VMware claims Cloud Foundation on track for world domination
VMware has released version 9.1 of its Cloud Foundation (VCF) suite, emphasizing features that reduce reliance on expensive hardware. The update includes enhanced memory tiering, improved storage compression for AI workloads, and a new Kubernetes environment for lightweight development. VMware claims these improvements support cost-efficient on-prem infrastructure amid rising AI hardware costs.
- ▪VCF 9.1 introduces improved memory tiering to reduce the need for large amounts of RAM.
- ▪The update includes next-generation storage compression aimed at AI data pipelines.
- ▪VMware has added a lightweight Kubernetes environment for test and development.
- ▪The platform now supports multi-tenant AI workloads on shared infrastructure.
- ▪Over 2,000 implementations of VCF 9 have been deployed since its release.
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PaaS + IaaS VMware claims Cloud Foundation on track for world domination Delivers update aimed at reducing hardware bill shock Simon Sharwood Tue 5 May 2026 // 13:01 UTC VMware has announced an update to its flagship Cloud Foundation (VCF) private cloud suite and tried to make it fit the times by adding features that allow users to run with less hardware. VCF 9.1, announced today, tries to improve on VMware's memory tiering tech that shifts data out of RAM and onto NVMe storage, so that servers can get by with less memory. We're told the new version includes better detection of cold memory pages so VCF can shunt more data to NVMe, more often.
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