Turbocharging hybrid cloud solutions: VMware’s strategic market shifts

Since Broadcom Inc.’s acquisition of VMware last winter, the corporate’s cloud infrastructure landscape has been reshaped through swift and effective integration, particularly specializing in hybrid cloud solutions.

This partnership has accelerated innovation, streamlined product offerings and introduced significant changes to VMware’s licensing and subscription models. With a give attention to hybrid cloud solutions and generative AI, VMware is positioned to steer the market in delivering comprehensive and versatile cloud platforms, in keeping with Krish Prasad (pictured), senior vp and general manager of the VMware Cloud Foundation Division at Broadcom.

“Customers are taking a far more balanced approach — keep some workloads on-prem where it is smart, take others to the general public cloud,” he said. “A hybrid model is what customers have been focused on, and that’s where they need our solutions to enable them to deploy that infrastructure model for his or her IT.”

Prasad spoke with theCUBE Research’s John Furrier on the VMware Cloud Foundation Transformed event, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They explored how Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has rapidly transformed the cloud infrastructure landscape, specializing in modern hybrid cloud solutions and generative AI while simplifying product offerings and transitioning to a subscription-based model to raised meet customer needs. (* Disclosure below.)

Transformation and integration post-acquisition

Since Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, the mixing process has been notably swift and effective. The collaboration has allowed for significant advancements in each product development and market strategies. The rapid pace of innovation has been enabled by Broadcom’s supportive framework, in keeping with Prasad.

“We have now been capable of make loads of changes very fast, and customers and analysts have very surprised by how briskly we now have been moving,” he said.

A key think about this acceleration is Broadcom’s commitment to innovation across its multiple divisions, each aiming to be the category leader in its field. This approach has enabled VMware to execute customer-driven transformations more effectively than ever before, Prasad identified.

“The core value Broadcom brings to the table is throughout innovation,” he said. CEO Hock Tan “has around 26 divisions, and every of the divisions is measured by innovate and be the category leader of their space. It’s quite simple. And that’s what he’s doing with VMware.”

The mixing has also simplified VMware’s product offerings, making it easier for patrons to interact with the corporate. The previous complexity, characterised by an in depth product portfolio, has been streamlined to give attention to delivering a comprehensive cloud platform.

“We vastly simplified the product portfolio with a non-public cloud offering, which is VCF, that can be deployed in the general public cloud,” said Prasad. “Then we now have all the way in which right down to hypervisor that customers wish to deploy for a server virtualization.”

This latest focus ensures that customers, no matter their size, can access tailored solutions that meet their specific cloud infrastructure needs.

Embracing hybrid cloud solutions and generative AI

Probably the most significant shifts within the industry is the movement toward hybrid cloud models, which balance using public cloud services and on-prem infrastructure. This shift is driven by the necessity for flexibility, security and cost-effectiveness. VCF is on the forefront of this transformation, providing a unified platform that supports diverse workloads across different environments, in keeping with Prasad.

“Our focus has been to deliver a cloud platform to the purchasers that they will run on-prem,” he said. “They’ll run with service providers or the hyperscalers in order that customers can have a managed environment coming from the general public clouds after which have their very own private cloud that connects to one another with the identical foundation underneath it.”

The rise of generative AI has further catalyzed the necessity for strong and versatile cloud infrastructures. This shift has positioned VCF as a critical solution for businesses aiming to balance flexibility, security and performance of their cloud strategies, Prasad identified. VCF is designed to support this latest wave of AI-driven applications, ensuring that companies can stay competitive in an increasingly digital landscape.

Along with product innovation, VMware has also introduced significant changes to its licensing and subscription models. This shift aligns with the broader trend toward cloud-based services and offers greater flexibility for patrons.

“All of the products now, in the brand new lineup, are subscription only,” Prasad said. “Obviously, we support customers who’re on perpetual, who’ve support contracts with us. We’re fully supporting them, but anything latest that you simply buy from us will likely be subscription-oriented.”

This flexibility enables customers using VCF to seamlessly transfer their on-prem workloads to the cloud, bringing their licenses along. This portability ensures that companies can maintain operational continuity and adapt their cloud strategies without being locked right into a single environment. Moreover, it provides the agility needed to answer evolving technological demands and optimize resource utilization across different platforms.

“Broadcom is supporting the complete base of VMware … enabling them to deploy a hybrid cloud with the private cloud, modernize their data center, deploy the private cloud after which extend it to the general public cloud.”

Here’s the whole video interview, a part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE Research’s coverage of the VMware Cloud Foundation Transformed event:

(* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for the VMware Cloud Foundation Transformed event. Neither VMware by Broadcom, the sponsor of theCUBE’s event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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