17.07.2026 | Patrick Stieglbauer
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The IT industry is currently experiencing significant cost increases across the infrastructure landscape. Prices for CPUs, DRAM memory, and enterprise NVMe storage continue to rise steadily. At the same time, increasing energy and cooling costs are putting additional pressure on operational expenditures (OPEX). Evolving software licensing models are also shortening infrastructure refresh cycles. This raises a critical question: How can organizations support more workloads, improve performance, and deliver greater business value without investing in additional hardware?
In this video, you’ll learn why VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 shifts the focus from hardware expansion to efficiency and intelligent resource utilization.
VMware by Broadcom Cloud Foundation VCF 9.1 addresses this challenge head-on. Rather than relying on costly hardware expansion, the platform prioritizes operational efficiency, automation, and infrastructure consolidation. For partners, this creates new revenue opportunities, stronger value propositions in customer engagements, and additional growth potential through professional and managed services.
VCF 9.1 integrates compute, storage, networking, and management into a unified architecture. For partners, this translates into simpler designs, fewer infrastructure components, and more stable project outcomes.
With vSphere 9, VCF 9.1 takes workload density to the next level. Organizations can achieve higher performance per host while requiring less hardware.
One of the most impactful efficiency innovations is NVMe-based Memory Tiering. Instead of relying solely on expensive DRAM upgrades, VCF 9.1 leverages NVMe devices as a cost-effective secondary memory layer.
At a time of rising hardware costs, NVMe Memory Tiering becomes a strategic tool for balancing scalability and cost efficiency.
For the first time, eliminating the need for expensive external storage arrays becomes a realistic option – making vSAN ESA 9.1 a compelling choice for modern data center transformation initiatives.
By automating routine infrastructure operations, VCF 9.1 helps organizations reduce operational expenditures (OPEX) while maximizing the lifespan of existing hardware investments.
VMware Aria Operations continuously analyzes resource consumption, predicts workload peaks, and helps prevent resource overprovisioning before it impacts performance.
VCF 9.1 extends the hybrid cloud capabilities of VMware Cloud Foundation by supporting VMware Cloud on AWS, Azure VMware Solution, and Google Cloud VMware Engine. This enables organizations to seamlessly extend workloads to the cloud, allowing them to handle temporary capacity peaks without purchasing additional on-premises hardware.
While traditional hardware sales continue to decline, profit margins are growing in the areas of consulting, migration services, and managed services.
VCF 9.1 is the strategic response to rising infrastructure and hardware costs.
During this phase of transformation, authorized partners benefit from targeted enablement programs provided by TD SYNNEX Switzerland. Through VCF Demo Center Workshops, VCF Experience Days, and tailored enablement initiatives for both sales and technical teams, partners gain deep technical expertise as well as practical customer-facing arguments that help demonstrate the value of the platform.
Take advantage of the opportunities offered by VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 to deliver greater efficiency, increased flexibility, and lower infrastructure costs to your customers – while simultaneously unlocking new revenue opportunities in the areas of consulting, migration, and managed services.
Patrick Stieglbauer
Business Manager VMware by Broadcom
patrick.stieglbauer@tdsynnex.com
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