Broadcom and Canonical Expand Partnership to Optimize VMware Cloud Foundation for Modern Container and AI Workloads
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) and Canonical have announced an expanded partnership to enhance VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) for modern container and AI workloads. The collaboration combines Canonical's Ubuntu, the leading Cloud OS, with VCF, the industry's first unified private cloud platform.
The partnership will deliver three key benefits: VMware Cloud Foundation + Ubuntu Pro with enterprise support for comprehensive stack management, enhanced security and efficiency through chiseled Ubuntu containers, and faster AI deployments with pre-compiled virtualized GPU drivers for air-gapped environments.
This integration aims to help customers accelerate innovation while reducing costs and risks, particularly for organizations building Kubernetes-based modern applications.
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) e Canonical hanno annunciato l'ampliamento della loro collaborazione per potenziare VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) per carichi di lavoro moderni basati su container e AI. L'integrazione unisce Ubuntu, il principale Cloud OS di Canonical, con VCF, la prima piattaforma privata unificata del settore.
La partnership offrirà tre vantaggi principali: VMware Cloud Foundation + Ubuntu Pro con supporto enterprise per una gestione completa dello stack, migliore sicurezza ed efficienza grazie a container Ubuntu ottimizzati e implementazioni AI più rapide con driver GPU virtualizzati precompilati per ambienti air-gapped.
Questa integrazione mira ad aiutare i clienti ad accelerare l’innovazione riducendo costi e rischi, in particolare per le organizzazioni che sviluppano applicazioni moderne basate su Kubernetes.
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) y Canonical han anunciado una ampliación de su colaboración para mejorar VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) en cargas de trabajo modernas de contenedores e IA. La alianza combina Ubuntu, el principal sistema operativo en la nube de Canonical, con VCF, la primera plataforma de nube privada unificada del sector.
La asociación proporcionará tres beneficios clave: VMware Cloud Foundation + Ubuntu Pro con soporte empresarial para la gestión completa del stack, mayor seguridad y eficiencia mediante contenedores Ubuntu afinados y despliegues de IA más rápidos con controladores GPU virtualizados precompilados para entornos air-gapped.
Esta integración pretende ayudar a los clientes a acelerar la innovación reduciendo costes y riesgos, especialmente para organizaciones que construyen aplicaciones modernas basadas en Kubernetes.
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO)와 Canonical이 컨테이너 및 AI 기반 최신 워크로드를 위한 VMware Cloud Foundation(VCF)을 강화하기 위해 파트너십을 확대했다고 발표했습니다. 이번 협력은 Canonical의 대표 클라우드 OS인 Ubuntu와 업계 최초의 통합 프라이빗 클라우드 플랫폼인 VCF를 결합합니다.
이번 파트너십은 세 가지 주요 혜택을 제공합니다: 스택 전반의 엔터프라이즈 지원을 포함한 VMware Cloud Foundation + Ubuntu Pro, 정교하게 최적화된 Ubuntu 컨테이너를 통한 향상된 보안 및 효율성, 그리고 에어갭 환경을 위한 사전 컴파일된 가상화 GPU 드라이버로 더 빠른 AI 배포를 가능하게 합니다.
이 통합은 특히 Kubernetes 기반의 최신 애플리케이션을 구축하는 조직들이 혁신을 가속화하면서 비용과 리스크를 줄이도록 돕는 것을 목표로 합니다.
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) et Canonical ont annoncé l'élargissement de leur partenariat pour renforcer VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) pour les charges de travail modernes en conteneurs et en IA. Cette collaboration associe Ubuntu, le système d'exploitation cloud leader de Canonical, à VCF, la première plateforme privée unifiée du secteur.
Le partenariat apportera trois bénéfices clés : VMware Cloud Foundation + Ubuntu Pro avec un support enterprise pour la gestion complète de la pile, une sécurité et une efficience accrues grâce à des conteneurs Ubuntu optimisés, et des déploiements IA plus rapides avec des pilotes GPU virtualisés précompilés pour les environnements air-gapped.
Cette intégration vise à aider les clients à accélérer l'innovation tout en réduisant coûts et risques, notamment pour les organisations qui développent des applications modernes basées sur Kubernetes.
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) und Canonical haben eine erweiterte Partnerschaft angekündigt, um VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) für moderne Container- und KI-Workloads zu optimieren. Die Zusammenarbeit vereint Canonicals Ubuntu, das führende Cloud-Betriebssystem, mit VCF, der ersten einheitlichen Private-Cloud-Plattform der Branche.
Die Partnerschaft bringt drei wesentliche Vorteile: VMware Cloud Foundation + Ubuntu Pro mit Enterprise-Support für das umfassende Stack-Management, verbesserte Sicherheit und Effizienz durch gezielt optimierte Ubuntu-Container und schnellere KI-Einführungen dank vorab kompilierten virtualisierten GPU-Treibern für air-gapped Umgebungen.
Die Integration zielt darauf ab, Kunden bei der Beschleunigung von Innovationen zu unterstützen und gleichzeitig Kosten sowie Risiken zu senken — besonders für Organisationen, die moderne, Kubernetes-basierte Anwendungen entwickeln.
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Broadcom's VMware partnership with Canonical strengthens its competitive position in private cloud for AI and containerized workloads.
Broadcom's expanded partnership with Canonical represents a strategic enhancement to its VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) offering. By integrating Canonical's Ubuntu Pro and chiseled containers with VCF, Broadcom is addressing critical enterprise needs for secure, efficient Kubernetes deployments.
The collaboration targets three key market pain points: developer efficiency, security risk management, and AI workload deployment complexity. The chiseled Ubuntu containers will significantly reduce storage requirements and attack surfaces by eliminating unnecessary components, a critical advantage in enterprise environments where security vulnerabilities can be costly.
Most notably, the partnership's focus on GPU driver integration for AI workloads addresses a substantial friction point in enterprise AI adoption. By enabling air-gapped deployments with pre-compiled virtualized GPU drivers, Broadcom is removing a major obstacle for organizations with strict security requirements that need to deploy AI applications without external dependencies.
This partnership strengthens Broadcom's competitive positioning against both traditional infrastructure providers and public cloud hyperscalers. By combining VMware's enterprise virtualization leadership with Ubuntu's dominant position as the preferred cloud operating system, Broadcom is creating a compelling private cloud solution specifically optimized for the fastest-growing workload categories: containerized applications and AI systems.
Collaboration combines the leading Cloud OS with the industry’s first unified private cloud platform to accelerate cloud native innovation
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VMware Explore 2025 -- Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) and Canonical today announced an expanded collaboration to help customers ship modern container-based and AI applications faster and more securely. By bringing together Canonical’s trusted open-source software with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), the industry’s first unified private cloud platform, this partnership will help customers accelerate innovation, with lower costs and less risk.
“Broadcom has delivered VCF as the industry’s first unified private cloud platform for modern private clouds. Canonical is the trusted leader in open source innovation and the publisher of Ubuntu, the number one Cloud OS,” said Paul Turner, vice president of products, VMware Cloud Foundation Division at Broadcom. “Together, our partnership will help customers that are building Kubernetes-based modern applications improve developer efficiency, manage security risks, and simplify AI workload deployment.”
“Canonical is partnering with Broadcom to address a long-standing question from customers: innovate or stay secure?” said Regis Paquette, SVP global sales alliances, channels and industry verticals at Canonical. “Now, by bringing enterprise-grade Ubuntu and chiseled Ubuntu containers to the VCF platform, organizations can both innovate at speed and get the reliable security maintenance they need to drive the next wave of enterprise and AI innovation.”
Customers building Kubernetes-based modern applications often face challenges in improving developer efficiency, managing security risks from oversized container images, and simplifying AI workload deployment, especially in air-gapped environments that struggle with external GPU driver dependencies. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) provides a unified cloud experience to deploy modern containerized apps using vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS). This expanded partnership will provide customers with:
- VMware Cloud Foundation + Ubuntu Pro with Enterprise Support: Customers will benefit from enterprise-grade support across the complete stack including Ubuntu OS and Kubernetes-based containers integrated into VCF. This will include expedited security patch management with a robust process to review, prioritize, and fix critical vulnerabilities.
- Better Security and Efficiency with Chiseled Containers: By standardizing on chiseled Ubuntu containers for popular language runtimes such as Python, .NET and Go, enterprise developers will experience faster development-to-production cycles. These lighter container images consume significantly less storage space, leading to optimized resource consumption and accelerated network transfer times when pulling or pushing images to and from registries. Chiseled Ubuntu containers minimize the attack surface by removing unnecessary content from the container.
- Faster AI Deployments with GPU Drivers: Ubuntu images with precompiled virtualized GPU drivers enable customers to achieve simplified deployment and more secure operations even in air-gapped environments, significantly reducing their dependency on external repositories and Internet access. This not only streamlines the development process but also leads to optimal performance, as deployment time and resource consumption are notably reduced by removing the need for on-node driver compilation and sharing of valuable GPU hardware. Elimination of on-node driver compilation optimizes performance and reduces time and resource consumption during deployment.
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