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Whenever a major release drops—like the massive VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 update we just saw—the first question from infrastructure operators is always the same: "This looks great on paper, but how do I actually test it without breaking my environment?" Standing up a full VCF management and workload domain just for sandboxing requires serious … Continue reading Don’t Just Read the Release Notes: Get Hands-On with VCF 9.1 Using Free VMware Labs — Today
The Most Powerful Green Button You Have not Clicked I have spent over 25 years in IT, and in that time I have seen a lot of features get shipped, celebrated at a conference keynote, and then quietly forgotten in production. vSphere Distributed Power Management — DPM — is one of the most egregious examples … Continue reading VCF 9 Power Management Deep Dive: DRS, vSphere DPM, and the Hidden Watt Savings
As we observe Earth Month this April, the global theme "Our Power, Our Planet" carries a heavy weight for those of us in IT operations. In 2026, the conversation in the boardroom has shifted from abstract carbon targets to the immediate reality of Energy TCO. With the explosive growth of AI workloads and the massive … Continue reading Our Power, Our Planet: Why VCF 9 can be the Economic Engine for Earth Month 2026
The release of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 marks a massive shift in the infrastructure landscape. But for some organizations, there is a gap between buying VCF and deploying VCF due to several reasons beyond control like hardware compatibility, hardware refresh cycles etc. For a small section of VCF Customers - successfully converted your licensing … Continue reading The “VCF Ops First” Strategy: Stand-alone Upgrade to VCF Ops 9.0 Now, Converge Later
