Across the enterprise, IT teams are under pressure to deliver more innovation, support more applications, and respond to business needs—faster and with fewer resources. At the same time, they’re managing workloads based on containers and traditional VMs, and even hybrid workloads that span the two.
But with separate stacks, teams, and policies, the result is a fragmented environment–one that’s harder to manage, scale, and secure. The effort required to coordinate across those silos leads to unnecessary complexity, slower delivery, and rising operational costs.
It’s clear: How teams build, deploy, and manage applications needs to evolve.
When Infrastructure Doubles, So Do the Headaches
Managing VMs and containers on separate platforms creates a host of challenges: operational inconsistency, increased costs, and slower delivery.
It’s a structure built for the past, and it has no place in the future. Delaying change comes at a price:
- Siloed environments and duplicated work
- Fragmented visibility, inconsistent policies
- Redundant licensing costs
- Slower response to business needs
This isn’t just technical overhead. It’s a barrier to agility. And over time, it adds up—to higher TCO, increased complexity, and missed opportunities.
One Platform for VMs and Containers
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) eliminates the barrier by delivering a single, integrated platform for running both virtual machines and container-based applications.
With VCF, organizations get built-in Kubernetes runtime through vSphere Kubernetes Service—an upstream-conformant distribution that comes included with VCF. No bolt-ons. No separate licensing. No added complexity.
It’s the same VCF you already trust for compute, storage, networking, automation, and intelligent operations—now extended to modern apps, without requiring a separate Kubernetes stack.
The Outcomes That Matter
This shift isn’t (just) about technical simplification. It’s about driving outcomes that make a measurable difference to both IT and the business. With VCF, you unlock:
- Simplified operations – One self-service portal, one set of policies, one set of APIs
- Reduced costs – One license for both workloads; fewer servers, fewer tools
- Increased agility – Faster provisioning and scaling; consistent governance across environments
- Improved utilization – Run more workloads per server and reduce infrastructure sprawl
- Future readiness – Run the version of Kubernetes that each application needs, with an upstream conformant Certified Kubernetes distribution
These aren’t abstract benefits—they’re tangible gains that enable your team to focus on what’s next instead of managing what’s outdated.
You Already Have What You Need. It’s Time to Use It
If you’re running VMware Cloud Foundation today, you already have the capabilities to unify your infrastructure. There’s no need to adopt a separate Kubernetes platform—often with expensive functionality you don’t need—or build new operational silos.
The question isn’t “Can we support modern apps?”—with VCF, the answer is already yes. The real question is: Are we making the most of the platform we’ve already invested in?
It’s time to bring VMs and containers together. To simplify operations. To reduce costs. And to move faster—with confidence.
Next Steps
- Watch the video to see how VMware Cloud Foundation unifies VMs and containers—on one platform, with no added complexity.
- Dive deeper by reviewing this infographic and downloading the solution overview.
- Talk with your VMware account team about how to streamline operations, modernize app delivery, and reduce costs—using the platform you already have.
