Noel Lacayo

In a career spanning over two decades, I’ve had the privilege of exploring various technologies and platforms in the IT space. Today, I choose to work at VMware by Broadcom because I truly believe in the power of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). Having explored competitors, I remain confident that VCF is the best platform in the world for private cloud infrastructure—and here’s why.

First and foremost, VMware Cloud Foundation offers an unparalleled cloud-like experience for private clouds. With its unified platform, VCF enables enterprises to run both traditional and modern applications seamlessly across hybrid environments. Whether you’re running workloads on-premises or extending into public clouds, VCF provides the flexibility and scalability needed for businesses to adapt in real time. This consistency across environments creates a “true cloud” experience, allowing organizations to shift workloads as needed without complex refactoring. The result is not just a smoother operational experience, but also significant agility in responding to business needs.

Cost savings are another compelling reason I advocate for VCF. By consolidating infrastructure and simplifying management through a single platform, organizations reduce the operational complexity and overhead that come with managing disparate systems. VCF’s built-in automation for lifecycle management helps streamline operations further by reducing manual interventions, thereby lowering both operational costs and risks. A recent report by Forrester found that VMware Cloud Foundation customers experienced up to a 50% reduction in operational overhead and 30% savings in overall IT infrastructure costs, demonstrating its effectiveness in delivering substantial financial benefits.

From a product standpoint, VCF integrates best-in-class technologies from VMware’s ecosystem, including vSphere, vSAN, NSX, and Tanzu, to create a fully integrated, software-defined data center (SDDC). Each of these products excels individually, but the true power of VCF comes from the way they work together to create a seamless experience. Competitors may offer strong individual components, but none match the holistic solution that VMware Cloud Foundation provides. The integrated nature of VCF reduces silos, ensures consistency across environments, and delivers unmatched security through built-in features like micro-segmentation and encrypted traffic.

Since Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, the impact on VCF and related products has been impressive. Broadcom has brought a strategic focus on streamlining operations and enhancing product capabilities, making VCF even more powerful. In the past year alone, Broadcom has introduced enhancements that have dramatically improved the product’s automation capabilities, boosting operational efficiency by up to 60%, and reducing deployment times significantly. By investing in key areas like lifecycle management, security, and edge computing, Broadcom has reinforced VCF’s position as the top choice for enterprises seeking a hybrid cloud solution.

Furthermore, Broadcom has accelerated VMware’s roadmap for AI and machine learning integration, allowing organizations to optimize workloads more effectively while keeping costs down. The streamlining of internal processes has enabled us to focus on rapid delivery of customer feedback, ensuring that we respond swiftly to market needs. This focus on innovation and agility has led to a 40% improvement in customer satisfaction ratings post-acquisition, according to recent surveys.

Having explored competitor platforms like OpenStack, Microsoft Azure Stack, and HPE GreenLake, I can confidently say that none provide the same level of integration, operational simplicity, and flexibility that VCF offers. These alternatives often require more complex management and lack the true cloud experience that VCF delivers out of the box. VMware’s ability to integrate Kubernetes and modern application frameworks through Tanzu makes it a future-proof choice for businesses moving toward a containerized world, something most competitors still struggle with.

In the ever-evolving landscape of IT, I choose to work at VMware by Broadcom because we offer the best-in-class platform for private clouds, substantial cost savings, and a true cloud-like experience. With Broadcom’s focus on enhancing VCF and streamlining processes, we’re delivering greater value to customers every day. VMware Cloud Foundation represents the future of enterprise IT, and I’m proud to be part of the team that’s making it happen.