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Announcing Data Services Manager 9.1 | Cormac Hogan
It gives me great pleasure to announce the availability of Data Services Manger version 9.1. This releases sees a new data service, Microsoft SQL Server, now included in Data Services Manager. I know many of our customers are anticipating this data service, so it is great to finally announce […]
VCF 9.1.x Ultimate Deployment Guide – Leaha’s Blog
In this guide we will be taking a look through the deployment of the full VCF 9 suite, using the new easy installer. We will go through installing and configuring ESX for the management network and setting the certificates up, I will give a very rough overview of the networking, but this varies [..]
VCF 9.1 – Top 20 Highlights for Cloud Service Providers | #vExpert Avnish Tripathi
Multi-tenancy, self-service, networking isolation, storage economics, fleet operations — curated for the CSP lens. VCF 9.1 is arguably the most CSP-significant VCF release in recent memory. The networking story alone — edge-free distributed connectivity, VPC isolation policies, EVPN/VXLAN […]
VCF 9 – Post 2 | Home Lab Validation: Official Requirements vs. Available Environment. #vExpert Fabio Santos Gomes
In the first post, I introduced the general idea of the project: setting up a simple environment featuring VMware Avi Load Balancer + vSphere Supervisor using VDS on VCF 9. Now comes a less glamorous—yet essential—part: validating whether my home lab is capable of supporting this design.
VCF 9 – Post 3 | Network Design for AVI + Supervisor with VDS. #vExpert Fabio Santos Gomes
The Supervisor documentation regarding VDS and Avi clearly states that the environment requires the separation of network functions: the Management Network, the Avi Data Network, and the Supervisor Workload Network. The Avi Controller and the Service Engines’ management interfaces reside […]
#118 – What’s new for vSAN with VCF 9.1 featuring Pete Koehler!
Broadcom just announced VCF 9.1, so it was time to get an expert on the show to talk us through the enhancements that will be coming for vSAN specifically. As always, Pete Koehler shared all the facts and figures of the release. He discusses Global Dedupe, Native S3 Object Storage, Ransomware […]
Announcing VMware Cloud Foundation Edge 9.1: A Scalable, Autonomous Edge Platform
Traditional infrastructure was never designed for edge scale. Managing hundreds to thousands of distributed sites with fragmented stacks, siloed tools, and manual processes creates operational risk, inconsistent security, and costly site-by-site management. For many organizations, this means […]
Announced today: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1, a secure and cost-effective infrastructure platform for production AI workloads.
VCF 9.1 delivers an AI and Kubernetes native private cloud platform with integrated security and mixed compute infrastructure support across AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA. 🛡️
This enables enterprises to deploy inference and agentic AI applications with significantly lower costs, enhanced security, and freedom to choose best-of-breed GPU and CPU hardware.
Today’s press release:
VCF 9.1 Empowers Enterprises with Accelerated AI Workload Deployment at Lower Costs, Enhanced Security, and an Open Hardware Ecosystem. Read more in the press release.
VCF 9.1 Unveiled. Watch the On-demand Recording to Discover What’s New.
Three outcomes that matter:
✓ More capacity from existing hardware
✓ Faster application velocity for AI/ML workloads
✓ Built-in resilience without third-party tools
See how leading enterprises are preparing their infrastructure for the AI era.
Full recording:
Missed the May 5 Inside VMware Cloud Foundation event where VCF 9.1 was officially unveiled? No worries, we have you covered. Share the on-demand recording to see the new features in action through demo-walkthroughs and discover how the newly announced partnerships will expand VCF 9.1 capabilities.
IT leaders are being squeezed by a three-way pressure system: 1️⃣ DRAM prices are skyrocketing. 2️⃣ AI demand is accelerating. 3️⃣ The attack surface is growing. Most organizations try to solve these challenges separately, increasing fragmentation. VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 changes the math….
IT leaders are being squeezed by a three-way pressure system: 1️⃣ DRAM prices are skyrocketing. 2️⃣ AI demand is accelerating. 3️⃣ The attack surface is growing. Most organizations try to solve these challenges separately, increasing fragmentation. VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 changes the math….Read More
