Tom Fenton tests whether an agentic AI assistant can install a hypervisor, build and manage virtual machines, move workloads between storage devices, and stand up a three-tier application using only natural-language prompts. He created something new but is unsure of what it should be called. Regardless, "It feels like the future of IT to me."
Tom Fenton explores how AI can benchmark local NVMe storage and provision iSCSI and NFS shares on a compact NAS using natural-language prompts.
A $259 Beelink ME Mini all-flash NAS led Tom Fenton to explore its hardware, install Ubuntu, and test whether an AI assistant could benchmark storage.
Tom Fenton interview explains DevZero uses CRIU-based live migration and workload-aware scheduling to reduce Kubernetes and AI infrastructure waste without disrupting running applications.
Experience Level Agreements combine technical telemetry and user sentiment to help IT teams identify the causes of poor digital workspace experiences, guide investment decisions and improve service outcomes.
Licensing changes, forced bundling and shifting vendor strategies are reshaping a once-stable infrastructure market that sees Nutanix called out for its ability to execute and Broadcom (VMware) for its vision.
Chris Wolf explains how enterprise private AI has evolved from early hype to practical platform decisions around open runtimes, virtualization tradeoffs, cost controls, and governance for agentic systems.
Tom Fenton recaps VMware Explore 2026, including VCF 9.1 updates, AI operations, TrueSource, customer deployments, certification changes, and the conference's new Las Vegas venue for 2027.
VMware Explore 2026 announcements show Broadcom expanding VMware Cloud Foundation into an AI-native private cloud spanning infrastructure, operations, security, agents and data.
Tom Fenton previews a VMware Explore 2026 agenda spanning community resources, Raspberry Pi edge workloads, private AI, Kubernetes, memory tiering, CPU scheduling and storage.
VMware Explore 2026 will combine technical education on private cloud and private AI with hands-on learning, community networking and opportunities to reconnect with peers
Tom Fenton examines how vSphere 9 Memory Tiering combines DRAM with enterprise NVMe storage to help organizations offset soaring memory costs, increase VM density and reduce server spending.
Dell Private Cloud now provides a validated Nutanix AHV deployment on PowerStore with automated lifecycle management and independent scaling.
CNCF graduation comes as Azure, AWS and Google Cloud expand OpenTelemetry support across cloud monitoring, Kubernetes and hybrid infrastructure.
HPE announced new GreenLake updates spanning private cloud, storage and data protection, led by planned unified management of virtual machines and containers in HPE Private Cloud.
Red Hat Summit 2026 announcements around Telenet Business and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory show OpenShift Virtualization being positioned as a platform for VM modernization, hybrid cloud operations and future containerized workloads.
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 adds AI, Kubernetes, infrastructure efficiency, networking and security updates for private cloud deployments.
Testing small LLMs in a VMware Workstation VM on an Intel-based laptop reveals performance speeds orders of magnitude faster than on a Raspberry Pi 5, demonstrating that local AI limitations are hardware-driven -- not inherent to running AI locally.
Edera's Micro VM platform isolates each Kubernetes pod in its own private Linux kernel using a Rust-based, Xen-derived hypervisor -- reducing the container attack surface by up to 95% while maintaining near-native performance
After splitting from VMware in 2024, Omnissa Horizon has evolved with expanded platform support including Nutanix AHV, modernized client interfaces, AI-powered tools, and flexible hybrid cloud deployment options while maintaining its enterprise VDI foundation.