Tag: Cloud
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Cloud Networking Basics: VPC, Subnets and Gateways (Cloud for Beginners, Part 7)
A VPC is your private slice of the cloud network. Here is how subnets, route tables and gateways actually fit together, explained for freshers with no networking background.
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Cloud Storage Explained: Object, Block and File (Cloud for Beginners, Part 6)
Object, block and file storage explained for freshers, with real prices, a worked cost example, and the tier traps that quietly inflate cloud bills.
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Cloud Compute: VMs and Instances Explained (Cloud for Beginners, Part 5)
A plain-English guide to cloud compute for freshers: what a VM instance is, vCPU and memory, burstable CPU credits, the launch-stop-terminate lifecycle, and what a small instance really costs across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
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IaaS, PaaS and SaaS Explained in Plain English (Cloud for Beginners, Part 4)
IaaS, PaaS and SaaS are three points on one line: how much of the cloud stack you manage versus the provider. A fresher-friendly guide with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud examples you can try on a free tier.
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On-Premises vs Cloud: What Actually Changes (Cloud for Beginners, Part 3)
On-prem means you own and run the servers; cloud means you rent them. Here is what actually changes, with real cost numbers, the egress trap, and when on-prem still wins.
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Why Companies Moved to the Cloud (Cloud for Beginners, Part 2)
Speed, elasticity and paying only for what you use are the real reasons companies moved to the cloud, plus the honest part: when it is cheaper to buy your own servers.
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On-Prem vs Cloud vs Hybrid for GenAI: An Honest Verdict (GenAI Series, Part 27)
Where should generative AI run? An honest framework weighing data sovereignty, the cost crossover, and control, and why most large organisations end up hybrid.
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VMware Private AI Foundation in VCF 9: Everything You Need to Know (FAQs)
Category Question Answer Deployment & Infrastructure What kind of infrastructure is required to run VMware Private AI on-premises? VMware vSphere / VCF 9 clusters with NVIDIA GPUs (Blackwell GPUs recommended for high-performance AI workloads). Deployment & Infrastructure Can it run on existing VMware vSphere clusters or do we need new hardware? Yes, it integrates with…
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How VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA in VCF 9 is Changing Enterprise AI
A few months ago, I was working with a customer who was running critical workloads on VMware on-premises. They were already using AWS internally for a GenAI chatbot, but now they wanted to expand AI use cases to predict and remediate infrastructure issues, including agentic AI solutions. The challenge? They didn’t want to rely on…
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How VMware Runs Just ~1% Slower Than Bare Metal in VCF 9 (And Why That’s Amazing)
During one of the migration projects, I was doing workshop sessions with Modern Apps team, and they were pushing hard for bare-metal servers, instead of running on Virtual environment.Their argument was simple: “Virtual machines are slower. We need maximum performance for AI and analytics. Should we really migrate our applications on virtualization platform!” At that…
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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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How VCF 9’s NVMe Tiering Lowers Memory TCO by 38% and How It Benefits Customers?
If you’ve ever managed high-performance workloads, you know memory costs can eat up your budget faster than compute or storage. But guess what? With VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0, NVMe Memory Tiering has introduced, and it’s changing how we think about infrastructure design. Let’s break it down in simple terms, and explore how this delivers…
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About the Author
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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