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VMUG is in the thick of it here at VMware Explore 2024 Las Vegas! Thousands of us have gathered at the Venetian Convention and Expo Center, a third who are VMUG members and proudly wearing their VMUG swag. Whether you&#8217;re here in person or tuning in online from around the globe, this is our moment […]

VMUG Is Experiencing a Fresh Chapter with Broadcom’s Support

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Broadcom is unveiling new enhancements and capabilities to VMware vDefend and VMware Avi Load Balancer at VMware Explore 2024 Las Vegas

Broadcom Strengthens Lateral Threat Defense and Enhances Application Delivery for VMware Cloud Foundation Workloads

Broadcom Strengthens Lateral Threat Defense and Enhances Application Delivery for VMware Cloud Foundation Workloads - Broadcom News &amp; Stories - APJ

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While the term Private AI has been around for more than seven years, it was often narrowly defined based on niche use cases. We saw Private AI’s opportunity and market reach as far more impactful, and have worked throughout the past year to add clarity, context, and innovation to what has now become a high-growth […]

How Private AI Will Mainstream the Artificial Intelligence Revolution - Broadcom News &amp; Stories - APJ

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How Private AI Will Mainstream the Artificial Intelligence Revolution

As enterprises increasingly look to move workloads to private cloud, they need ready-to-deploy solutions that make it easier and faster to innovate. With VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Advanced Services, Broadcom is delivering exactly that as part of our ongoing commitment to helping customers deliver services to their internal customers. This robust catalog of solutions is […]

Advanced Services: Creating a Catalog of Ready-to-Deploy Solutions for VMware Cloud Foundation

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It all started with a simple question: Where do these materials go next? The answer came together quickly to the teams designing and managing the booth materials at the company&#8217;s annual user conference, VMware Explore Barcelona 2023. At the event, the team designed captivating murals to adorn the exhibit halls. The material used in the […]

From Technology Conference to Student School Bags: A Journey of Innovation

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In the wake of the European Union&#8217;s adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), companies of all sizes are facing a new era of accountability. The directive, which came into force in May 2024, sets a precedent for corporate responsibility, mandating large companies to conduct thorough due diligence across their supply chains and […]

How VMware Sovereign Cloud Service Providers Can Help Customers Navigate the New EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive - Broadcom News &amp; Stories - APJ

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How VMware Sovereign Cloud Service Providers Can Help Customers Navigate the New EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

I always relish the opportunity to announce a big new release. It’s the culmination of months, sometimes years of planning with the commitment and effort from our best and brightest, coupled with insights from our customers’ best and brightest. It’s when our roadmap meets our customers’ goals that we can truly deliver new and exciting […]

Advancing a Modern Private Cloud Platform with VMware Cloud Foundation

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Strengthening Partners to Better Serve Our Customers - Broadcom News &amp; Stories - APJ

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Strengthening Partners to Better Serve Our Customers

A Simplified Route and a Simplified Solution Earlier this week, Broadcom’s President and CEO Hock Tan and Vice President of Global Partner and Commercial Sales Cindy Loyd each shared their perspectives on the progress we’re making with VMware’s modernized product offerings and our different routes to market, and one theme stands out: Simplification. In the […]

Continuing to Simplify and Optimize through Cloud Service Providers

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Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve signed new agreements with Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), and Lenovo to deliver solutions built upon VMware Cloud Foundation, with additional partnerships to come. All of these partner solutions will be delivered through the Broadcom Advantage Program for Authorized Value-Add OEM (VAO) partners, which is designed to provide […]

The Next Evolution of Broadcom Value-Added OEM Solutions

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&nbsp;I distinctly remember a conversation with a large financial services customer a few months back, when I described our strategy for VMware Tanzu Platform and how it provides app teams with their preferred application runtimes and a consistent developer experience, whether apps are deployed to Cloud Foundry or Kubernetes. It’s the best of both worlds, […]

VMware Tanzu Platform Gives Customers Choice and Flexibility In App Delivery

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What elements are essential for digital sovereignty? IDC Guest Post Data privacy continues to be a major concern in Europe, and the continent is therefore in the vanguard of the sovereign cloud market.  Add to this the growing concerns about AI, which is now at the top of the agenda for many organizations. When IDC […]

How Digital Sovereignty Is Influencing Cloud Solution Choice

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Ahmar is Vice President for Partners and Advanced Solutions Sales at Broadcom, leading strategic partnerships to drive growth, innovation, and market leadership with the partner ecosystem, across Cloud Service Providers, OEMs, Hyperscalers, and Technology Alliances.
Prior to this role, Ahmar led the Global Transformation Office at VMware, where he orchestrated the company's evolution from a software-centric model to a cloud and subscription-focused organization. His responsibilities encompassed the development and execution of various initiatives, including standardized go-to-market plays, multi-cloud offerings, and subscription conversion programs. Under his leadership, VMware witnessed significant strides in transforming to the subscription licensing model, aligning business strategies with market trends and customer needs. In past roles at VMware, Ahmar has been responsible for VMware Cloud on AWS, AWS Sales Synergy, and Cloud Economics business development. His efforts were instrumental in accelerating cloud sales motions, fostering strategic partnerships, and delivering compelling value propositions to customers. Bringing over 24 years of cloud industry experience, Ahmar has led several business development, sales, and marketing teams at Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, prior to joining VMware. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Ahmar holds majors in Information Systems and Decision Sciences.

Ahmar Mohammad

Ahmar is Vice President for Partners and Advanced Solutions Sales at Broadcom, leading strategic partnerships to drive growth, innovation, and market leadership with the partner ecosystem, across Cloud Service Providers, OEMs, Hyperscalers, and Technology Alliances. Prior to this role, Ahmar led the Global Transformation Office at VMware, where he orchestrated the company&#8217;s evolution from a software-centric model to a cloud and subscription-focused organization. His responsibilities encompassed the development and execution of various initiatives, including standardized go-to-market plays, multi-cloud offerings, and subscription conversion programs. Under his leadership, VMware witnessed significant strides in transforming to the subscription licensing model, aligning business strategies with market trends and customer needs. In past roles at VMware, Ahmar has been responsible for VMware Cloud on AWS, AWS Sales Synergy, and Cloud Economics business development. His efforts were instrumental in accelerating cloud sales motions, fostering strategic partnerships, and delivering compelling value propositions to customers. Bringing over 24 years of cloud industry experience, Ahmar has led several business development, sales, and marketing teams at Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, prior to joining VMware. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Ahmar holds majors in Information Systems and Decision Sciences.

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Cindy Loyd is Vice President of Global Partner and Commercial Sales, focused primarily on Broadcom’s software portfolio. In her role, she and her team work closely with customers and partners around the globe to ensure they receive the highest level of service and the best solutions to achieve breakthrough results.

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Guy Bartram

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Krish Prasad is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom’s VMware Cloud Foundation Division where he oversees the company’s multi-cloud Infrastructure software portfolio that spans Private Clouds and Clouds from Service Provider partners and Hyperscalers.

Before joining Broadcom, Mr. Prasad served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the VMware Cloud Infrastructure Business Group (CIBG) and previously led the VMware vSphere business. He drove the strategy, roadmap and delivery of the SDDC cloud platform that powers VMware Cloud and led a wide range of functions including Product Management, Engineering, Cloud Operations, SRE and Product Marketing. 

Mr. Prasad has more than 30 years of experience in the enterprise software business across both R&amp;D and general management. Prior to VMware, he held senior and executive management positions with HPE and BMC Software.  

Krish Prasad

Krish Prasad is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom’s VMware Cloud Foundation Division where he oversees the company’s multi-cloud Infrastructure software portfolio that spans Private Clouds and Clouds from Service Provider partners and Hyperscalers. Before joining Broadcom, Mr. Prasad served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the VMware Cloud Infrastructure Business Group (CIBG) and previously led the VMware vSphere business. He drove the strategy, roadmap and delivery of the SDDC cloud platform that powers VMware Cloud and led a wide range of functions including Product Management, Engineering, Cloud Operations, SRE and Product Marketing. Mr. Prasad has more than 30 years of experience in the enterprise software business across both R&amp;D and general management. Prior to VMware, he held senior and executive management positions with HPE and BMC Software.

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Purnima Padmanabhan

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Rahiel Nasir is responsible for leading and contributing to IDC's European cloud and cloud data management research programs, as well as supporting associated consulting projects. In addition, he leads IDC's worldwide Digital Sovereignty research program.

Nasir has been watching technology markets and writing about them throughout his professional life.

Prior to joining IDC, he was a research analyst with 451 Research (now part of S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence), where he covered the datacenter infrastructure and services markets across the EMEA region.

Nasir started his career as a consumer technology journalist with Haymarket Publishing where he rapidly worked his way up the ranks to become editor of a number of high-profile magazines, including What Hi-Fi?.

Following a successful career as a freelance technology journalist, he joined BBC Focus magazine as deputy editor before moving on to become editorial director of a number of B2B magazines, such as Networking+ which includes news and features about the technologies of voice and data networks for enterprise users, as well several publications targeted at vendors and service providers involved in the business and technologies of wireless communications in Africa, South Asia, and Eastern Europe.

Nasir has made numerous appearances on TV, radio, and in the press as a consumer technology spokesperson, and has also spoken at ICT industry events as a presenter, panelist, and moderator.

He was educated at the University of Manchester in England where he studied English and American and classical literature, as well as at the Postgraduate School of Journalism at City University, London.

Rahiel Nasir

Rahiel Nasir is responsible for leading and contributing to IDC&#8217;s European cloud and cloud data management research programs, as well as supporting associated consulting projects. In addition, he leads IDC&#8217;s worldwide Digital Sovereignty research program. Nasir has been watching technology markets and writing about them throughout his professional life. Prior to joining IDC, he was a research analyst with 451 Research (now part of S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence), where he covered the datacenter infrastructure and services markets across the EMEA region. Nasir started his career as a consumer technology journalist with Haymarket Publishing where he rapidly worked his way up the ranks to become editor of a number of high-profile magazines, including What Hi-Fi?. Following a successful career as a freelance technology journalist, he joined BBC Focus magazine as deputy editor before moving on to become editorial director of a number of B2B magazines, such as Networking+ which includes news and features about the technologies of voice and data networks for enterprise users, as well several publications targeted at vendors and service providers involved in the business and technologies of wireless communications in Africa, South Asia, and Eastern Europe. Nasir has made numerous appearances on TV, radio, and in the press as a consumer technology spokesperson, and has also spoken at ICT industry events as a presenter, panelist, and moderator. He was educated at the University of Manchester in England where he studied English and American and classical literature, as well as at the Postgraduate School of Journalism at City University, London.