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,…
Looking Ahead from VMware Explore
Our time at VMware Explore reinforced what we believe and continue to see across the industry: VMware remains the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)…
Hypervisor Migration Risks: What to Know Before Planning a Move
The Migration Everyone Is Talking About Broadcom’s acquisition has every IT leader re-examining their virtualization stack. Per CloudBolt’s February 2026 survey of 302 IT decisionmakers, 86% are actively reducing…
Ask Why Before You Walk Away from a VMware Deal
Here is a deal that almost died for the wrong reason. The customer said, “We need Hyper-V.” The partner logged it as a technical requirement, qualified the opportunity out…
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…