By Victoria Gayton
Publication Date: 2026-09-09 22:45:00
Private cloud modernization is shifting from a virtualization refresh into a broader effort to build an operating foundation for production artificial intelligence. As enterprises move models and autonomous agents into core workflows, infrastructure decisions must account for cost, security, governance and where increasingly diverse workloads should run.
At this year’s VMware Explore, private cloud modernization became the central conversation. In an opening analysis, theCUBE Research’s Christophe Bertrand predicted that the event would connect its individual announcements and discussions to a broader enterprise transition.
“We’re going to see that VMware technology is front and center when it comes to AI transformation,” he said. “And we’re going to see that the topics around agentic AI, around economics, around how to really evolve into this new world, both for partners supporting customers and end users, is going to become a lot clearer.”
Bertrand offered that…