A year ago, VMware’s big annual VMware Explore conference was all about generative AI – specifically, about companies running AI applications within a hybrid cloud infrastructure. This year, attendees heard more about VMware’s partnership with Nvidia to deliver generative AI models and tools – but in the context of a private cloud.
Wasn’t VMware supposed to be the solution for companies looking to run AI both on-prem and in multiple public clouds?
“The future of the enterprise, your enterprises, is private,” said Broadcom president and CEO Hock Tan in the keynote this week. “Private cloud. Private AI. Fueled by your own private data. It’s about staying on-prem and in control. “