The General Session from VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas
The General Session from VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas showcases exciting new advancements in private cloud, AI and app delivery. Hear directly from Broadcom leaders, VMware experts and trailblazing customers as they share real-world insights on how to better run, scale and secure your enterprise workloads.
The General Session from VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas
The General Session from VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas showcases exciting new advancements in private cloud, AI and app delivery. Hear directly from Broadcom leaders, VMware experts and trailblazing customers as they share real-world insights on how to better run, scale and secure your enterprise workloads.
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Office Recap from the VMware Blog
Day 1
Day 1 of VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas kicked off with visionary keynotes, unveiling bold strategies and the latest innovations shaping the future of multi‑cloud.
140 sessions across all four tracks, endless hallway conversations, and a few “just one more coffee” moments with the community to keep the pace.
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Day 2
This morning’s general session was one of the major highlights of the week, with Broadcom leaders, VMware experts, and innovative customers showcasing the latest in private cloud, AI, and app delivery.
The key message? VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 is designed to help enterprises optimize, scale, and secure workloads in today’s complex cloud environment.
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Day 3
Day 3 Highlights ranged from the thrilling Odyssey Tournament to certifications, letting participants experience innovation firsthand.
Today brought an action-packed schedule with 56 breakout sessions, 17 Booth Theater sessions, 18 Meet the Expert Roundtables, 16 Quick Talks, and 13 Hands-on Labs Expert-led Workshops. Add in the 40 demos held at the VMware by Broadcom booth this week, and attendees had no shortage of opportunities to expand their skills, test new features, and connect with experts.
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Day 4
Day 4 wrapped up VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas with over 400 sessions, hands‑on labs, and expert talks showcasing the future of private AI and VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0. Attendees connected, earned certifications, and explored innovations across cloud, AI, networking, and security.
The momentum continues with Explore on Tour bringing curated content and labs to cities worldwide.
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Post-Event Recap
That’s a wrap on VMwareExplore 2025 in Las Vegas. 400+ sessions, endless innovation, and a community that keeps growing stronger.
VMware Explore 2025 Live Recap with Six Five on The Road with Hock Tan und Paul Turner
At VMware Explore 2025, host Daniel Newman, CEO and Chief Analyst at The Futurum Group, is joined by Broadcom’s Hock Tan, President and CEO, for a conversation on the highlights from his general session keynote. This session focuses on how VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 is influencing enterprises both large and small, and how it is unifying IT practitioners and developers by addressing and eliminating the “three points of friction.”
He also joined by Broadcom’s Paul Turner, Vice President, VCF Products, for a conversation on customer momentum around VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and how Broadcom is influencing the next generation of private clouds by providing infrastructure at the speed of the developer, enabling Private AI as a Service, and advancing cyber resilient data strategies.
Top Announcements
VMware Private AI Services will become a standard component of VCF 9.0
At VMware Explore 2025, Broadcom announced VMware Private AI Services will become a standard component of VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0, making VCF an AI native platform. With VCF 9.0 now generally available, customers can adopt a unified, AI native platform for secure, modern private cloud infrastructure at scale.
More about Private AI:Foundations of Private AI – Episode 1 – IntroductionNew Innovations from Broadcom with NVIDIAExciting News for Private AI at VMware Explore 2025Introducing VCF Intelligent AssistNew VCF Private AI Services FeaturesNew Integrations with NVIDIA and AMD
The new VCF Advanced Cyber Compliance service delivers continuous compliance enforcement, automated cyber recovery, and enhanced platform security — tackling threats from ransomware to AI‑specific attack surfaces. Upgrades to VMware vDefend and Avi Load Balancer add Zero Trust protections for AI workloads, advanced threat detection, post‑quantum cryptography, and stronger web‑level defenses, simplifying security while closing critical gaps.
More about vDefend: Exploring VMware Cloud Foundation: VMware vDefend (Webinar Serie) Explore Sessions: Demystifying VMware vDefend Distributed Security Within VMware Cloud Foundation [NSLB1076LV]Security Reference Design for VMware Cloud Foundation [NSLB1836LV]VMware vDefend Distributed Firewall Operational Overview [NSLB1623LV]Building Secure Private AI Deep Dive [INVB1432LV]
More about AVI Load Balancer: Explore Sessions: Avi Load Balancer integration with VCF 9: Driving Private Cloud to New Heights [NSLB1723LV]Self-Service Automation with VMware Avi Load Balancer [NSLB1194LV]
We introduced VMware Tanzu Data Intelligence and Tanzu Platform 10.3 at VMware Explore 2025, delivering a unified, AI‑ready data lakehouse and enhanced application platform for faster, more secure GenAI innovation. Tanzu Data Intelligence offers low‑latency, multimodal data access with built‑in governance, vector search, and real‑time analytics to power next‑gen AI apps. Tanzu Platform 10.3 adds advanced fleet management, transparent security dashboards, AI model controls, and modernization tools — helping enterprises accelerate AI adoption while keeping costs predictable≠≠
More about Tanzu Data IntelligenceUnify Your Data to Accelerate AI Application Delivery with Tanzu Data IntelligenceTanzu Data Intelligence Features
More about Tanzu Platform 10.3Powering the Next Generation of AI Applications with Tanzu Platform 10.3
