09 : 00

Welcome, Housekeeping & Introductions

By VMUG Leadership Team

09 : 15

Advancing Private Cloud and AI Innovation with VMware Cloud Foundation

Broadcom is enhancing VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) to prioritize developer agility and control, enabling rapid application development while maintaining enterprise-grade security and governance. VCF is also emerging as a key platform for Private AI, helping organizations meet data privacy and regulatory demands while reducing the cost and complexity of on-premises AI deployment through new subscription models.

By Magnus Backman, Solution Architect Leader@VMware by Broadcom

By Sadaf Allahyari, Senior Solution Architect@VMware by Broadcom

10 : 00

VMware on NetApp: Unified Storage with Built-In Ransomware Protection

VMware environments need speed, simplicity and security. This session shows how NetApp ONTAP delivers a unified and optimized storage platform for VMware workloads. We’ll cover how to leverage NetApp ONTAP’s rich feature set in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), from files to blocks. We’ll also show you how the built-in ransomware protection engine protects your critical workloads.

By John Henriksson, Solution Engineer @ NetApp

11 : 00

Break & Networking

11 : 30

Omnissa Session

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By Christian Nilsson, Senior Solutions Engineer @ Omnissa

13 : 00

Lunch

14 : 00

Accelerate Enterprise AI: Exploring the New VMware Private AI Foundation

The race to adopt generative AI is on, but security, privacy, and complexity remain critical barriers for the enterprise. Discover how the VMware Private AI Foundation, built on the latest release of VMware Cloud Foundation, provides a secure and flexible pathway to harnessing the power of AI. This session will cover the major platform updates from VMware Explore, detailing how new features enable seamless integration of AI tools and data services. Through a brief, live demo, you will see firsthand how these new capabilities simplify AI infrastructure management and accelerate the delivery of next-generation applications.

By Will Rodbard, Master Architect @ VMware by Broadcom

14 : 45

How to protect your VCF/vSphere/ESXi platform against ransomware

VMware VCF, vCenter Server and ESXi are common high-value targets for ransomware attacks, and the attackers are still getting better. In this session, we will use real-life experiences from defending against attacks to show how the attacks have evolved, how you should architect your VCF/vSphere platforms to protect against them, and how to use logging to proactively detect them *before* they encrypt your ESXi hosts and VMs. No marketing, no compliance frameworks, real demos.

By Anders Olsson, Senior Infrastructure/Security Architect @ Truesec

15 : 30

Closing and Prize Giveaway