Paul Berndt
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Paul Berndt
@VPaulCB
#vExpert Founder of NetVPro, Fisherman, Father and husband Tallahassee leader
Wellington, FL Katılım Kasım 2014
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At NetVpro we’ve always been smart cloud first
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🚨 The “cloud-first” era? It’s being replaced. In conversations with senior tech leaders, a new paradigm is taking shape: on-prem is back—not as legacy, but as strategy. I call it The Fourth Cloud. Here’s what’s driving this shift: 1.Cloud Costs Are Coming Due Public cloud isn’t cheap at scale. Always-on workloads, data egress, logging, and AI/LLM inference costs are raising red flags. Repatriation is no longer taboo—it’s smart spend optimization. 2.Operational Agility, On-Prem Enterprise leaders are done with legacy complexity. Modern platforms must offer cloud-like simplicity, speed-to-deploy, and a developer-first experience. On-prem needs to move at SaaS speed. 3.Integrate or Die No new platform survives in isolation. Enterprises demand seamless integration with existing DR, SIEM, XDR, and hybrid environments. Compatibility is king. 4.Prove It—Fast New vendors won’t win through promises. Strategic PoCs—low-risk, high-impact—are the new buying motion. Show business outcomes, not just benchmark charts. Win with trust and transparency. 🔁 The Fourth Cloud isn’t a trend—it’s an enterprise evolution. It brings: •Public cloud agility, API-driven control •On-prem predictability and cost governance •Seamless hybrid operations with true workload flexibility This isn’t just infrastructure. It’s infrastructure strategy. 💡 Cloud-smart leaders aren’t choosing sides—they’re choosing what works. 👇 What’s your take on the return of on-prem as a value driver? 🧠 Want to go deeper into building your cloud-smart strategy? Check out my full analysis: thectoadvisor.com/blog/2025/06/2…
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@CTOAdvisor Oh, it’s just how I read it, i’ve always said to make a move based on cost is dumb. But if you can get similar features for a lot less cost. It is a pretty compelling. Combining it with a hardware refresh may make financial sense.
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@VPaulCB I don’t know if I’ve said can’t. There if it’s worth it or not.
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Do large VMware customers have practical options for moving away from vSphere? I'll count anything other than Yes as an effective No.
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@CTOAdvisor I would challenge your statement of large Customer can’t get off of VMWare. It’s like any other project, you do a POC. Once that is a success you break out the steps needed to complete the transition.
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So, we've effectively seen the price increases from @Broadcom for @VMware vSphere via a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) bundling. Customers have assessed Broadcom and know it has them where Broadcom wants them. What's next? VMware by Broadcom needs to show the value for that price increase via the bundling.
Broadcom envisions being the on-premises cloud for large enterprises. However, I don't believe customers are asking for on-premises cloud in the classical sense.
Customers want on-premises platforms that meet their application and data needs. Is that a cloud? I'm not convinced. The cloud providers are very good at creating services that meet my new application development needs.
What I need is a platform to run my steady-state applications. I, therefore, need somewhere to transition my application from the public cloud as I modernize my overall application lifecycle process. I need an on-premises platform. Will that be VCF?
That's a fair question, and where Broadcom needs to show the value for that extra spend over the longer term. Otherwise, the industry will catch up and provide alternatives to providing a good enough virtualization platform.
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@netvpro Many people put their static workloads in the cloud!
But we can optimize it, so you’re not getting charged 24 seven for something are only using 8x5
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Are you interested in Cloud Computing? Here are some of its characteristics!
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#cloudcomputing #thecloud #flexibility #selfservice #elasticity #remote #ITconsultant #helppeople #solveproblems #addvalue
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