Hock Tan’s VMware Explore Keynote Speech

Some takeaways from Hock Tan’s keynote speech:

  • Simplified product deployment, support, integration, lifecycle management, purchasing and more
  • Enterprises are struggling with Public Cloud and it’s three C’s. Cost, Complexity and Compliance.
  • Migration of certain workloads back on-prem is real.
  • Hybrid cloud is the future and VMware is the leader of Private Cloud.
  • Today’s on-prem infrastructure remains silo’ed, therefore slowing innovation. Separate Compute, Networking and Storage.
  • VCF today can offer Enterprise grade resilience, security and cost efficiency
  • Simplified product line from 200+ products down to four core SKUs (VVEP, VSS, VVF and VCF)