Supercloud – A Hybrid Multi-Cloud
I thought it is time to finally write a piece about superclouds. Call it supercloud, the new multi-cloud, a hybrid multi-cloud, cross-cloud, or a metacloud. New terms with the same meaning. I may be biased but I am convinced that VMware is in the pole position for this new architecture and...
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 – Technical Overview
Update: Please have a look at the VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 Technical Overview. This technical overview supersedes this version, which was based on VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5, and now covers all capabilities and enhancements that were delivered with VCF 5.0. What is VMware Cloud Foundation...
VMware Tanzu Licensing – What’s New?
Last year, VMware gave the Tanzu portfolio a fairly good facelift with all the announcements from VMware Explore 2022. It is clear to me that VMware focuses on multi-cluster and multi-cloud Kubernetes management capabilities (Tanzu for Kubernetes Operations) and a superior developer experience...
What does VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery have in common with Dell PowerProtect?
It was at VMware Explore Europe 2022 when I ran into a colleague from Dell who told me about "transparent snapshots" and mentioned that their solution has something in common VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery (VCDR). After doing some research, I figured out that he was talking about the Light Weight...
VMware Cloud on Equinix Metal – The New Intercloud?
It was November 2022 when VMware and Equinix announced an expanded partnership to deliver new infrastructure and multi-cloud services. Called VMware Cloud on Equinix, this solution combines VMware Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) with Equinix Metal Hardware-as-a-Services (HWaaS)...
10 More Things You Didn’t Know About vSphere+
A few months ago I wrote the article 10 Things You Didn’t Know About vSphere+, which gives you a good overview of vSphere+ and VCF+, and some information about licensing. A few things have changed and been added since then and I would like to share some of the information with you. 1) vSphere+...
VMware vSphere – The Enterprise Data Platform
The world is creating and consuming more data than ever. There are multiple reasons that can explain this trend. Data creates the foundation for many digital products and services. And we read more and more about companies that want or need to keep their data on-premises because of reasons like...
Open Source and Vendor Lock-In
When talking about multi-cloud and cost efficiency, open source is often discussed because it can be deployed and operated on all private and public clouds. From my experience and conversations with customers, open source is most of the time directly connected to discussions about vendor lock-ins....
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