Broadcom CEO Pitches On-Prem Private Clouds
Networkworld, Monday, August 26th, 2024
In a keynote address at VMware Explore 2024, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan talked up the new version of VMware Cloud Foundation and extolled the future of the enterprise: 'private cloud, private AI, your own private data.'
VMware customers and partners gathered in Las Vegas this week for the first VMware Explore conference since Broadcom finalized its acquisition of the company. From the moment the first keynote session began, attendees were greeted with the message that VMware by Broadcom has been listening to its customers, and what it has been hearing is a call for simplicity.
'Simplicity is a superpower that's strong,' said Chris Wolf, global head of AI and advanced services, VMware Cloud Foundation division of Broadcom. 'And some of you might have heard this from a long, long time ago - before I joined VMware, I used to tell people that complexity is great for profits, just not theirs. And simplicity certainly can be the antidote, certainly a powerful antidote.'