Infrastructure run for one organisation alone but operated like a cloud, with self-service, automation and multi-tenancy. Broadcom positions VCF as its platform for building one.
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- VMware Cloud Foundation
Broadcom's platform for private cloud. It unifies management of NSX, vSAN, vSphere, VCF Automation and VCF Operations as one fleet; VVF, by contrast, lacks automation and cloud management.
Related terms
- SDDC
Short for software-defined data centre, where software virtualises and controls networking, storage and compute. VCF provides this in private cloud form, and SDDC Manager keeps the name.