate the onboarding process and velocity of
code to production as well as facilitate cross-team collaboration between
entities that likely would have been siloed otherwise. Working from the same
platform, teams from the acquired company can begin collaborating with their
counterparts immediately, unlocking new value from the acquisition. These
faster, more-secure paths to production allow teams to have shorter release
cycles, less toil and ultimately deliver more business value. Catch up on the 5
Phases of Highly Efficient M&A IT Integration by reading the full series: Day 0
Employee Productivity  Multi-Cloud Network Unification  Multi-Cloud
Infrastructure Consolidation  Multi-Cloud Security and Governance Developer
Access with Enterprise Guardrails Want the full story in one place? Read our
whitepaper “The Executive Guide to Efficient M&A IT Integration” here! Our goal
is to give you the strategic guidance you need to achieve faster time to value
in your M&A integration efforts. Through these phases of integration, you can
deliver a more seamless process for your organization, while developing a
durable framework for future M&A events that follow the same playbook. The post
5 Phases of Highly Efficient M&A IT Integration: Developer Access with
Enterprise Guardrails appeared first on Multi-Cloud Blog.

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The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episodes 8 & 9 – Live from VMware Explore Las Vegas:
Top 10 Multi-Cloud Challenges

Alexander Romero Jul 28, 2023

Early in 2023, the Cross-Cloud Services team started the Multi-Cloud Expedition
– a Livestream series airing monthly on LinkedIn. In the Expedition, we’ve
brought together industry and VMware subject matter experts to discuss and demo
solutions to the most pressing multi-cloud challenges today. At VMware Explore
2023 Las Vegas we continued the discussion over 2 episodes from “The Hub”
talking through the top 10 Multi-cloud challenges we hear from customers: We
have cultivated a list of key sessions (available now on-demand) that align and
highlight how VMware is helping our customers and partners meet and resolve
these challenges. Tune in to hear host Alexander Romero, Senior Director of
Cross-Cloud Services at VMware, and David Linthicum, Chief Cloud Strategy
Officer Deloitte Consulting, share their insights and the cultivated session
list helping you maximize your learning and experience at VMware Explore. Watch
both of these livestream episodes now on YouTube below! If you are attending
VMware Explore Las Vegas, please sit in on these sessions live. In addition,
look for the Cross-Cloud Services team at the: Expo Floor Demo Booth –
Meet solution specialists for one-on-one discussions and demos.   Specific CCS
Breakouts – Starting your Clous Smart Journey; Cloud Smart Reference
Architecture; M&A: Faster Time to Value.  (Full list available here.) Meet the
Experts RoundTable (CCSM2693LV) Expo Floor Theater presentations on Solving the
Multi-Cloud Problem . The Cross-Cloud Café – Relax with a complimentary espresso
and a VMware solution specialist enjoying a café conversation on various topics.
Follow these events on LinkedIn to receive notifications! Episode 8 and Episode
9. And stay tuned for more on VMware Explore 2023 Barcelona as we will be
providing similar content and opportunities to talk with experts. The
Multi-Cloud Expedition Episodes 8 – Live from VMware Explore Las Vegas Recap
Chapter Segments: 0:08 – Live from VMware Explore Las Vegas 2023 with host
Alexander Romero, Sr. Director Cross-Cloud Services & David Linthicum, Chief
Cloud Strategy Officer Deloitte Consulting. Curated content at VMware Explore
around top multi-cloud challenges. 1:11 – Level-set: What is the Multi-Cloud
Expedition? Customer Journey from cloud first to cloud smart. (Visit the VMware
Explore Library for session recordings.) 5:31 – Challenge: Participating in the
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Practice as You Transition to the Cloud [MAPB2137LV] & Maximizing Cloud
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Practices to Ransomware Defense [NSCB2730LV] 18:45 – Challenge: Simplifying
Kubernetes and cluster management. Sessions: Accelerate App Delivery: Operate
with VMware Tanzu [MAPB2778LV] & Accelerate App Delivery & Centralize Management
on Public Cloud with Tanzu & Aria [MAPB2781LV] 22:55 – Challenge: Leveraging
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Deliver Hybrid Cloud to Modernize Infrastructure and Accelerate Innovation
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Miss an episode? Check out our blog site for episode details and recording
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Segments: 0:00 – Live from VMware Explore Las Vegas 2023 with host Alexander
Romero, Sr. Director Cross-Cloud Services & David Linthicum, Chief Cloud
Strategy Officer Deloitte Consulting. Curated content at VMware Explore around
top multi-cloud challenges. 0:39 – Level-set: What is the Multi-Cloud
Expedition? Customer Journey from cloud first to cloud smart. (Visit the VMware
Explore Library for session recordings.) 2:36 – Challenge: Increasing developer
velocity speeding application releases. Sessions: Accelerate App Delivery:
Develop with VMware Tanzu [MAPB2777LV] & A Day in the Life of Developers –
Kick-Start a Superior Developer Experience [MAPB2694LV] 4:32 – Challenge:
Getting better visibility across clouds, without countless tools. Sessions:
Accelerate App Delivery: Optimize with VMware Aria [MAPB2779LV] & Discover Your
Clusters, Back Them Up, and Manage Costs with VMware Tanzu and VMware Aria
[MAPB2868LV] 6:36 – Challenge: Consistent multi-cloud networking and security.
Sessions: A Unique Approach to Automate and Scale Governance in Cloud
Environments [MAPB2871LV] & Deploying at Cloud Speed: 7 Networking and Security
Principles [NSCB2382LV] 8:35 – Challenge: Providing secure access for better
customer and remote user experiences. Sessions: Discover the Journey VMware IT
Took to Achieve Zero Trust [VMWB1402LV] & Digital Employee Experience Decoded:
What Is It, and Why Should You Care [EUSB2722LV] 11:45 – Challenge: Rapidly
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& Aha! Transition from VI Admin to Cloud Admin [MAPB2239LV] 14:37 – Wrap up:
Review of challenges & VMware Explore Activities Miss an episode? Check out our
blog site for episode details and recording links:
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Developer Velocity March 21: Fundamentals of Cost, Observability and Security
April 19: Advanced Strategies for Governance and Security May 10: Resilience
Against Ransomware Attacks May 31: Challenges of Mergers and Acquisitions June
28: Modernization Your Datacenter for Multi-Cloud July 26: Simplified Kubernetes
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Guest Blog: Data Center Modernization with Multicloud in Mind

David Linthicum Jul 25, 2023

Author: David Linthicum Globally Known Cloud Computing, AI, and Cybersecurity
Thought Leader, Serial CTO, Best-Selling Author and Speaker, Radio/TV/Podcast
Personality, Passionate Educator. {If you missed episode 6 of the The
Multi-Cloud Expedition on “Modernizing Your Datacenter for Multi-Cloud”, please
visit that blog page for details and links to the recordings.} Let’s dig deeper
into specific strategies for a multicloud deployment that will optimize its use
for on-premises and cloud-based systems. The goal is to leverage a multicloud
deployment using approaches and technologies that minimize risk and cost plus
maximize return of value to the business.  This means doing multicloud work and
playing well with all systems in the cloud and data centers. Everyone will
eventually move to a multicloud deployment, and most have no idea how to do this
using existing systems in optimized ways. Also, fundamental is building a modern
data center that can accommodate what multicloud will be and how to provide core
integration services for more traditional applications and data storage to
applications that exist within your multicloud deployment. While the trends seem
to be away from a data center focus, the reality is the data center is still
foundational to enterprise IT, and, for it to have continued value, it must be
modernized. This reduces the cost of the business at the end of the day.  Let’s
explore how this works.  Keep in mind we’re dealing with a few new concepts: In
multicloud, complexity is driving many new moving parts, and they need to be
operated, secured, and maintained.  Integration must occur between core systems
within the data center and core systems in the multicloud deployment.   We must
focus on finding standard services that can run across more traditional systems
and those that exist within “the cloud.” Remember that most enterprises won’t
increase their operations budget to support multicloud. The key themes are to
not replicate operational services for each cloud provider, which is the way
teams typically approach multicloud today. That architecture won’t scale, and
you will just make the complexity worse. Eventually, you’ll run into complexity
issues, such as security misconfigurations that lead to breaches or outages due
to systems that aren’t proactively monitored. If these issues go unresolved,
chances are good that your multicloud deployment will be considered a failure in
the eyes of the business or more trouble than the cost to deploy it. So, do not
replicate operational processes such as security, data integration, governance,
and other systems within each cloud. This replication creates excess complexity.
Here are some additional basic tenets to follow in terms of making multicloud
and data center work better together: Consolidate operationally oriented
services to work across clouds and data center-based systems, not within a
single cloud or system. This usually includes operations, security, and
governance that you want to span all clouds in your multicloud deployment.
Because it can consist of anything a multicloud leverages, it works across all
clouds and data center-based systems within a multicloud deployment. Leverage
technologies and architectures that support abstraction and automation. This
removes most of the complexity by abstracting native cloud resources and
services to view and manage those services via common mechanisms. For instance,
there should be one way to view cloud and on-premises storage that could map
down to 20–25 native cloud storage models. Because humans do not need to deal
with differences in native cross-cloud and cross-systems operations (security,
governance, and so on), abstraction and automation avoid excess complexity.
Isolate volatility to accommodate growth and changes, such as adding and
removing public cloud providers or adding and removing specific services within
the cloud and on-premises. Place volatility into a configurable domain where
major or minor clouds and cloud services can be added or removed to meet the
business’ exact needs. Move as much as possible above the clouds and data center
systems to work across those clouds and data center-based systems. Typical
services such as security, operations, and governance should repeat across
public clouds or any service that can normalize complexity. This approach
removes services that can operate only on a single cloud or single data center
deployment and instead deploys services that work across cloud providers and
internal systems. The post Guest Blog: Data Center Modernization with Multicloud
in Mind appeared first on Multi-Cloud Blog.

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The Confluence of GenAI, Multi-Cloud, and Security at Supercloud 3

Daniel Flaherty Jul 17, 2023

At Supercloud 3, the online event hosted by the CUBE, executives from
industry-leading cloud and cybersecurity organizations came together to discuss
the confluence of three mega-trends: Generative AI, multi-cloud, and
cybersecurity. VMware CTO Kit Colbert spoke to the CUBE host John Furrier on
these topics, sharing what he hears from enterprise organizations and the
approach VMware is taking to help our customers successfully navigate this
paradigm-shifting change. Watch Kit’s session, Gen AI: An inflection point for
securing supercloud infrastructure, available on-demand here. Kit reinforced the
notion that we are at an inflection point as an industry, where new startups
will form, and existing companies will adapt to deliver the value of Generative
AI. While IT leaders are excited about the potential of GenAI, they are
concerned in parallel about security, data privacy, and the integrity of their
intellectual property. A thoughtful approach to embracing GenAI is Kit’s
recommendation, and what VMware is helping enable. Specifically, enabling choice
in where you can run GenAI applications, whether that’s in a hyperscale cloud or
on-premises, both at a sustainable cost. “I do see thoughtfulness going into
these discussions – what sort of architecture should I be taking, what
dependencies should I be taking, and how do I ensure that I still get the choice
of location – that is super important” Kit Colbert, VMware CTO For many, this
choice may come down to the specific stage of AI app development. Enterprise
organizations tend to have large data stores on-premises, and may want to train
large language models close to that data, as a cost-saving and
privacy-protecting measure. Then, when it comes to inference, choose the best
environment to reach the end customers of each application. Ultimately IT
leaders need to determine how they can protect their organizations appropriately
while allowing developers to move as fast as possible with these technologies.
IT operators play a critical role in achieving this speed and agility and are at
an inflection point of their own. How do they gain the skills they need to run
infrastructure tuned for AI model training and inference, expanding the roles
they have today? Those that have worked with VMware through the years know we
take career paths for our customers seriously, from establishing the massive
ecosystem of virtualization experts, to running Kubernetes on VMware
infrastructure (or anywhere else), and now running GenAI applications. Be sure
to tune into both the General Session and the Technology Innovation Showcase at
VMware Explore on August 22, to hear much more from Kit and the VMware team. The
Past, Present and Future of Supercloud Also at Supercloud 3, VP of Cross-Cloud
services Vittorio Viarengo sat down with theCUBE hosts to reflect back on the
Supercloud market and its origins just a few years back. Jump into Vittorio’s
session, The Past, Present and Future of Supercloud, available on-demand. In
this talk, the three discuss the origins of the Supercloud concept, which
Vittorio calls “IT history repeating itself”. He recounts several moments in IT
history where the amount of choice grew to the point where complexity slowed
innovation, and a new abstraction came in to simplify and unleash the next wave
of growth. Now, as Vittorio explains, startups building new products are
Supercloud by default – meaning from the start, they support multiple clouds.
Naturally, these companies address a broader market and reduce friction for
their customers working in isolated ways today. For VMware customers, our goal
is the same – deliver Cross-Cloud services that unleash the power of every cloud
at a sustainable cost. Learn more about this strategy here. The post <strong>The
Confluence of GenAI, Multi-Cloud, and Security at Supercloud 3</strong> appeared
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The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 12: Live from VMware Explore Barcelona 2023 –
More about VMware Private AI

Alexander Romero Oct 25, 2023

Early in 2023, the Cross-Cloud Services team started the Multi-Cloud Expedition
– a Livestream series airing monthly on LinkedIn. In the Expedition, we’ve
brought together industry and VMware subject matter experts to discuss and demo
solutions to the most pressing multi-cloud challenges today. At VMware Explore
Barcelona 2023, we are continuing the discussion focusing on VMware Private AI.
We will review what was announced at VMware Explore Las Vegas and share more on
announcements planned in Barcelona. Tune in as host Alexander Romero, Senior
Director of Cross-Cloud Services at VMware, is joined by Justin Murray,
Technical Marketing Architect plus another executive from VMware’s Cloud
Infrastructure Business Group. They will review and discuss new partnerships in
the new VMware Private AI ecosystem. If you are attending VMware Explore
Barcelona, please look for the Cross-Cloud Services team at: Specific CCS
Breakouts – The Most Comprehensive Demo of VMware Multi-Cloud Products in One
Place; Top 5 Customer Multi-Cloud Challenges with Key Insights from VMware and
Deloitte (Full list available here.) Expo Floor Theater presentations on Solving
the Multi-Cloud Problem (VBT2626BCN). Meet the Experts RoundTable (CCSM2310BCN)
The Cross-Cloud Café – Just across from the VMware Demo Stand, you can enjoy a
free barista-made espresso and meet 1-on-1 with a VMware solution specialist.
Follow this event on LinkedIn to receive notifications! Miss an episode? Check
out our blog site for episode details and recording
links: https://crosscloud.vmware.com/multi-cloud-expedition The post The
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The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 11: Optimizing Multi-Cloud Workload Placement

Alexander Romero Oct 10, 2023

Enterprises today have a full spectrum of choices for their application
infrastructure, whether that’s hyperscale cloud provider services, on-premises
private clouds, or hybrid cloud services like VMware Cloud. What most are
missing is the optimization of where they run workloads, so that each exists in
the best-fit cloud. In an optimized state, enterprises can achieve
cost-efficiency, retain visibility over their assets, and serve the needs of the
business for agility and modernization. The challenge is that this takes
planning, auditing, and more art than science as no two organizations have the
same application landscape. In the eleventh episode of the Multi-Cloud
Expedition, we’re joined by Microsoft in a discussion on achieving enterprise
success with workload placement, to attain an optimized architecture. The
Multi-Cloud Expedition is a Livestream series airing monthly on LinkedIn
providing opportunities for IT professionals to learn more about the best
practices, technologies, and solutions VMware offers for multi-cloud management.
With each broadcast, VMware and industry experts tackle a specific topic,
providing real-life scenarios and product demonstrations that showcase the
challenges that customers face and how VMware can help overcome these
challenges. This session will walk through common scenarios for workload
placement and the top considerations for each environment – public cloud,
private cloud, and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Key considerations we’ll discuss
include: Business demands for agility and modernization Cost of compute,
network, storage Privacy, security, and compliance Visibility and governance of
enterprise assets Performance for optimal customer experience Follow this event
on LinkedIn to receive notifications! The Multi-Cloud Expedition Livestream
Series Continues! Monthly we’re gearing up for a new edition of the Multi-Cloud
Expedition. Miss an episode? Check out our blog site for episode details and
recording links: https://crosscloud.vmware.com/multi-cloud-expedition Wondering
what’s next? Here’s what we’re planning (subject to change):  September 27:
VMware’s Take on AI Ready Infrastructure October 25: Optimizing Multi-Cloud
Workload Placement November 8: Live from VMware Explore Barcelona 2023 – More
about VMware Private AI! The post The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 11:
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Multi-Cloud Infrastructure: Five New Innovations

David Jasso Sep 28, 2023

At VMware Explore Las Vegas,  VMware President, Summit Dhawan introduced 5 new,
major innovations that strengthen VMware’s Cloud and Edge Infrastructure
offering, part of VMware Cross-Cloud services.  VMware Cross-Cloud services give
you standardized ways to build, operate, access, and secure your applications on
any cloud.  VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), the heart of VMware’s Cloud and Edge
infrastructure offering, delivers a complete, virtualized cloud stack that
includes compute (VMware vSphere), storage (VMware vSAN), networking (VMware
NSX) and management (VMware Aria) capabilities.  VMware Cloud, built on VCF,
runs on every cloud that matters to your business including private cloud,
public cloud, partner cloud, and edge cloud.  The five major announcements that
Summit addressed are recapped for you below: Introducing VMware VSAN MAX
Continuing VMware’s commitment to support customers’ most critical workloads
with flexibility, performance, and efficiency, VMware introduced vSAN MAX.  vSAN
MAX delivers a new, optional disaggregated storage deployment model built on
vSAN Express Storage Architecture and leveraging VSAN’s proven and highly
efficient storage model.  This new offering supports the needs of organizations
with data intensive applications (such as emerging AI/ML apps) that need to be
able to scale storage independent of compute considerations.  Watch here:
https://youtu.be/J2gA_R-lJRs?si=LByPOwKl7L5eX29m&t=35 VMware Cloud Foundation
Enhancements Major announcement number two focused on new capabilities in VCF
that allow cloud administrators to seamlessly upgrade to the latest version of
VCF.  The new upgrade model makes is significantly easier to upgrade the entire
virtual cloud infrastructure stack with upgrades being achieved at a speed that
is three times faster than previous version upgrades.  This new upgrade
capability greatly simplifies the lives of cloud administrators who are
responsible for making sure that their end users always have access to the
latest and most innovative infrastructure offerings that support the building
and running of applications on any cloud. Watch here:
https://youtu.be/J2gA_R-lJRs?si=LByPOwKl7L5eX29m&t=63 Introducing VMware NSX+ As
part of VMware’s commitment of simplifying multi-cloud use, VMware introduced
VMware NSX+, a new multi-cloud service offering.  NSX+ is a cloud-delivered
networking, security, and advanced load balancing as-a-service offering for NSX
that allows networking, security, and operations teams to consume and operate
NSX services from a single cloud console across private, hybrid, and public
clouds. NSX+ enables consistent policy management, unified visibility, network
detection and response, advanced load balancing, and simplified cloud
operations, helping organizations accelerate multi-cloud deployments at scale.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/J2gA_R-lJRs?si=LByPOwKl7L5eX29m&t=114 Introducing
Virtual Private Cloud networking (delivered as part of NSX+) Announcement number
four focused on how cloud administrators can now quickly and easily deliver to
their developers and other end-users, virtual private clouds.  This new
capability allows cloud administrators to deliver an environment that provides
full isolation of networking, security, and other services to multiple tenants
on a shared VMware Cloud infrastructure managed by a single global NSX
interface.  Cloud administrators can also maintain supervisory control and set
operational guardrails on a per VPC basis; helping to ensure that changes made
in one VPC environment have no impact on other cloud tenants. Watch here:
https://youtu.be/J2gA_R-lJRs?si=LByPOwKl7L5eX29m&t=160 Enhancements To VMware
Ransomware Recovery solution VMware Ransomware Recovery is an award-winning
VMware Cloud service designed to help organizations recover from fileless
attacks using behavioral analysis of powered-on VMs in cloud-based isolated
recovery environments (IREs).  Announcement number five addressed enhancements
to this offering.  Specifically, VMware announced the availability of
capabilities that support simultaneous multi-VM recovery operations.  This same
solution will also deliver by end of the fiscal quarter, new capabilities that
enable customers to run production workloads in the cloud until forensics are
completed and the on-premises datacenter is fortified. Watch here:
https://youtu.be/J2gA_R-lJRs?si=LByPOwKl7L5eX29m&t=185 Missed Las Vegas? VMware
Explore will continue beyond Vegas with upcoming events scheduled for Europe and
Asia.  Check VMware.com for locations and registration information.  You can
also view much of the content from VMware Explore Las Vegas in the Explore Video
Library. The post Multi-Cloud Infrastructure: Five New Innovations appeared
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The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 10: VMware’s Take on AI Ready Infrastructure

Alexander Romero Sep 1, 2023

There is no denying the potential benefit AI capabilities will have on business
outcomes as the technology and utilization of it matures.  On the one hand this
is an amazing technical capability which has tremendous potential.  On the other
hand, it is another form of a compute resource that must be managed similar to
historical compute resources and intrinsically tied to financial measures with
renewed data security challenges.  Since it’s an emerging technology, lack of
standardization, automation, and IT skills plus privacy concerns are slowing
time to value for AI infrastructure requests. This creates a bottleneck that
slows down the deployment of AI workloads and makes it difficult to manage and
optimize the resources allocated to them. To help tackle these challenges,
VMware announced the launch of VMware Private AI. This architectural approach
for AI services enables privacy and control of corporate data, choice of open
source and commercial AI solutions, quick time-to-value, and integrated security
and management. With VMware Private AI, you get the flexibility to run a range
of AI solutions for your environment and you can deploy with confidence, knowing
that VMware has built partnerships with the leading AI providers. VMware and
NVIDIA also announced our plans to collaborate to develop a fully integrated
Generative AI platform called VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA. This
platform will enable enterprises to fine-tune LLM models and run inference
workloads in their data centers, addressing privacy, choice, cost, performance,
and compliance concerns. The platform will include the NVIDIA NeMo framework,
NVIDIA LLMs, and other community models (such as Hugging face) running on VMware
Cloud Foundation. We will share more information on this exciting platform which
will be launched in early 2024.  In this tenth episode of the Multi-Cloud
Expedition, join host Alexander Romero, Senior Director of Cross-Cloud Services
at VMware, as he leads a discussion around VMware Private AI and our partnership
with NVIDIA enabling IT teams to embrace generative AI with privacy, choice,
cost management, performance, and compliance. The Multi-Cloud Expedition is a
Livestream series airing monthly on LinkedIn providing opportunities for IT
professionals to learn more about the best practices, technologies, and
solutions VMware offers for multi-cloud management. With each broadcast, VMware
and industry experts tackle a specific topic, providing real-life scenarios and
product demonstrations that showcase the challenges that customers face and how
VMware can help overcome these challenges. Join us and learn how VMware and
NVIDIA can accelerate AI model deployments, enhance productivity, optimize
performance, offer flexibility, and safeguard privacy. Follow this event
on LinkedIn to receive notifications! The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 10:
VMware’s Take on AI Ready Infrastructure Recap Chapter Segments: 0:14 – Host
Welcome, Alexander Romero, Sr. Director Cross-Cloud Services: What is the
Multi-Cloud Expedition? Customer Journey from cloud first to cloud smart. 2:09 –
Overview of this episode: VMware’s Take on AI Ready Infrastructure. 2:52 –
Industry Expert Intro: Charlie Huang, NVIDIA Product Management & Marketing;
Accelerated Computing & Artificial Intelligence   4:46 – Evolution of AI going
from Predictive to Generative AI. Example ChatGPT. 7:14 – Industry drivers as
the catalyst for exponential interest in Generative AI – finding cancer faster
or personalizing shopping experiences. 10:36 – AI and the use of GPUs is not
new. VMware and NVIDIA innovation history. 14:07 – How do enterprises use
HuggingFace and OpenAI model? And how NVIDIA solutions fit in the industry.
17:23 – Keeping enterprise data secure and private for regulations and
competitive advantage. 18:55 – SME Intro: Shobhit Bhutani, VMware Principal
Product Marketing Manager 20:48 – Challenges of Generative AI today, mainly
privacy. Avoid intellectual property breeches while seeing benefits of LLM and
AI. 26:04 – Avoiding lock in – customers want choice in AI journey like they
have with multi-cloud with performance and compliance while managing costs.
31:55 – How VMware helps. Announcement of VMware Private AI.   25:44 – VMware
Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA announced at VMware Explore Las Vegas (avail
early 2024). Generative AI easy button. 40:29 – Customer example: Helping build
a Generative AI model for a large format retailer. 43:16 – Demo: NVIDIA and
VMware Generative AI Integration into Enterprise Clouds. 46:57 – Demo: How
allocating GPUs within vSphere looks for VI Admins. Q&A with moderator Leanne
Jones, Director Cross-Cloud Services   48:45 – Q&A: What other eco system
partners does VMware work with beyond NVIDIA? 51:22 – Q&A: Customer examples
making progress today with AI. 53:40 – How to get started today? Reference
architecture for VMware Private AI. 55:48 – Wrap up and topic review including
key links to learn more around VMware AI solutions:
https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/ai-ml.html
https://core.vmware.com/blog/using-nvidias-aiml-frameworks-generative-ai-vmware-vsphere
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2023/08/introducing-vmware-private-ai-foundation.html
Special thank you to Justin Murray for creating the demos and Shannon Waddell
for producing. The Multi-Cloud Expedition Livestream Series Continues! The
Multi-Cloud Expedition starting in February of 2023. Miss an episode? Check out
our blog site for episode details and recording
links: https://crosscloud.vmware.com/multi-cloud-expedition Wondering what’s
next? Here’s what we’re planning (subject to change):  September 27: VMware’s
Take on AI Ready Infrastructure October 25: Optimizing Multi-Cloud Workload
Placement November 8: Live from VMware Explore Barcelona 2023 – More about
VMware Private AI! The post The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 10: VMware’s Take
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The Path to Multi-Cloud Success: How VMware Helps Enterprises Win in the
Multi-Cloud Era

Giuliano Liguori Aug 18, 2023

Introduction Multi-cloud adoption is accelerating, with businesses seeking
greater agility, flexibility and choice of cloud services. While public cloud
usage continues to grow, enterprises are recognizing that not all workloads
belong in the public cloud. To operate efficiently at scale, companies are
adopting hybrid and multi-cloud strategies that span private clouds, public
clouds and the edge. But maximizing the value of multi-cloud environments
remains challenging. Using multiple clouds in silos creates operational
complexity. There is lack of consistency across cloud platforms. Security,
compliance and data governance become extremely difficult across heterogeneous
infrastructure. And costs can spiral out of control. VMware is helping
enterprises succeed in this multi-cloud era, with a software platform to build,
run, manage, connect and protect any app on any cloud. Organizations can
simplify operations, reduce costs, and deliver security everywhere cloud meets
app. The VMware Cross-Cloud Approach: Consistency Across Environments A
fundamental challenge with multi-cloud is the lack of consistency. Every
hyperscale cloud has a different operating model, networking paradigm and
services. This makes it extremely difficult to manage cloud environments
together. VMware Cloud provides a common architecture that integrates with all
major public clouds, including AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. This enables IT
teams to apply the same operations, policies, networking and security across
heterogeneous cloud environments. Workloads can be deployed and migrated
seamlessly to the optimal cloud platform based on application needs. With VMware
Cross-Cloud services, enterprises can extend existing on-premises infrastructure
to public clouds. This provides a consistent operating model and customer
experience regardless of where apps and services are running. Embrace Agility,
Fuel Innovation Say goodbye to vendor lock-in and embrace the power of choice.
The Cross-Cloud Approach enables you to select the best services from specific
cloud vendors, ensuring your cloud environment aligns precisely with your unique
requirements. Achieve regional compliance effortlessly and fortify resilience
across your entire cloud property. The Cross-Cloud Approach modernizes your IT
infrastructure, positioning your enterprise for unparalleled agility,
versatility, and cost reductions. It fosters an environment that accelerates
innovation, propelling your business towards greater heights. This consolidated
approach empowers you to focus on what matters most—driving business success.
Flexibility and Choice: The Power to Run Any App on Any Cloud In a multi-cloud
environment, flexibility is critical. Companies need the freedom to choose where
to run workloads based on technical requirements, geographic needs, regulatory
factors and other considerations. The VMware application platform provides
portability for both traditional and modern apps. With VMware Tanzu, enterprises
can build and deploy cloud-native apps that can run anywhere. VMware HCX lets
you migrate VMs to any cloud or data center without re-architecting apps. This
encapsulates apps and infrastructure from the underlying cloud hardware. So
organizations can move workloads between environments at will to respond to
changing needs and optimize costs. Multi-Cloud Cost Optimization: Visibility and
Control to Reduce Waste As companies scale cloud usage, costs can spiral out of
control. In a 2021 survey, 82% of respondents said their cloud spending exceeded
budgets. Getting deep visibility into usage, spend and performance across
heterogeneous clouds is extremely challenging. VMware gives finance teams the
data they need to identify waste and make informed decisions about workload
placement. Automated policy-based placement optimizes spending by deploying apps
on the most efficient and cost-effective cloud platform. With robust visibility
and control over the entire cloud footprint, enterprises can eliminate resource
contention and right-size workloads to avoid over-provisioning. VMware ensures
you only pay for the cloud resources you truly need. Security That Spans the
Full Technology Stack In multi-cloud environments, security becomes
exponentially more difficult with every cloud added. Visibility is limited and
policies are inconsistent. Meanwhile, data is distributed across multiple clouds
increasing vulnerability. VMware embeds end-to-end security across the full
application lifecycle – from code to cloud to edge. This delivers
defense-in-depth with context-aware rules. Security profiles consistently follow
workloads to minimize rework, with granular isolation of network traffic. With
VMware, multi-cloud security is intrinsic rather than bolted on. This integrated
approach provides comprehensive protection while enabling innovation and
operational efficiency. The Future of Multi-Cloud Multi-cloud adoption is
clearly accelerating as organizations recognize the benefits of choice and
flexibility. But complexity remains a significant barrier. VMware is committed
to making multi-cloud environments simple, efficient and secure for enterprises.
Looking ahead, VMware sees a world where apps and data can move seamlessly to
any cloud or edge location. Dynamic allocation of resources will respond in
real-time to changing demands. And intrinsic security will be embedded
everywhere. This will empower companies to leverage multi-cloud to drive
innovation and deliver amazing digital experiences. Resources: Explore Cross
Cloud Services: https://www.vmware.com/cross-cloud-services.html Download the
White Paper: The Era of Multi-Cloud Services Has Arrived
https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/docs/vmware-multi-cloud-services-white-paper.pdf
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Get Cross-Cloud Caffeinated at VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas

Simon Momber Aug 15, 2023

The excitement and anticipation of VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas grows stronger
every day. So much to see and learn in so little time. An extra energy boost
might be needed to see it all, with enough left over for the Vegas strip. If a
premium coffee service and lively conversation will keep you going, look no
further than the VMware Cross-Cloud Café, located on the Expo floor, booth #105.
The VMware Cross-Cloud Café is a new experience at VMware Explore! You will sit
down with a VMware solution specialist and have a 1-on-1 conversation. Place
your free coffee order with our barista and relax as a specialist walks you
through a learning topic. Each café conversation is only 10 minutes, and you can
return as often as you like.  You will also have the option to schedule a time
for your café conversation. You will be able to pick a topic from within 4
learning track options: Cloud & Edge Infrastructure Modern Applications & Cloud
Management Networking & Security Hybrid Workforce The topics within each
learning track are not deep-dive technical. These short discussions will focus
on the benefits of each solution and provide suggestions for learning more. You
will see a demo and possibly do some whiteboarding together. We know you will
learn something new and leave with an espresso boost. But what if you cannot
attend VMware Explore 2023? We have you covered. Visit
https://crosscloud.vmware.com, and all café presentations and demos will be
available online as of Aug 21st, 2023 The VMware Cross-Cloud Café is open during
Expo hours. Please stop by and see us on the Expo floor. Booth #105.   The post
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5 Phases of Highly Efficient M&A IT Integration: Developer Access with
Enterprise Guardrails

Daniel Flaherty Aug 2, 2023

In the last post of this series, we covered the best practices you can implement
to achieve consistent security and governance for your multi-cloud, heterogenous
IT environment during M&A integration. The final recommendation for highly
efficient M&A IT integration is to enable developer access to the parent
company’s cloud resources with enterprise guardrails in place. This addresses
the challenge of developer productivity during M&A – where the developers you
acquire remain isolated from the parent organization, without access to shared
infrastructure and the ability to collaborate efficiently with the broader team.
Ultimately, the goal is to help your newly acquired developers release software
faster, removing the toil they face in the process. This in turn delivers faster
time to market for products and services that address your customer needs and
help grow the business. Enable Developer Access to Cloud Resources with
Enterprise Guardrails You can enable faster developer access to cloud resources,
more efficient collaboration, and shortened time to market with a developer
platform that abstracts infrastructure tasks and provides a “golden path” to
production. VMware Tanzu Application Platform gives you this layer of
abstraction, functioning as a secure software supply chain for developers to
build and ship modern applications running on Kubernetes in any cloud
environment. Deliver your M&A business outcomes with VMware Tanzu Application
PlatformWithin Tanzu Application Platform, your DevOps or platform operations
teams define security, compliance and target infrastructure policies, allowing
developers to focus on code and not worry about infrastructure-related tasks.
Developers from the acquired company can onboard quickly, leveraging prebuilt
templates that already contain your policies and work within the developer’s
existing integrated development environment (IDE). They do not need to learn the
new infrastructure that their code runs on because those tasks have been
abstracted away. With a centralized, multi-cloud developer platform like Tanzu
Application Platform, you can accelerate the onboarding process and velocity of
code to production as well as facilitate cross-team collaboration between
entities that likely would have been siloed otherwise. Working from the same
platform, teams from the acquired company can begin collaborating with their
counterparts immediately, unlocking new value from the acquisition. These
faster, more-secure paths to production allow teams to have shorter release
cycles, less toil and ultimately deliver more business value. Catch up on the 5
Phases of Highly Efficient M&A IT Integration by reading the full series: Day 0
Employee Productivity  Multi-Cloud Network Unification  Multi-Cloud
Infrastructure Consolidation  Multi-Cloud Security and Governance Developer
Access with Enterprise Guardrails Want the full story in one place? Read our
whitepaper “The Executive Guide to Efficient M&A IT Integration” here! Our goal
is to give you the strategic guidance you need to achieve faster time to value
in your M&A integration efforts. Through these phases of integration, you can
deliver a more seamless process for your organization, while developing a
durable framework for future M&A events that follow the same playbook. The post
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The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episodes 8 & 9 – Live from VMware Explore Las Vegas:
Top 10 Multi-Cloud Challenges

Alexander Romero Jul 28, 2023

Early in 2023, the Cross-Cloud Services team started the Multi-Cloud Expedition
– a Livestream series airing monthly on LinkedIn. In the Expedition, we’ve
brought together industry and VMware subject matter experts to discuss and demo
solutions to the most pressing multi-cloud challenges today. At VMware Explore
2023 Las Vegas we continued the discussion over 2 episodes from “The Hub”
talking through the top 10 Multi-cloud challenges we hear from customers: We
have cultivated a list of key sessions (available now on-demand) that align and
highlight how VMware is helping our customers and partners meet and resolve
these challenges. Tune in to hear host Alexander Romero, Senior Director of
Cross-Cloud Services at VMware, and David Linthicum, Chief Cloud Strategy
Officer Deloitte Consulting, share their insights and the cultivated session
list helping you maximize your learning and experience at VMware Explore. Watch
both of these livestream episodes now on YouTube below! If you are attending
VMware Explore Las Vegas, please sit in on these sessions live. In addition,
look for the Cross-Cloud Services team at the: Expo Floor Demo Booth –
Meet solution specialists for one-on-one discussions and demos.   Specific CCS
Breakouts – Starting your Clous Smart Journey; Cloud Smart Reference
Architecture; M&A: Faster Time to Value.  (Full list available here.) Meet the
Experts RoundTable (CCSM2693LV) Expo Floor Theater presentations on Solving the
Multi-Cloud Problem . The Cross-Cloud Café – Relax with a complimentary espresso
and a VMware solution specialist enjoying a café conversation on various topics.
Follow these events on LinkedIn to receive notifications! Episode 8 and Episode
9. And stay tuned for more on VMware Explore 2023 Barcelona as we will be
providing similar content and opportunities to talk with experts. The
Multi-Cloud Expedition Episodes 8 – Live from VMware Explore Las Vegas Recap
Chapter Segments: 0:08 – Live from VMware Explore Las Vegas 2023 with host
Alexander Romero, Sr. Director Cross-Cloud Services & David Linthicum, Chief
Cloud Strategy Officer Deloitte Consulting. Curated content at VMware Explore
around top multi-cloud challenges. 1:11 – Level-set: What is the Multi-Cloud
Expedition? Customer Journey from cloud first to cloud smart. (Visit the VMware
Explore Library for session recordings.) 5:31 – Challenge: Participating in the
changing AI/ML landscape. Sessions: Technology Innovation Showcase [K2906LV] &
AI/ML and Cloud: Better Together [MAPB2888LVD] 9:57 – Challenge: Optimizing
costs and resources by right-sizing workloads. Sessions: How to Build a FinOps
Practice as You Transition to the Cloud [MAPB2137LV] & Maximizing Cloud
Efficiency with VMware Aria [MAPB1517LV] 14:31 – Challenge: Ransomware attacks:
Strategies for preventing and recovering. Sessions: Ransomware Recovery Customer
and Partner Panel [CEIB2560LV] & Bulletproof Your Network: 4 Steps and Best
Practices to Ransomware Defense [NSCB2730LV] 18:45 – Challenge: Simplifying
Kubernetes and cluster management. Sessions: Accelerate App Delivery: Operate
with VMware Tanzu [MAPB2778LV] & Accelerate App Delivery & Centralize Management
on Public Cloud with Tanzu & Aria [MAPB2781LV] 22:55 – Challenge: Leveraging
existing employee skill sets when extending to cloud. Sessions: Data Center
Modernization – Day in the Life of a VMware Cloud Administrator [CEIB2652LV] &
Deliver Hybrid Cloud to Modernize Infrastructure and Accelerate Innovation
[CEIB2648LV] 25:22 – Wrap up: Review of challenges & VMware Explore Activities
Miss an episode? Check out our blog site for episode details and recording
links: https://crosscloud.vmware.com/multi-cloud-expedition The Multi-Cloud
Expedition Episodes 9 – Live from VMware Explore Las Vegas Recap Chapter
Segments: 0:00 – Live from VMware Explore Las Vegas 2023 with host Alexander
Romero, Sr. Director Cross-Cloud Services & David Linthicum, Chief Cloud
Strategy Officer Deloitte Consulting. Curated content at VMware Explore around
top multi-cloud challenges. 0:39 – Level-set: What is the Multi-Cloud
Expedition? Customer Journey from cloud first to cloud smart. (Visit the VMware
Explore Library for session recordings.) 2:36 – Challenge: Increasing developer
velocity speeding application releases. Sessions: Accelerate App Delivery:
Develop with VMware Tanzu [MAPB2777LV] & A Day in the Life of Developers –
Kick-Start a Superior Developer Experience [MAPB2694LV] 4:32 – Challenge:
Getting better visibility across clouds, without countless tools. Sessions:
Accelerate App Delivery: Optimize with VMware Aria [MAPB2779LV] & Discover Your
Clusters, Back Them Up, and Manage Costs with VMware Tanzu and VMware Aria
[MAPB2868LV] 6:36 – Challenge: Consistent multi-cloud networking and security.
Sessions: A Unique Approach to Automate and Scale Governance in Cloud
Environments [MAPB2871LV] & Deploying at Cloud Speed: 7 Networking and Security
Principles [NSCB2382LV] 8:35 – Challenge: Providing secure access for better
customer and remote user experiences. Sessions: Discover the Journey VMware IT
Took to Achieve Zero Trust [VMWB1402LV] & Digital Employee Experience Decoded:
What Is It, and Why Should You Care [EUSB2722LV] 11:45 – Challenge: Rapidly
deploying consistent infrastructure resources across clouds. Sessions: Discover
How VMware IT Moved to Multi-Cloud and Achieved 99.99% Availability [VMWB2454LV]
& Aha! Transition from VI Admin to Cloud Admin [MAPB2239LV] 14:37 – Wrap up:
Review of challenges & VMware Explore Activities Miss an episode? Check out our
blog site for episode details and recording links:
https://crosscloud.vmware.com/multi-cloud-expedition February 22: Increasing
Developer Velocity March 21: Fundamentals of Cost, Observability and Security
April 19: Advanced Strategies for Governance and Security May 10: Resilience
Against Ransomware Attacks May 31: Challenges of Mergers and Acquisitions June
28: Modernization Your Datacenter for Multi-Cloud July 26: Simplified Kubernetes
Management The Multi-Cloud Expedition Livestream Will Continue!  September 27:
VMware’s Take on AI Ready Infrastructure October 25: Optimizing Multi-Cloud
Workload Placement November 8: Live from VMware Explore Barcelona 2023 – More
about VMware Private AI! Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please
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Guest Blog: Data Center Modernization with Multicloud in Mind

David Linthicum Jul 25, 2023

Author: David Linthicum Globally Known Cloud Computing, AI, and Cybersecurity
Thought Leader, Serial CTO, Best-Selling Author and Speaker, Radio/TV/Podcast
Personality, Passionate Educator. {If you missed episode 6 of the The
Multi-Cloud Expedition on “Modernizing Your Datacenter for Multi-Cloud”, please
visit that blog page for details and links to the recordings.} Let’s dig deeper
into specific strategies for a multicloud deployment that will optimize its use
for on-premises and cloud-based systems. The goal is to leverage a multicloud
deployment using approaches and technologies that minimize risk and cost plus
maximize return of value to the business.  This means doing multicloud work and
playing well with all systems in the cloud and data centers. Everyone will
eventually move to a multicloud deployment, and most have no idea how to do this
using existing systems in optimized ways. Also, fundamental is building a modern
data center that can accommodate what multicloud will be and how to provide core
integration services for more traditional applications and data storage to
applications that exist within your multicloud deployment. While the trends seem
to be away from a data center focus, the reality is the data center is still
foundational to enterprise IT, and, for it to have continued value, it must be
modernized. This reduces the cost of the business at the end of the day.  Let’s
explore how this works.  Keep in mind we’re dealing with a few new concepts: In
multicloud, complexity is driving many new moving parts, and they need to be
operated, secured, and maintained.  Integration must occur between core systems
within the data center and core systems in the multicloud deployment.   We must
focus on finding standard services that can run across more traditional systems
and those that exist within “the cloud.” Remember that most enterprises won’t
increase their operations budget to support multicloud. The key themes are to
not replicate operational services for each cloud provider, which is the way
teams typically approach multicloud today. That architecture won’t scale, and
you will just make the complexity worse. Eventually, you’ll run into complexity
issues, such as security misconfigurations that lead to breaches or outages due
to systems that aren’t proactively monitored. If these issues go unresolved,
chances are good that your multicloud deployment will be considered a failure in
the eyes of the business or more trouble than the cost to deploy it. So, do not
replicate operational processes such as security, data integration, governance,
and other systems within each cloud. This replication creates excess complexity.
Here are some additional basic tenets to follow in terms of making multicloud
and data center work better together: Consolidate operationally oriented
services to work across clouds and data center-based systems, not within a
single cloud or system. This usually includes operations, security, and
governance that you want to span all clouds in your multicloud deployment.
Because it can consist of anything a multicloud leverages, it works across all
clouds and data center-based systems within a multicloud deployment. Leverage
technologies and architectures that support abstraction and automation. This
removes most of the complexity by abstracting native cloud resources and
services to view and manage those services via common mechanisms. For instance,
there should be one way to view cloud and on-premises storage that could map
down to 20–25 native cloud storage models. Because humans do not need to deal
with differences in native cross-cloud and cross-systems operations (security,
governance, and so on), abstraction and automation avoid excess complexity.
Isolate volatility to accommodate growth and changes, such as adding and
removing public cloud providers or adding and removing specific services within
the cloud and on-premises. Place volatility into a configurable domain where
major or minor clouds and cloud services can be added or removed to meet the
business’ exact needs. Move as much as possible above the clouds and data center
systems to work across those clouds and data center-based systems. Typical
services such as security, operations, and governance should repeat across
public clouds or any service that can normalize complexity. This approach
removes services that can operate only on a single cloud or single data center
deployment and instead deploys services that work across cloud providers and
internal systems. The post Guest Blog: Data Center Modernization with Multicloud
in Mind appeared first on Multi-Cloud Blog.

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The Confluence of GenAI, Multi-Cloud, and Security at Supercloud 3

Daniel Flaherty Jul 17, 2023

At Supercloud 3, the online event hosted by the CUBE, executives from
industry-leading cloud and cybersecurity organizations came together to discuss
the confluence of three mega-trends: Generative AI, multi-cloud, and
cybersecurity. VMware CTO Kit Colbert spoke to the CUBE host John Furrier on
these topics, sharing what he hears from enterprise organizations and the
approach VMware is taking to help our customers successfully navigate this
paradigm-shifting change. Watch Kit’s session, Gen AI: An inflection point for
securing supercloud infrastructure, available on-demand here. Kit reinforced the
notion that we are at an inflection point as an industry, where new startups
will form, and existing companies will adapt to deliver the value of Generative
AI. While IT leaders are excited about the potential of GenAI, they are
concerned in parallel about security, data privacy, and the integrity of their
intellectual property. A thoughtful approach to embracing GenAI is Kit’s
recommendation, and what VMware is helping enable. Specifically, enabling choice
in where you can run GenAI applications, whether that’s in a hyperscale cloud or
on-premises, both at a sustainable cost. “I do see thoughtfulness going into
these discussions – what sort of architecture should I be taking, what
dependencies should I be taking, and how do I ensure that I still get the choice
of location – that is super important” Kit Colbert, VMware CTO For many, this
choice may come down to the specific stage of AI app development. Enterprise
organizations tend to have large data stores on-premises, and may want to train
large language models close to that data, as a cost-saving and
privacy-protecting measure. Then, when it comes to inference, choose the best
environment to reach the end customers of each application. Ultimately IT
leaders need to determine how they can protect their organizations appropriately
while allowing developers to move as fast as possible with these technologies.
IT operators play a critical role in achieving this speed and agility and are at
an inflection point of their own. How do they gain the skills they need to run
infrastructure tuned for AI model training and inference, expanding the roles
they have today? Those that have worked with VMware through the years know we
take career paths for our customers seriously, from establishing the massive
ecosystem of virtualization experts, to running Kubernetes on VMware
infrastructure (or anywhere else), and now running GenAI applications. Be sure
to tune into both the General Session and the Technology Innovation Showcase at
VMware Explore on August 22, to hear much more from Kit and the VMware team. The
Past, Present and Future of Supercloud Also at Supercloud 3, VP of Cross-Cloud
services Vittorio Viarengo sat down with theCUBE hosts to reflect back on the
Supercloud market and its origins just a few years back. Jump into Vittorio’s
session, The Past, Present and Future of Supercloud, available on-demand. In
this talk, the three discuss the origins of the Supercloud concept, which
Vittorio calls “IT history repeating itself”. He recounts several moments in IT
history where the amount of choice grew to the point where complexity slowed
innovation, and a new abstraction came in to simplify and unleash the next wave
of growth. Now, as Vittorio explains, startups building new products are
Supercloud by default – meaning from the start, they support multiple clouds.
Naturally, these companies address a broader market and reduce friction for
their customers working in isolated ways today. For VMware customers, our goal
is the same – deliver Cross-Cloud services that unleash the power of every cloud
at a sustainable cost. Learn more about this strategy here. The post <strong>The
Confluence of GenAI, Multi-Cloud, and Security at Supercloud 3</strong> appeared
first on Multi-Cloud Blog.

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The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 12: Live from VMware Explore Barcelona 2023 –
More about VMware Private AI

Alexander Romero Oct 25, 2023

Early in 2023, the Cross-Cloud Services team started the Multi-Cloud Expedition
– a Livestream series airing monthly on LinkedIn. In the Expedition, we’ve
brought together industry and VMware subject matter experts to discuss and demo
solutions to the most pressing multi-cloud challenges today. At VMware Explore
Barcelona 2023, we are continuing the discussion focusing on VMware Private AI.
We will review what was announced at VMware Explore Las Vegas and share more on
announcements planned in Barcelona. Tune in as host Alexander Romero, Senior
Director of Cross-Cloud Services at VMware, is joined by Justin Murray,
Technical Marketing Architect plus another executive from VMware’s Cloud
Infrastructure Business Group. They will review and discuss new partnerships in
the new VMware Private AI ecosystem. If you are attending VMware Explore
Barcelona, please look for the Cross-Cloud Services team at: Specific CCS
Breakouts – The Most Comprehensive Demo of VMware Multi-Cloud Products in One
Place; Top 5 Customer Multi-Cloud Challenges with Key Insights from VMware and
Deloitte (Full list available here.) Expo Floor Theater presentations on Solving
the Multi-Cloud Problem (VBT2626BCN). Meet the Experts RoundTable (CCSM2310BCN)
The Cross-Cloud Café – Just across from the VMware Demo Stand, you can enjoy a
free barista-made espresso and meet 1-on-1 with a VMware solution specialist.
Follow this event on LinkedIn to receive notifications! Miss an episode? Check
out our blog site for episode details and recording
links: https://crosscloud.vmware.com/multi-cloud-expedition The post The
Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 12: Live from VMware Explore Barcelona 2023 –
More about VMware Private AI appeared first on Multi-Cloud Blog.

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The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 11: Optimizing Multi-Cloud Workload Placement

Alexander Romero Oct 10, 2023

Enterprises today have a full spectrum of choices for their application
infrastructure, whether that’s hyperscale cloud provider services, on-premises
private clouds, or hybrid cloud services like VMware Cloud. What most are
missing is the optimization of where they run workloads, so that each exists in
the best-fit cloud. In an optimized state, enterprises can achieve
cost-efficiency, retain visibility over their assets, and serve the needs of the
business for agility and modernization. The challenge is that this takes
planning, auditing, and more art than science as no two organizations have the
same application landscape. In the eleventh episode of the Multi-Cloud
Expedition, we’re joined by Microsoft in a discussion on achieving enterprise
success with workload placement, to attain an optimized architecture. The
Multi-Cloud Expedition is a Livestream series airing monthly on LinkedIn
providing opportunities for IT professionals to learn more about the best
practices, technologies, and solutions VMware offers for multi-cloud management.
With each broadcast, VMware and industry experts tackle a specific topic,
providing real-life scenarios and product demonstrations that showcase the
challenges that customers face and how VMware can help overcome these
challenges. This session will walk through common scenarios for workload
placement and the top considerations for each environment – public cloud,
private cloud, and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Key considerations we’ll discuss
include: Business demands for agility and modernization Cost of compute,
network, storage Privacy, security, and compliance Visibility and governance of
enterprise assets Performance for optimal customer experience Follow this event
on LinkedIn to receive notifications! The Multi-Cloud Expedition Livestream
Series Continues! Monthly we’re gearing up for a new edition of the Multi-Cloud
Expedition. Miss an episode? Check out our blog site for episode details and
recording links: https://crosscloud.vmware.com/multi-cloud-expedition Wondering
what’s next? Here’s what we’re planning (subject to change):  September 27:
VMware’s Take on AI Ready Infrastructure October 25: Optimizing Multi-Cloud
Workload Placement November 8: Live from VMware Explore Barcelona 2023 – More
about VMware Private AI! The post The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 11:
Optimizing Multi-Cloud Workload Placement appeared first on Multi-Cloud Blog.

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Multi-Cloud Infrastructure: Five New Innovations

David Jasso Sep 28, 2023

At VMware Explore Las Vegas,  VMware President, Summit Dhawan introduced 5 new,
major innovations that strengthen VMware’s Cloud and Edge Infrastructure
offering, part of VMware Cross-Cloud services.  VMware Cross-Cloud services give
you standardized ways to build, operate, access, and secure your applications on
any cloud.  VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), the heart of VMware’s Cloud and Edge
infrastructure offering, delivers a complete, virtualized cloud stack that
includes compute (VMware vSphere), storage (VMware vSAN), networking (VMware
NSX) and management (VMware Aria) capabilities.  VMware Cloud, built on VCF,
runs on every cloud that matters to your business including private cloud,
public cloud, partner cloud, and edge cloud.  The five major announcements that
Summit addressed are recapped for you below: Introducing VMware VSAN MAX
Continuing VMware’s commitment to support customers’ most critical workloads
with flexibility, performance, and efficiency, VMware introduced vSAN MAX.  vSAN
MAX delivers a new, optional disaggregated storage deployment model built on
vSAN Express Storage Architecture and leveraging VSAN’s proven and highly
efficient storage model.  This new offering supports the needs of organizations
with data intensive applications (such as emerging AI/ML apps) that need to be
able to scale storage independent of compute considerations.  Watch here:
https://youtu.be/J2gA_R-lJRs?si=LByPOwKl7L5eX29m&t=35 VMware Cloud Foundation
Enhancements Major announcement number two focused on new capabilities in VCF
that allow cloud administrators to seamlessly upgrade to the latest version of
VCF.  The new upgrade model makes is significantly easier to upgrade the entire
virtual cloud infrastructure stack with upgrades being achieved at a speed that
is three times faster than previous version upgrades.  This new upgrade
capability greatly simplifies the lives of cloud administrators who are
responsible for making sure that their end users always have access to the
latest and most innovative infrastructure offerings that support the building
and running of applications on any cloud. Watch here:
https://youtu.be/J2gA_R-lJRs?si=LByPOwKl7L5eX29m&t=63 Introducing VMware NSX+ As
part of VMware’s commitment of simplifying multi-cloud use, VMware introduced
VMware NSX+, a new multi-cloud service offering.  NSX+ is a cloud-delivered
networking, security, and advanced load balancing as-a-service offering for NSX
that allows networking, security, and operations teams to consume and operate
NSX services from a single cloud console across private, hybrid, and public
clouds. NSX+ enables consistent policy management, unified visibility, network
detection and response, advanced load balancing, and simplified cloud
operations, helping organizations accelerate multi-cloud deployments at scale.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/J2gA_R-lJRs?si=LByPOwKl7L5eX29m&t=114 Introducing
Virtual Private Cloud networking (delivered as part of NSX+) Announcement number
four focused on how cloud administrators can now quickly and easily deliver to
their developers and other end-users, virtual private clouds.  This new
capability allows cloud administrators to deliver an environment that provides
full isolation of networking, security, and other services to multiple tenants
on a shared VMware Cloud infrastructure managed by a single global NSX
interface.  Cloud administrators can also maintain supervisory control and set
operational guardrails on a per VPC basis; helping to ensure that changes made
in one VPC environment have no impact on other cloud tenants. Watch here:
https://youtu.be/J2gA_R-lJRs?si=LByPOwKl7L5eX29m&t=160 Enhancements To VMware
Ransomware Recovery solution VMware Ransomware Recovery is an award-winning
VMware Cloud service designed to help organizations recover from fileless
attacks using behavioral analysis of powered-on VMs in cloud-based isolated
recovery environments (IREs).  Announcement number five addressed enhancements
to this offering.  Specifically, VMware announced the availability of
capabilities that support simultaneous multi-VM recovery operations.  This same
solution will also deliver by end of the fiscal quarter, new capabilities that
enable customers to run production workloads in the cloud until forensics are
completed and the on-premises datacenter is fortified. Watch here:
https://youtu.be/J2gA_R-lJRs?si=LByPOwKl7L5eX29m&t=185 Missed Las Vegas? VMware
Explore will continue beyond Vegas with upcoming events scheduled for Europe and
Asia.  Check VMware.com for locations and registration information.  You can
also view much of the content from VMware Explore Las Vegas in the Explore Video
Library. The post Multi-Cloud Infrastructure: Five New Innovations appeared
first on Multi-Cloud Blog.

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The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 10: VMware’s Take on AI Ready Infrastructure

Alexander Romero Sep 1, 2023

There is no denying the potential benefit AI capabilities will have on business
outcomes as the technology and utilization of it matures.  On the one hand this
is an amazing technical capability which has tremendous potential.  On the other
hand, it is another form of a compute resource that must be managed similar to
historical compute resources and intrinsically tied to financial measures with
renewed data security challenges.  Since it’s an emerging technology, lack of
standardization, automation, and IT skills plus privacy concerns are slowing
time to value for AI infrastructure requests. This creates a bottleneck that
slows down the deployment of AI workloads and makes it difficult to manage and
optimize the resources allocated to them. To help tackle these challenges,
VMware announced the launch of VMware Private AI. This architectural approach
for AI services enables privacy and control of corporate data, choice of open
source and commercial AI solutions, quick time-to-value, and integrated security
and management. With VMware Private AI, you get the flexibility to run a range
of AI solutions for your environment and you can deploy with confidence, knowing
that VMware has built partnerships with the leading AI providers. VMware and
NVIDIA also announced our plans to collaborate to develop a fully integrated
Generative AI platform called VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA. This
platform will enable enterprises to fine-tune LLM models and run inference
workloads in their data centers, addressing privacy, choice, cost, performance,
and compliance concerns. The platform will include the NVIDIA NeMo framework,
NVIDIA LLMs, and other community models (such as Hugging face) running on VMware
Cloud Foundation. We will share more information on this exciting platform which
will be launched in early 2024.  In this tenth episode of the Multi-Cloud
Expedition, join host Alexander Romero, Senior Director of Cross-Cloud Services
at VMware, as he leads a discussion around VMware Private AI and our partnership
with NVIDIA enabling IT teams to embrace generative AI with privacy, choice,
cost management, performance, and compliance. The Multi-Cloud Expedition is a
Livestream series airing monthly on LinkedIn providing opportunities for IT
professionals to learn more about the best practices, technologies, and
solutions VMware offers for multi-cloud management. With each broadcast, VMware
and industry experts tackle a specific topic, providing real-life scenarios and
product demonstrations that showcase the challenges that customers face and how
VMware can help overcome these challenges. Join us and learn how VMware and
NVIDIA can accelerate AI model deployments, enhance productivity, optimize
performance, offer flexibility, and safeguard privacy. Follow this event
on LinkedIn to receive notifications! The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 10:
VMware’s Take on AI Ready Infrastructure Recap Chapter Segments: 0:14 – Host
Welcome, Alexander Romero, Sr. Director Cross-Cloud Services: What is the
Multi-Cloud Expedition? Customer Journey from cloud first to cloud smart. 2:09 –
Overview of this episode: VMware’s Take on AI Ready Infrastructure. 2:52 –
Industry Expert Intro: Charlie Huang, NVIDIA Product Management & Marketing;
Accelerated Computing & Artificial Intelligence   4:46 – Evolution of AI going
from Predictive to Generative AI. Example ChatGPT. 7:14 – Industry drivers as
the catalyst for exponential interest in Generative AI – finding cancer faster
or personalizing shopping experiences. 10:36 – AI and the use of GPUs is not
new. VMware and NVIDIA innovation history. 14:07 – How do enterprises use
HuggingFace and OpenAI model? And how NVIDIA solutions fit in the industry.
17:23 – Keeping enterprise data secure and private for regulations and
competitive advantage. 18:55 – SME Intro: Shobhit Bhutani, VMware Principal
Product Marketing Manager 20:48 – Challenges of Generative AI today, mainly
privacy. Avoid intellectual property breeches while seeing benefits of LLM and
AI. 26:04 – Avoiding lock in – customers want choice in AI journey like they
have with multi-cloud with performance and compliance while managing costs.
31:55 – How VMware helps. Announcement of VMware Private AI.   25:44 – VMware
Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA announced at VMware Explore Las Vegas (avail
early 2024). Generative AI easy button. 40:29 – Customer example: Helping build
a Generative AI model for a large format retailer. 43:16 – Demo: NVIDIA and
VMware Generative AI Integration into Enterprise Clouds. 46:57 – Demo: How
allocating GPUs within vSphere looks for VI Admins. Q&A with moderator Leanne
Jones, Director Cross-Cloud Services   48:45 – Q&A: What other eco system
partners does VMware work with beyond NVIDIA? 51:22 – Q&A: Customer examples
making progress today with AI. 53:40 – How to get started today? Reference
architecture for VMware Private AI. 55:48 – Wrap up and topic review including
key links to learn more around VMware AI solutions:
https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/ai-ml.html
https://core.vmware.com/blog/using-nvidias-aiml-frameworks-generative-ai-vmware-vsphere
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2023/08/introducing-vmware-private-ai-foundation.html
Special thank you to Justin Murray for creating the demos and Shannon Waddell
for producing. The Multi-Cloud Expedition Livestream Series Continues! The
Multi-Cloud Expedition starting in February of 2023. Miss an episode? Check out
our blog site for episode details and recording
links: https://crosscloud.vmware.com/multi-cloud-expedition Wondering what’s
next? Here’s what we’re planning (subject to change):  September 27: VMware’s
Take on AI Ready Infrastructure October 25: Optimizing Multi-Cloud Workload
Placement November 8: Live from VMware Explore Barcelona 2023 – More about
VMware Private AI! The post The Multi-Cloud Expedition Episode 10: VMware’s Take
on AI Ready Infrastructure appeared first on Multi-Cloud Blog.



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