
The Virtually Speaking Podcast is a weekly technical podcast dedicated to discussing VMware topics related to private and hybrid cloud. Each week Pete Flecha and John Nicholson bring in various subject matter experts from VMware, recently acquired by Broadcom, and within the industry to discuss their respective areas of expertise.
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Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
Inside the Core: What's New in VCF 9
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
Welcome to the third episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast's VCF 9 series! In this installment, hosts Pete Flecha and John Nicholson dive deep into the core infrastructure innovations of VMware Cloud Foundation 9 with Core Infrastructure Product Lead Vijay Ramachandran.
Key Highlights:
- Advanced memory tiering technology reducing infrastructure costs by 35-40%
- Confidential Compute with end-to-end data encryption
- vSAN ESA global deduplication across entire clusters
- Native snapshot management and replication capabilities
- Per-VM snapshot retention and disaster recovery options
- Introduction of Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in vCenter
- New NSX networking data path with 3x throughput improvements
- Enhanced CPU support for next-generation processors
- Simplified networking isolation and provisioning
Join us as we unpack the groundbreaking technical advancements in VCF 9's core infrastructure in this ongoing podcast series.
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