Interactive Delivers the Modern Private Cloud | Broadcom Delivers the Modern Private Cloud
AI Summary
This video is a special presentation recorded by theCUBE in Palo Alto Studios featuring John Koutsodontis, General Manager of Managed Services at Interactive, an Australian IT services provider and Broadcom pinnacle partner. They discuss the launch of Broadcom VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 and its role in delivering the modern private cloud. John explains their company supports businesses across Australia and New Zealand in their cloud journeys, from data centers to private and public clouds, focusing on IT modernization, transformation, and strategic cloud solutions.
Key topics include:
- “Cloud rebalancing”: optimizing workload placement between public and private clouds to reduce costs, enhance security, and improve performance.
- Drivers of private cloud adoption: IT modernization, cost optimization, security, and sovereignty, especially important for regulated industries.
- Cost visibility and data sovereignty as critical factors in cloud strategy decisions.
- How Interactive leverages Broadcom VCF for automation, security, workload flexibility, AI readiness, and disaster recovery, delivered via managed services for reliable, predictable cloud operations.
- Trends in repatriating workloads from public to private clouds for cost, security, latency, and control benefits.
- Practical AI adoption challenges such as infrastructure readiness, security, compliance, and strategic planning, and how Broadcom and Interactive help customers overcome these.
- Customer success stories illustrating various cloud journey decisions based on application needs.
Overall, the conversation emphasizes the importance of hybrid cloud strategies, trusted managed service providers, and tailored infrastructure to unlock business value, resilience, and scalability especially in an AI-driven world with evolving data demands.