VMware Unleashes Its Kubernetes Strategy

VMware’s comprehensive Kubernetes strategy went into full throttle Tuesday with the wide release of its two main components—the new Tanzu container platform and direct integration of the container orchestrator into the vSphere virtualization platform. With some of VMware’s most significant product updates and introductions in recent years, the company that pioneered virtualization and private cloud took a leap forward in advancing a multi-cloud posture that leverages Kubernetes to empower developers building cloud-native apps as well as IT operations teams supporting legacy ones. To enable modern application architectures and hybrid cloud adoption, VMware introduced Tanzu, a portfolio of Kubernetes-based services, as well as VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0, which incorporates vSphere 7.0, a re-architecture of that flagship product to incorporate Kubernetes.