Beyond Renew or Replatform: A Fourth Option for VMware Customers
A customer tells you they want off VMware. They have seen the headlines, looked at the latest renewal, and decided it is time to evaluate Nutanix, Proxmox, public cloud,…
The Hidden Costs of On-Prem Infrastructure
Four converging pressures are reshaping the economics of infrastructure ownership. Understanding their full impact can change how you decide what still belongs in-house—and what doesn’t. One of the more underreported…
VMware VCF 9, VAIO with Zerto, and 11:11 DRaaS: What Our Customers Should Know Now
If you have been hearing more about vSphere APIs for I/O Filtering (VAIO) in Zerto conversations, there is a simple explanation: VAIO is VMware’s I/O filtering framework that has…
VMware Renewal Coming Before You’re Ready? Here’s How to Avoid a Rushed Decision
For decades, VMware stood at the center of enterprise infrastructure. It underpinned critical applications, supported recovery plans, shaped data center strategy, and sustained daily IT workflows. For many organizations, VMware…
The Great VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Translator
How do you navigate VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 terminology changes? The quick answer is that VCF 9 rebrands legacy products to unify the platform. These changes reflect a shift…
How 11:11 Systems Keeps You Moving Forward with Broadcom VMware
Major VMware Partnership Announcement and How 11:11 Systems Keeps You Moving Forward Broadcom’s recent announcement to retire the VMware Advantage Partner program has left many organizations questioning their virtualization strategy.…
Reframe Your Virtualized Mindset for VMware Cloud Foundation 9
As I write this, we are now almost 2.5 years post acquisition of VMware by Broadcom. In that time many things have changed. The partner program has shrunk and shrunk…
Accelerate AI and Large Language Models with VCF 9.0 and 9.1
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the IT landscape in radical, unprecedented ways. Organizations are rewriting the rules of code generation, automating complex customer service interactions, and extracting deep data insights…
Unify Kubernetes, VMs, and AI with VCF 9
Managing modern IT infrastructure often feels like balancing completely different ecosystems. For years, organizations have run separate, hand-built, Kubernetes stacks on top of legacy virtualization platforms. Due to security concerns, it just made sense…
Unlock AI with GPU as a Service in VCF 9
Many IT professionals struggle to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their existing environments. You often find expensive hardware trapped in isolated clusters or dedicated hosts. Your infrastructure team manages access…