Broadcom updates VMware portfolio to protect and accelerate private AI cloud deployments

On November 4, 2026, Broadcom announced a series of updates to its VMware portfolio, introducing new capabilities for private AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance and data protection within VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), alongside an expansion of its Advanced Services portfolio.

Private AI infrastructure enhancements include AI Infrastructure Quickstart, designed to automate the initial deployment of private AI environments; Multi-tenant Model Sharing, introduced in VCF 9.1.1, enabling multiple business units to securely share a centrally deployed AI model infrastructure while reducing GPU requirements and operating costs; and native S3-compatible object storage for AI, cloud-native applications and backup workloads, planned for the next VCF release.

Security, compliance and resilience are also being strengthened through new native VCF capabilities. These include automated infrastructure configuration and compliance management, hardware-based Confidential Computing to protect data in use, policy-based network connectivity and enterprise-scale disaster recovery across VCF and VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF). Several of these capabilities are planned for the next VCF release, currently estimated for Q1 FY27.

Broadcom is also expanding VCF Advanced Services with three solutions:

• VMware HyperArmor — provides proactive, real-time hypervisor protection against AI-accelerated threats, including virtual patching, security controls and multifactor authentication.
• VMware Live Recovery — enhances cyber recovery capabilities by providing a secure, isolated environment, accelerating the recovery of mission-critical workloads, and enabling centralized management of recovery processes.
• VMware Compliance and Configuration Management — enables continuous compliance enforcement and automated remediation for virtual machines and containers, supporting CIS, DISA and custom security benchmarks.

Another major announcement is VMware vSphere Express, a cost-effective virtualization solution for smaller IT environments with up to 128 cores across all environments. Available immediately, it includes essential capabilities such as vMotion, High Availability, Distributed Switch, vCenter Quick Patch and Zero-Trust Security with TPM 2.0 and vTPM 2.0 support.

With these developments, Broadcom continues to strengthen VMware as a platform for secure, cost-efficient and well-governed enterprise AI infrastructure, while expanding protection, compliance and recovery capabilities across virtualized environments.

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