Moving to VMware Cloud Foundation doesn’t have to mean starting from scratch. But how do you decide what to keep, what to retire, and where to begin?
Recorded at VMware Explore 2026, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson join Chris Kusek, host of Architects Edge, and David Linthicum to discuss the architecture decisions behind a practical VCF adoption strategy. The conversation explores brownfield deployments, hardware compatibility, storage flexibility, and balancing existing investments with the need to reduce technical debt.
They also discuss how memory tiering can help address DRAM constraints and why private AI projects should start with a useful business outcome, an appropriate model, and a clear path to scale.
In this episode:
• Revisit assumptions about VCF requirements and deployment options
• Assess existing infrastructure and build a phased migration plan
• Decide when hardware reuse makes sense and when retirement delivers more value
• Explore memory tiering and capabilities you may already own
• Start private AI use cases on CPUs and scale as demand grows
