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Virtually Speaking Podcast

The Virtually Speaking Podcast is a weekly technical podcast dedicated to discussing VMware topics related to private and hybrid cloud. Each week Pete Flecha and John Nicholson bring in various subject matter experts from VMware, recently acquired by Broadcom, and within the industry to discuss their respective areas of expertise.

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  • #602
    June 5 · 17 min

    The Art of Troubleshooting: Solving Complex IT Problems Together

    Troubleshooting complex IT environments isn’t just about technology, it’s about people, process, and collaboration. Recorded at VMware Connect 2026, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson sit down with Kim Delgado and Mandy Bosco-Wilson (better known as Team Kandy) to discuss collaborative troubleshooting methodologies that help organizations solve problems faster and more effectively. The conversation explores common troubleshooting anti-patterns, the importance of psychological safety, blameless inquiry, scientific troubleshooting methods, and real-world examples of complex issues spanning vSAN, Kubernetes, Cloud Native Storage, networking, and infrastructure operations. Kim and Mandy share stories from the field, including how a seemingly simple issue bounced between multiple support teams before collaborative troubleshooting uncovered the true root cause. They also discuss strategies for handling multi-vendor incidents, avoiding siloed thinking, and creating environments where everyone can contribute to finding solutions. Whether you’re a VMware administrator, platform engineer, SRE, architect, or IT operations leader, this episode offers practical techniques you can apply to your own troubleshooting processes.

  • #601
    June 2 · 10 min

    Real-World VCF 9 Migrations: What Actually Works

    VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (and 9.1) is generating a lot of excitement, but many organizations are still operating with assumptions based on older VCF releases. In this episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson sit down with Bill Oyler from Presidio to separate fact from fiction and discuss what customers are actually experiencing as they adopt VMware Cloud Foundation 9. Bill shares lessons learned from customer migrations, including brownfield convergences, external storage support, infrastructure readiness assessments, and some of the most common upgrade pitfalls organizations encounter. The conversation covers everything from Enhanced Linked Mode and distributed switches to certificates, firewall rules, hardware compatibility, and practical planning considerations for successful VCF 9 adoption. Whether you’re evaluating VMware Cloud Foundation, preparing for a migration, or already planning your upgrade, this episode provides valuable insights from real-world customer engagements and deployments. #VirtuallySpeakingPodcast #VMware #VMwareCloudFoundation #VCF9 #VMUG #PrivateCloud #vSphere #vSAN #Broadcom

  • #600
    May 29 · 23 min

    From VMUG to Career Growth: The Power of Community

    In this episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast, we’re live from VMUG Connect in Minneapolis with Brock Peterson and Dale Hassinger from Broadcom for a conversation about community, blogging, automation, AI, and career growth. Brock and Dale share how community involvement, technical blogging, VMUG participation, hackathons, and simply putting your work out into the world can create real career opportunities. Dale talks about his journey from customer and community contributor to Broadcom employee, while Broc explains why blogs still matter as practical, reusable technical content for customers and practitioners. The conversation also explores how AI is changing the way infrastructure teams work, from troubleshooting YAML and building automation to creating apps, dashboards, and AI-driven home lab workflows. Whether you’re looking to grow your career, start blogging, present at a VMUG, or experiment with AI and automation, this episode is packed with practical encouragement from two long-time community contributors.give me some alternate titles. Links Mentioned Brock's Blog: https://www.brockpeterson.com/ Dale's Blog: https://www.vcrocs.info/

  • #599
    May 22 · 18 min

    GPUs, Kubernetes & AI Infrastructure Realities

    At KubeCon 2026, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson sit down with VMware by Broadcom’s Frank Denneman to explore one of the biggest infrastructure conversations happening in AI today: should Kubernetes workloads run on bare metal or virtualized infrastructure? The discussion dives deep into how AI workloads are changing infrastructure design, why Kubernetes and virtualization are becoming increasingly connected, and how technologies like DRS and Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) are evolving to support modern GPU-intensive environments. Frank explains the operational, security, and resource management challenges organizations face as AI adoption accelerates — especially when dealing with expensive GPU clusters, multi-tenant AI workloads, and the rise of AI agents. Topics include: Why virtualization still matters for Kubernetes and AI GPU scheduling, topology awareness, and resource isolation DRA (Dynamic Resource Allocation) in Kubernetes AI infrastructure efficiency and GPU utilization Security and isolation for AI agents and workloads Token governance and AI operational guardrails Lessons learned from decades of virtualization applied to AI infrastructure If you’re trying to understand where Kubernetes, virtualization, and AI infrastructure are headed next, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.

  • #598
    May 20 · 11 min

    What Enterprises Get Wrong About Kubernetes

    At KubeCon 2026, Pete and John sit down with Myles Gray, Product Marketing Engineer at Broadcom, to talk about what enterprises often underestimate when adopting Kubernetes. Myles shares lessons learned from years of working directly with Kubernetes platforms, platform engineering teams, and enterprise customers trying to move from experimentation into real production environments. The conversation dives into the operational realities of Kubernetes — including long-term maintenance, upgrades, GitOps workflows, CI/CD pipelines, open source integrations, security scanning, and why the ecosystem around Kubernetes matters just as much as Kubernetes itself. They also explore concepts like “golden paths to production,” Argo CD, Harbor, OpenTelemetry, container image security, Cloud Native Buildpacks, and how organizations can standardize application delivery without creating hundreds of fragmented deployment pipelines. If you’re trying to understand how enterprises are operationalizing Kubernetes at scale — and why platform engineering is becoming so important — this conversation is packed with practical insights.

  • #597
    May 19 · 53 min

    What's New in vSphere for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1

    VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 brings major updates to vSphere, and in this episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson sit down with Feidhlim O’Leary for a deeper technical look at what’s new. The conversation explores how vSphere 9.1 improves lifecycle management, streamlines firmware and driver updates, enhances VM management, and expands memory tiering capabilities introduced in earlier releases. Feidhlim also shares insights into observability improvements, operational simplification, and the types of day-to-day enhancements that practitioners will immediately appreciate. From certificate management and lifecycle automation to performance optimization and hardware enablement, this episode focuses on the practical operational improvements that make vSphere 9.1 one of the most substantial platform releases in recent years. If you’re running VMware Cloud Foundation or vSphere environments at scale, this is a great technical overview of the updates infrastructure teams should know about. #VMware #vSphere #VCF #VMwareCloudFoundation #virtuallyspeakingpodcast Links Mentioned What’s New with vSphere in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1? https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/05/12/whats-new-with-vsphere-9-1/ VMware vCenter Virtual Hardware Gets an Upgrade in vSphere with VCF 9.1 https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/05/12/vcenter-virtual-hardware-upgrade/ Non-Disruptive VMware vCenter Patching in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2026/05/12/vcenter-quick-patch/

  • #596
    May 18 · 18 min

    Tigera + VMware Cloud Foundation: Securing Kubernetes and AI at Scale

    Tigera is the creator of Calico, one of the most widely deployed Kubernetes networking and security platforms in the world, powering millions of Kubernetes nodes globally. In this conversation, Ratan explains why enterprise customers are demanding more advanced networking, observability, and microsegmentation capabilities for modern Kubernetes environments — especially as AI workloads continue to grow. The discussion covers Calico integration with VMware Kubernetes Service, platform engineering, service mesh, encryption, multi-cluster networking, and how organizations can simplify Kubernetes operations while improving security and performance. They also dive into one of the hottest topics at KubeCon: AI agents. Ratan shares how Tigera is thinking about agent governance, observability, authorization, and securing autonomous AI workloads across hybrid environments. If you’re building modern Kubernetes platforms, securing AI infrastructure, or operating cloud native applications at scale, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.

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