VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 marks a major milestone in the evolution of modern private cloud infrastructure. This comprehensive resource collection brings together the best technical deep dives, podcasts, and announcements covering the entire VCF 9.1 stack. From the introduction of Production AI and enhanced GPU support to breakthrough storage innovations like vSAN Global Deduplication and Auto RAID, VCF 9.1 is built for efficiency and cyber resilience. Explore our curated list of blog posts, YouTube sessions, and expert interviews to understand how VCF 9.1 simplifies operations, scales smarter, and lowers TCO for the next generation of workloads.
And in Case you miss the Initial Announcement Event with Paul Turner on Tuesday take your chance and watch this recording to hear directly from him, the engineers, architects, and customers behind the release. Recording: Inside VMware Cloud Foundation
[Announcment] Broadcom Announces VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, Enabling Secure and Cost-Effective Infrastructure for Production AI
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.
[Youtube]Introducing VCF 9.1: Built for Efficiency and Resilience [Virtually Speak]
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is here, and in this kickoff episode, Pete and John sit down with Paul Turner, VP of Products for VMware Cloud Foundation, to set the stage for what this release really means. […]
Overview
[Blog Post] Announcing VCF 9.1: Modern Private Cloud Built for Efficiency and Resilience
Infrastructure teams face a paradox: environments are growing more complex while budgets and headcount remain flat. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 will address this head-on with innovations that improve efficiency, accelerate application delivery, and strengthen cyber resilience while […]
Core
[Podcast] Inside VCF 9.1: Platform, Lifecycle, and What’s Different Now [Virtually Speak]
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 introduces a wide range of improvements across the platform, and in this episode, Pete and John sit down with William Lam to walk through the updates that matter most to practitioners. From zero-touch provisioning and faster patching to fleet management, real-time […]
[Blog Post] Scale Smarter, Save More: Redefining Infrastructure Economics with VMware vSphere in VCF 9.1
In an era where every dollar counts and every minute of downtime matters, infrastructure teams face a perfect storm of challenges: hardware scarcity projected through 2027, isolated environments created by coexisting legacy and modern architectures, continuously evolving skillset demands, and […]
[Youtube] What’s New with VMware vSphere in VCF 9.1
This technical session covers what’s new in vSphere as part of VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1. Féidhlim O’Leary walks through lifecycle management, VM management, and Kubernetes enhancements. Dave Morera covers workload acceleration including memory tiering, vMotion encryption offload, NUMA scheduling improvements, and expanded GPU support. Bob Plankers closes with platform security topics.
[Blog Post] Modernizing Infrastructure Economics with VMware vSphere Foundation 9.1
Infrastructure leaders today are navigating a complex landscape where the cost of hardware and the demands of modern workloads are in constant friction. DRAM price volatility and rapid data growth often erode the return on investment for even the most well-planned modernization initiatives. […]
Architecture
[Youtube] Designing VCF 9.1: Architecture, Sizing, and Scale in Practice [Virtually Speak]
Behind every feature in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is the work that makes it actually run at scale. In this episode, Pete and John sit down with Emad Younis to unpack the details practitioners care about most. From fleet architecture and latency planning to sizing at massive scale, Emad breaks
Edge
[Blog Post] 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 […]
Network & Security
[Youtube] VCF 9.1 Cyber Resilience: From Attack to Recovery with Confidence [Virtually Speak]
Cyber threats are evolving fast, and traditional defenses are no longer enough. In this episode, Pete and John sit down with Belu De Arbelaiz and Jacob Garrison from CrowdStrike to explore how VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is redefining cyber resilience. They break down the rise of AI-driven […]
[Youtube] Exploring Network Services for VPCs in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) delivers the compute, storage, and networking services required to power modern cloud environments. In this blog, we are focusing specifically on the Network Services available within VCF 9.1 Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs).
[Blog Post] Simplify Workload Connectivity and Enhance Network Scale and Performance with VCF 9.1
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, IT organizations are caught between two worlds: rapidly adopting and scaling modern infrastructure while maintaining visibility, security and control. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Networking evolved significantly in VCF 9.0 with a simpler network […]
[Youtube] VCF 9.1: Scaling Secure Edge Deployments [Virtually Speak]
Edge environments are growing fast, but managing them at scale is anything but simple. In this episode, Pete and John sit down with Rick Walsworth to explore how VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is transforming edge deployments. From zero-touch provisioning and built-in security to lifecycle […]
[Youtube] What’s New with Security & Compliance in VCF 9.1
This session walks through the security and compliance changes in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, organized around four areas: identity and access control, workload isolation, cryptography and encryption, and threat detection along with auditing and monitoring.
AI
[Youtube] VCF 9.1: From AI Hype to Production Reality [Virtually Speak]
AI is easy to demo but hard to run in production. In this episode, Pete and John sit down with Chris Wolf, Global Head of AI at Broadcom, to break down what it actually takes to operationalize AI. They explore how customers are moving from experimentation to real-world Private AI on VMware Cloud […]
[Blog Post] Streamline, Simplify and Protect all your AI workloads with VCF 9.1
AI has tremendous potential to transform all enterprises. IDC Predicts AI Solutions & Services will Generate Global Impact of $22.3 Trillion by 20301. With such massive potential, it’s no surprise that enterprises are eager to leverage AI to boost productivity across every aspect of their […]
[Blog Post] AI with VCF 9.1 on AMD GPUs: Build with open frameworks and simplify management, at a lower TCO
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly emerging as one of the most transformational technologies of our time, with massive potential to redefine how organizations operate, compete, and innovate. With the ability to learn from vast amounts of data, identify complex patterns, and make […]
[Blog Post] VCF 9.1: The Secure, Cost-Effective Private Cloud Platform for Production AI
Today, Broadcom announced VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1, the next milestone in the evolution of the industry’s most widely deployed private cloud platform. VCF 9.1 is a focused release with a clear ambition: to be the most cost-effective and secure foundation for production AI, modern […]
Storage
[Youtube] What’s New in VMware vSAN in VCF 9.1
This technical session walks through the new capabilities and enhancements introduced in VMware vSAN as part of VCF 9.1. The video is organized around the themes that come up most often in customer conversations: lowering storage costs, accommodating the demands of modern applications […]
[Youtube] Auto RAID and Effective Capacity in VMware vSAN in VCF 9.1 The new Auto RAID feature in vSAN for VCF 9.1 provides a system-managed approach to setting data resilience and space-efficiency parameters based on the characteristics of each vSAN cluster. A single vSAN ESA Auto RAID storage policy can manage clusters of different sizes and topologies [..]
[Youtube] Global Deduplication and Enhanced Compression in VMware vSAN in VCF 9.1 vSAN for VCF 9.1 introduces global deduplication along with new compression techniques that can help reduce storage consumption across vSAN ESA clusters. Global deduplication is a cluster-based, post-processing activity that looks for duplicate data across the entire cluster and only runs when […]
[Youtube] Technology Overview of VMware vSAN in VCF 9.1
This technical overview walks through VMware vSAN as the storage platform for VMware Cloud Foundation, covering the architecture, key capabilities, and deployment options available with vSAN for VCF 9.1. The video starts with the limitations of traditional three-tier storage architectures, then [..]
[Youtube] From Rising Costs to Smarter Storage: The VCF 9.1 Reality [Virtually Speak]
Storage is at the center of rising infrastructure costs, and in this episode, Pete and John sit down with Rakesh to explore how VCF 9.1 is tackling that challenge head-on. From cutting hardware requirements in half to introducing global deduplication and native S3 object storage, this […]
Kubernetes
[Youtube] VCF 9.1: Automation, Kubernetes APIs, and Faster Deployments [Virtually Speak]
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 is all about making the platform easier to consume and operate at scale. In this episode, Pete and John sit down with Dilpreet, Head of Engineering for VCF, to explore how that vision comes to life. From the introduction of VCF Automation and Kubernetes-based APIs […]
[Youtube] From Infrastructure to Innovation: VCF 9.1 Core Explained [Virtually Speak]
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 brings major updates across compute, storage, and networking, and in this episode, Pete and John sit down with Vijay, product lead for core infrastructure, to break it all down. From smarter memory utilization to native object storage and improved cyber […]
[Blog Post] Deploy Modern Apps Faster, Scale Smarter, and Lower Your TCO with VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service in VCF 9.1
For many organizations, Kubernetes adoption began as a technical initiative, but scaling it into a reliable, enterprise-grade platform often proved far more difficult than expected. What started as innovation quickly became complex with: At the same time, the stakes are increasing. […]
Data Services Manager
[Youtube] What’s New with VMware Data Services Manager 9.1
VMware Data Services Manager is a Database-as-a-Service solution for VMware Cloud Foundation. It simplifies and automates database lifecycle management for the three most popular database engines deployed in VCF environments: PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server.
[Blog Post] VMware Data Services Manager 9.1: Automating the Modern Databases that Drive AI and Private Cloud
Microsoft SQL Server is now generally available in VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) 9.1, completing a robust Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform. This integration enhances operational efficiency, reduces costs by over 50%, and supports crucial databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL. […]
Official Overview: https://go-vmware.broadcom.com/whats-new-in-vcf