{"slug": "broadcom-expands-vmware-cloud-foundation-with-ai-security-and-recovery", "title": "Broadcom expands VMware Cloud Foundation with AI, security, and recovery capabilities", "summary": "Broadcom announced an expansion of its VMware Cloud Foundation portfolio, adding AI infrastructure, security, and disaster recovery capabilities and introducing VMware vSphere Express, a virtualization product for small IT environments that supports up to 128 cores and is available immediately. The new AI Infrastructure Quickstart automates initial AI infrastructure deployment through a single vCenter plug-in, while VCF's multi-tenant model sharing lets multiple business units access centrally deployed AI models to reduce GPU requirements, and vSAN gains native S3-compatible object storage. Broadcom also moved security and recovery capabilities previously sold as advanced services into core VCF, including VMware HyperArmor, VMware Live Recovery, and VMware Compliance and Configuration Management, with Prashanth Shenoy, vice president of product marketing for Broadcom's VCF division, saying the company is \"constantly looking at, is the portfolio in the right place, right size to serve customers of all sizes and needs.", "body_md": "[Broadcom this week announced](https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/11/04/broadcom-vcf-portfolio-updates/) it is expanding its VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) [product portfolio](https://www.networkworld.com/article/3484025/vmware-by-broadcom-product-service-and-support-news.html) with new AI infrastructure, security, and disaster recovery capabilities. The company also introduced a virtualization product designed for customers with small IT environments.\n\n[Broadcom](https://www.networkworld.com/article/4180754/will-broadcoms-vmware-strategy-keep-paying-big-dividends.html) is positioning [VCF as a private cloud platform](https://www.networkworld.com/article/4218303/vmware-cloud-foundation-9-1-adds-transit-gateway-flexibility-segmentation-and-native-evpn-vxlan-support.html) for running traditional virtual machines, containers, and AI workloads. It is also moving specific security and recovery capabilities previously offered as advanced services directly into VCF.\n\n“We’re constantly looking at, is the portfolio in the right place, right size to serve customers of all sizes and needs,” said Prashanth Shenoy, vice president of product marketing for Broadcom’s [VCF division](https://www.networkworld.com/article/4008384/broadcom-resets-private-cloud-strategy-with-vmware-cloud-foundation-9-0.html), during a press briefing.\n\nVMware vSphere Express is a new offering for organizations that need essential virtualization capabilities without the broader featrures of VMware vSphere Foundation or the full VCF private cloud stack. Built on vSphere 9, the Express product supports environments of up to 128 cores and includes vMotion for [live VM migration](https://www.networkworld.com/article/3813523/thinking-of-moving-off-vmware-gartner-tallies-cost-of-large-scale-vmware-migration.html), high availability, distributed switching, rapid patching, and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security capabilities.\n\nShenoy explained that vSphere Express customers can upgrade to vSphere Foundation or VCF as their infrastructure requirements grow.\n\nBroadcom is also targeting the time and cost involved in deploying and managing infrastructure for AI workloads. A new AI Infrastructure Quickstart capability is designed to automate initial AI infrastructure deployment through a single vCenter plug-in. Quickstart combines several configuration tasks, including vSphere Supervisor activation and infrastructure provisioning, into a single workflow. Broadcom said this reduces the manual work required to get AI environments running.\n\n“We have consolidated all of that, made a quick start workflow, and streamlined the workflow completely,” Shenoy said.\n\nVCF’s multi-tenant model sharing enables multiple business units to access centrally deployed AI models while maintaining separate security controls and data privacy. By sharing model infrastructure rather than deploying separate environments for each business unit, organizations could reduce GPU requirements and associated infrastructure costs, according to Broadcom.\n\nThe company is also adding vSAN native S3-compatible object storage, which will provide integrated object storage alongside existing block and file services, support AI applications and other workloads.\n\nBroadcom is bringing several security, compliance, and disaster recovery capabilities into the core VCF platform. The enhancements include:\n\nSeparately, Broadcom is expanding its advanced services portfolio. VMware HyperArmor adds proactive hypervisor protection, while VMware Live Recovery provides disaster and cyber recovery through secure recovery environments. VMware Compliance and Configuration Management offers continuous compliance monitoring and automated remediation for virtual machine and container workloads.\n\nVMware vSphere Express is available immediately. AI Infrastructure Quickstart, vSAN native S3-compatible object storage, Site Recovery Manager capabilities, policy-based connectivity, and infrastructure configuration compliance management are planned for general availability during Broadcom’s first fiscal quarter of 2027. VMware HyperArmor, VMware Live Recovery, and VMware Compliance and Configuration Management are part of Broadcom’s expanded advanced services portfolio, with HyperArmor availability planned for the first fiscal quarter of 2027.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/broadcom-expands-vmware-cloud-foundation-with-ai-security-and-recovery", "canonical_source": "https://www.networkworld.com/article/4244653/broadcom-expands-vmware-cloud-foundation-with-ai-security-and-recovery-capabilities.html", "published_at": "2026-11-04 18:25:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-04 18:53:19.172843+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-products", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Broadcom", "VMware Cloud Foundation", "VMware vSphere Express", "Prashanth Shenoy", "AI Infrastructure Quickstart", "VMware HyperArmor", "VMware Live Recovery", "vSAN"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/broadcom-expands-vmware-cloud-foundation-with-ai-security-and-recovery", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/broadcom-expands-vmware-cloud-foundation-with-ai-security-and-recovery.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/broadcom-expands-vmware-cloud-foundation-with-ai-security-and-recovery.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/broadcom-expands-vmware-cloud-foundation-with-ai-security-and-recovery.jsonld"}}