Category: VMware & Cloud
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VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Explained: The Unified Private Cloud Platform (VCF 9 Series, Part 1)
VCF 9 is not VCF 5.x with a new logo. The operate and consume layers moved into the core, Aria became VCF Operations and Automation, and the fleet is the new top-level construct. Here is what actually changed and why it matters.
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5 GPU & vGPU Mistakes That Break VMware Private AI Foundation (and How to Fix Them)
Most failed VMware Private AI Foundation deployments break on host-side GPU configuration, not the model. Here are five vGPU mistakes in VCF 9.1 and the exact commands to confirm and fix each one.
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Why Your VKS Cluster Upgrade Is Stuck: 5 Failure Modes in VCF 9 (and How to Unblock Them)
A VKS cluster upgrade that hangs halfway is almost never a Kubernetes bug. Here are the 5 things that stall VKS/Tanzu cluster upgrades in VCF 9 — version compatibility, PodDisruptionBudgets, stuck worker nodes, etcd health, and Pinniped pods — and how to unblock each one.
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5 Things That Break VKS Clusters in VCF 9 (and How to Fix Them)
Most vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) failures in VCF 9 aren’t Kubernetes bugs—they’re infrastructure. Here are the 5 things that break VKS clusters most often and how to diagnose each one fast.
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How to Upgrade VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 to 9.1: Step-by-Step Guide
Upgrading VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 to 9.1 is a controlled, full-stack sequence. This step-by-step guide covers the order, prerequisites, and gotchas across VCF Operations, Management Services, SDDC Manager, NSX, vCenter, and ESX.
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Introducing the AI Infrastructure Sizing & Cost Calculator
Over the past few months, I have been spending a lot of time exploring on AI infrastructure around VMware Private AI, NVIDIA AI Enterprise, RAG, Agentic AI, and AIOps. One question that comes up repeatedly is: “How much infrastructure do we actually need, and what will it cost?” Is there any sizing calculator that we…
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Framework to Analyze Malicious Behaviour in Cloud Environment using Machine Learning Techniques
Framework to Analyze Malicious Behaviour in Cloud Environment using Machine Learning Techniques | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore
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Security Analysis and Fraud Prevention in Cloud Computing
Security Analysis and Fraud Prevention in Cloud Computing | 38 | The R
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Behavior Analysis and Crime Prediction using Big Data and Machine Learning
International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering
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Data Control in Public Cloud Computing: Issues and Challenges
Data Control in Public Cloud Computing: Issues and Challenges | Bentham Science Publishers
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Global Best Practices in Early Childhood Education: Comparative Analysis of India and Countries with Advanced ECE Systems
Global Best Practices in Early Childhood Education: Comparative Analysis of India and Countries with Advanced ECE Systems – Pranay Jha, Amrita Jha, 2026
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How vSAN ESA Global Deduplication in VCF 9 Cuts Storage TCO by 34%?
If you’ve ever run out of storage space in your data center or just paid the bill for another batch of SSDs, you know how costly scaling storage can be. But with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0, a new feature called vSAN ESA Global Deduplication is changing the storage game. And it’s not just a…
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Dr Pranay Jha
Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.
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