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Advanced Cyber Compliance: Security,…

Advanced Cyber Compliance: Security, Compliance, and Resilience for VCF

Advanced Cyber Compliance: Security,…

Cyber compliance is no longer a once-a-year exercise driven by audits and spreadsheets. For many organizations, it has become a daily operational requirement tied directly to business survival. In the latest episode of Virtually Speaking, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson continue our series on Advanced Services for VMware Cloud Foundation with a deep dive into … Continued The post Advanced Cyber Compliance: Security, Compliance, and Resilience for VCF appeared first on VMware Cloud Foundation…Read More

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Automic Automation: Application-Aware…

Automic Automation: Application-Aware Automation for the Private Cloud

Automic Automation: Application-Aware…

In this episode of the Virtually Speaking Advanced Services Series, we take a closer look at Automic Automation and how it helps organizations automate the business processes that run across their private cloud environments. John Nicholson and I are joined by Dave Kellermanns from Broadcom’s Agile Operations division to talk about where Automic fits, the kinds of workflows customers are automating today, and why the biggest automation wins often come from small, repetitive tasks. Rather than focusing only on infrastructure tasks, Automic is designed to orchestrate end-to-end business processes across multiple systems—everything from ERP and databases to legacy platforms and modern cloud services. We also cover real-world examples,…Read More

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Cross vCenter vMotion workloads from vSphere…

Cross vCenter vMotion workloads from vSphere 7.0 to vSphere 9.0

Cross vCenter vMotion workloads from vSphere…

While vSphere 7.0 officially reached end of support in October 2025, many organizations continue to operate on it, often not by choice, and on hardware that is likely end of life. An established transition strategy among enterprises is to migrate workloads into a newly deployed environment using the battle tested vSphere vMotion capability. A lesser […]

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Architecting AI Infrastructure Series: Why GPU…

Architecting AI Infrastructure Series: Why GPU Placement Becomes the Defining Problem | This article sets the scene. It explains why GPU placement is challenging, why early AI platforms often struggle as they grow, and why solving placement issues requires a new way of thinking about architecture rather than just introducing another scheduler. – Frank Denneman

Architecting AI Infrastructure Series: Why GPU…

Why GPU Placement Becomes the Defining Problem In earlier articles, I looked at how modern AI models use GPU resources. I covered dynamic memory consumption, activation patterns, and how designs like mixture-of-experts change resource needs over time. Those pieces focused on what models […]

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#111 – VMUG Connect, coming to a city near you…

#111 – VMUG Connect, coming to a city near you soon! (Featuring Brad Tompkins)

#111 – VMUG Connect, coming to a city near you…

In 2025, the first VMUG Connect event was held in the US, and as it was a big success, VMUG decided to repeat that formula in Amsterdam, Minneapolis, Toronto, Dallas, and Orlando. I invited Brad Tompkins to the show to explain what these VMUG events are all about and also provide some insights […]

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Installing Realtek Network Driver Fling using…

Installing Realtek Network Driver Fling using Free ESXi 8.0 Update 3e ISO

Installing Realtek Network Driver Fling using…

The typical method for authoring a customized ESXi image that contains additional drivers and packages is by either using vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) if you already have a vCenter Server deployed or by using PowerCLI cmdlets which does not depend on vCenter Server to to create a new image. In the latter option of using […]

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Modernizing EDA Infrastructure: Lessons from…

Modernizing EDA Infrastructure: Lessons from Samsung’s VCF Deployment

Modernizing EDA Infrastructure: Lessons from…

Authors: Yifan Hao, Yuankun Fu, Dongyun Heo, Jinsung Heo, Michael Furman, Rajesh Venkatasubramanian, Haoqiang Zheng, Kyung Min Park, Ramesh Radhakrishnan, Ashish Kaila, Yuichi Ui Samsung: Young-Jun Hong, Mokmin Park For organizations running Electronic Design Automation (EDA) workloads and High-Performance Computing (HPC) in virtualized environments, achieving near bare-metal performance is essential. One key challenge we identified … Continued The post Modernizing EDA Infrastructure: Lessons…Read More

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Upgrading VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 to 9.0:…

I recently presented a packed webinar with Brent Douglas, diving into the VCF 5.2 to VCF 9.0 upgrade process. I’ve sifted through the noise, merging similar inquiries into single, comprehensive challenges. Below are the Top 10 “must-know” questions submitted by the audience, complete with answers! – Jonathan McDonald

Upgrading VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 to 9.0:…

I recently presented a packed webinar with Brent Douglas, diving into the VCF 5.2 to VCF 9.0 upgrade process. I’ve sifted through the noise, merging similar inquiries into single, comprehensive challenges. Below are the Top 10 “must-know” questions submitted by the audience, complete with answers!

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Introducing Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)…

VMware Cloud Foundation 9 has brought the ⁠Virtual Private Cloud networking model⁠ front and center in the vSphere UI. In this episode, Yves Hertoghs explains what a Virtual Private Cloud is and discusses all the ins and outs around the Transit Gateway, vDefend, subnets, and much more. – Duncan Epping

Introducing Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)…

VMware Cloud Foundation 9 has brought the ⁠Virtual Private Cloud networking model⁠ front and center in the vSphere UI. Not only has it become extremely easy to provide a self-service solution for networking, but it also comes with a plethora of networking services and capabilities.

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