Virtually Speaking Podcast

Live from VMware Explore 2026, the Virtually Speaking crew wraps up Day 2 with David Linthicum and Rick Walsworth to talk about what they’re hearing from customers, partners, and the technical community on the show floor.

A big theme this year is the changing definition of the edge. It’s no longer just remote offices and branch locations. AI inference, autonomous systems, factories, vehicles, and other distributed environments are creating new requirements to put compute and AI closer to where data is generated and decisions need to happen.

The conversation explores how VCF extends the private cloud to the edge, including new capabilities such as zero-touch provisioning and centralized management that can help organizations operate potentially thousands of remote locations without sending IT teams into the field.

The group also digs into the broader AI conversation happening at Explore: VMware AI Factory, Private AI, vibe coding, agentic AI, and why security and governance become even more important as AI moves deeper into the enterprise.

Topics include:

• Extending VCF from the data center to the edge
• How AI is changing edge computing
• Running AI closer to the data
• Zero-touch provisioning and remote management
• Security and governance across distributed environments
• VMware AI Factory and Private AI
• Vibe coding inside the enterprise
• Guardrails for agentic AI
• Tanzu and VCF
• What customers and partners are saying at VMware Explore 2026

Plus, David, Rick, Jad, and Pete share their biggest takeaways from the first two days of VMware Explore and why the conversations around private cloud and AI feel very different this year.

Stay tuned to Virtually Speaking for more interviews and coverage from VMware Explore 2026.

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