The New Stack Podcast VMware's Kubernetes Evolution: Quashing Complexity
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May 6, 2025 Paul Turner, Vice President of Products for VMware Cloud Foundation at Broadcom, discusses the evolving landscape of Kubernetes and virtualization. He reveals how VMware's integrated solutions simplify infrastructure management, allowing developers to focus on coding rather than troubleshooting. Turner emphasizes AI's impact on nearly half of Kubernetes deployments and details VMware's partnership with Nvidia for GPU virtualization. He also highlights VMware's commitment to open-source projects, ensuring Kubernetes remains cloud-independent and tailored for efficient AI workloads.
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Kubernetes Complexity Beyond Runtime
- Kubernetes complexity lies not just in the runtime but the need to integrate network, storage, backup, monitoring, and registry services.
- Developers waste time managing infrastructure services that should be preconfigured and available out of the box.
Simplify Kubernetes Platform Deployment
- Use VMware Kubernetes Service to deploy a customized platform with built-in services like Harbor, Valero, Istio, and CSI storage out of the box.
- Avoid managing open source components yourself and focus effort on running your services.
Unified Platform for VMs and Kubernetes
- VMware Cloud Foundation virtualizes compute, storage, and networking, delivering native Kubernetes services alongside VMs in a single platform.
- The familiar infrastructure experience simplifies managing containers and virtualization under one roof for administrators.