Recap of VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas

Across the Tech Pond launches with a frank debrief from the Venetian show floor in Las Vegas. David Marshall, Neil C. Hughes, and Antony Savvas compare notes on a pivotal year for VMware under Broadcom and ask the question on every attendee’s mind.

Did Hock Tan’s keynote do enough to steady nerves among customers and partners, or did it simply sharpen the divide between those all-in on private cloud and those still weighing their next move?

The conversation digs into VMware Cloud Foundation 9 as the center of gravity for Broadcom’s strategy. We look at why private cloud momentum is real for large enterprises, what mid-market buyers are actually adopting, and how the promised bundle of security, developer tooling, and Private AI could land in the data center.

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