VMware Explore 2024 Announcements

VMware Explore 2024 is taking place at the Venetian resort in Las Vegas once again. Today, the main keynote is taking place which is the time and place where the biggest announcements get released.

Want to stay up to date? Check out some them out below:

VMware Cloud Foundation 9
Check out the dedicated article here

Tanzu is very much alive… Tanzu Platform 10 announced!
This is certainly aimed at accelerating intelligent and modern application delivery within private clouds.
“Tanzu Platform 10 paired with VMware Cloud Foundation provides the fastest path to a complete private cloud”

Key features include:
App spaces, which includes all the necessary runtime, middleware and developer services that modern apps need
– Enhanced AI-driven automation for application lifecycle management
– Improved Kubernetes integration for easier container orchestration
– Advanced security measures to protect cloud-native applications
– Hardened VM and OSS images will be available right out of the App Catalog
– Air-gapped environment support with a simple, fully orchestrated installation experience for Tanzu 10 on VCF
– Tanzu AI Solutions, which offers capabilities that help develop, operate, and optimize secure AI-powered apps at scale
– GenAI on Tanzu is an OpenAI compatible API gateway which has built-in enterprise feature (load balancing, resilience, caching)
– Observability for GenAI which provides monitoring and assessment of apps and model responses
– Tanzu Salt, which is a tool that integrates pre-validated open-source software images into the platform

The platform also introduces new tools for streamlined development and deployment, making it easier for organizations to manage and scale applications in private cloud environments.

What about AI at the Edge though? Lots of great Software Defined Edge innovations in this space as well.

  • Simplicity and edge-based orchestration with VeloCloud
  • AI Ready platform (optimized networking profiles to optimize this traffic at the edge)
  • Enhanced security with Symantec points of presence (PoPs) integration
  • Support for 5G/Fixed Wireless Access and satellite connectivity
  • New VeloCloud Edge 710, 720 and 740 physical appliances
  • Zero-Touch Orchestration for Simplified Edge AI Deployment

VMware Private AI Foundation with NVidia

How else can you guarantee that your models safe and secure?

Why VMware Private AI’s though?

  • Speed and agility by deploying on top of the stack that you already master and trust.
  • Simplified and centralized policy and control.
  • Lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Roughly 1/3 of the cost when comparing to public cloud.

Upcoming features:

  • Cluster-wide vGPU utilization visibility
  • Data retrieval and indexing service
  • AI Agent Builder
  • GPU Highly Availability

\Official VMware announcement links:
Broadcom Unveils the Future of VMware Cloud Foundation
Broadcom Introduces VMware Tanzu Platform 10 to Accelerate Intelligent Application Delivery in the Private Cloud
Broadcom Innovations Accelerate Enterprise Edge AI Readiness
VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN Edge 710-5G, 720, and 740

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