Turning Sovereignty into Action: A Practical Approach
CCS Guest Blog Tests, Interoperability and Certification This article builds on the definitions and procurement levers set out in my previous blog post, Turning Sovereignty into Action: Principles and Policy Levers. It sets out the pass-or-fail checks and pragmatic certification approach that translate principles into outcomes. Make Reversibility and Interoperability First-Class Tests The problems of […]
Building a Stronger, More Focused Partner Ecosystem to Better Serve EMEA Customers
Across EMEA, customers are reassessing their cloud strategies with a sharper focus on cost control, operational resilience, and architectural simplicity. For many, this has prompted a shift away from fragmented approaches toward more intentional private and hybrid cloud models— where outcomes, not infrastructure sprawl, define success. This reassessment has accelerated in recent months. High-profile public […]
Turning Sovereignty into Action: Principles and Policy Levers
CCS Guest Blog European policy on cloud and AI is at an inflection point. The debate has matured beyond slogans to the complex tests that decide whether sovereignty becomes a real capability or remains a badge worn in presentations. Recent analyses of EU competitiveness argue the bloc faces challenges in productivity and investment, with fragmentation […]
How ITQ is Driving Value with VMware Cloud Foundation
Today European organizations are demanding solutions that offer secure, resilient, and sovereign cloud alternatives. At our company, ITQ, a leading specialist in hybrid cloud, cloud native, digital workspace solutions, and private AI, and a Pinnacle Solution Provider Partner for Broadcom, headquartered in the Netherlands, we work with customers to meet the latest compliance and security […]
How Broadcom’s IT Leverages Tanzu Platform to Achieve Enterprise-Scale Agentic Business Transformation
The exploding adoption of AI coding assistants is boosting developer productivity and accelerating time-to-market, yielding substantial returns on investment. These AI-native practices increase developer productivity and speed up delivery, and they also facilitate more frequent product iterations, leading to faster innovation loops. Enabling developers across the company to transform their software engineering practices by leveraging […]
Broadcom Expands VMware Modernization Services to EMEA Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Several months ago, Broadcom announced the VMware Modernization Services initiative in conjunction with TD SYNNEX in the United States. The goal was to help customers migrate to VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 (VCF 9.0), Building on the success of that initiative, Broadcom is now expanding and formally establishing the VMware Modernization Services program under the Expert […]
Inherent Trust and Private Cloud: Accelerating Security Modernization in the Federal Sector
For any government agency, unpredictability is a central challenge. We are now discovering that nowhere is that more true than in building and securing AI infrastructure. The extraordinary complexity of federal agency IT architectures and the external threats to those architectures pose distinct challenges to any security modernization effort. Like most enterprises, these are likely […]
Broadcom’s Advantage Partner Program: A Clear Roadmap to Partner Success and Customer Impact
Broadcom has made significant enhancements to its Advantage Partner Program, designed to drive customer success through deeper partner engagements in the VMware ecosystem. The program is structured to provide a clear pathway to success for partners while driving greater customer value. Building a High-Impact Partner Ecosystem The foundation of the program enhancements centers on a […]
Why Sovereign Cloud Is a Business-Critical Imperative
IDC Guest Post (Sponsored by Broadcom) In today’s rapidly evolving and ever-complex digital landscape, the concept of digital sovereignty is no longer confined to niche regulatory discussions but has matured into a business-critical imperative focused on organizational autonomy and self-sufficiency. The geopolitical and economic upheavals witnessed in 2025 have amplified the urgency, positioning control over […]
From Cloud Promise to Data Control: Prioritizing Sovereignty in European IT Strategy
The vision of unrestricted cloud adoption, once heralded as the pinnacle of digital transformation, is now encountering significant obstacles. This shift is primarily driven by mounting geopolitical risks, increasingly stringent regulatory mandates, and the unavoidable realization that uncompromising data control is essential for sensitive workloads—a necessity amplified by the accelerating AI revolution. European organizations, in […]
Breaking Down IT Silos to Maximize Private Cloud Value
Cloud is the default operating model for enterprises today, but adoption and value are often constrained by organizational structure. According to the Private Cloud Outlook 2025 report, one in three IT leaders say that siloed IT teams are the top barrier to private cloud adoption. Here’s how these silos can delay progress, and how organizations […]
Broadcom and Partners: A Playbook for Delivering Customer Value Together
In today’s rapidly evolving technology landscape, customers are seeking alternatives to the public cloud that offer the same flexibility and scalability, but with greater predictability in cost, performance, and control. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is emerging as the platform of choice. Today, nine of the top 10 Fortune 500 companies and 87 percent of […]