In this episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast, hosts Pete Flecha and John Nicholson sit down with Raakhee Mistry from the VMware Cloud Foundation team and field CTO Mitesh Pancholy to discuss why many organizations are hitting the reset button on their cloud strategies.
Drawing from the new Private Cloud Outlook 2025 study—based on insights from 1,800 global IT leaders—the conversation explores a major trend: private cloud is making a comeback, with 53% of respondents prioritizing private cloud investments alongside public cloud.
Key drivers behind this shift include:
• Rising security and compliance demands
• The need for data sovereignty to support AI initiatives
• A push for cost predictability
• And a significant wave of cloud repatriation, with 69% moving workloads back on-prem
Mitesh shares Broadcom’s private cloud journey, highlighting how platform teams, self-service infrastructure, and upskilling initiatives are transforming IT delivery and enabling faster innovation.
Links Mentioned
- Private Cloud Outlook 2025 Report
- Article: Cloud reset as enterprises repatriate workloads to private cloud
- Article: Private Clouds and their Public Value
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