Broadcom Extends Reach And Scope Of Kubernetes Platform
Cloud Native Now, March 24,2026
Broadcom at the Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Europe conference today revealed that the VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) now supports the Container Network Interface (CNI) along with integrations for networking and security platforms provided by F5, Kong and Tigera.
At the same time, Broadcom also announced it has contributed Velero, an open source backup and recovery tool for Kubernetes clusters, to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
Additionally, VMware VKS now supports version 1.35 of Kubernetes along with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 as a base-level operating system. IT teams can also now generate VKS support bundles without vCenter credentials.