VMware Explore, Barcelona, 2024: A Continuing Focus on Private Cloud with Announcements Around Sovereignty, Ease of Management, Services, and Partnerships

This IDC Market Perspective discusses Broadcom's first European event following the acquisition of VMware. It covers VMware's post-acquisition portfolio rationalization and key announcements around the company's VMware Cloud Foundation and Tanzu services and AI update as well as security and partnerships."VMware has taken steps to integrate all the necessary features for standing up and deploying a private cloud with VCF, helping it compete more effectively against competing private cloud stacks," said Penny Madsen, senior research director, Cloud and Edge Services, Worldwide Infrastructure Research, at IDC. "Its major challenge in relation to VCF will be the provision of professional services to drive customer adoption and successful utilization of the platform."