As companies deploy new AI applications for innovation, they can look toward improving IT operations to help deliver business results. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is a single platform that delivers containers and virtual machines for both AI and existing applications. Forrester Consulting conducted a 2026 commissioned Spotlight abstract based on The Projected Total Economic Impact™ Of VMware Cloud Foundation 9¹. This Spotlight is based on information from customer interviews. The Spotlight reflects the experiences of IT teams operating effectively in large and medium-sized complex enterprises running VCF 9 in production. 

Read the VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Spotlight: Streamlining Private Cloud Operations to see these benefits of VCF:

• 90%: Eliminated third-party tool costs following consolidation onto VCF 9.
• 70%: Faster lifecycle operations to reduce maintenance windows.
• 33%: Reduction in infrastructure operations effort.
• 50%: Reduction in tool sprawl yielding savings through software consolidation and lower vendor management costs.²

“…VMware Cloud Foundation…delivers capabilities for continuous performance optimization, lifecycle management, cost and capacity planning, troubleshooting, and integrated security operations across containers and virtual machines.“²

Customers of VMware Cloud Foundation 9 are seeing multiple benefits that accelerate their infrastructure journey when operating their private clouds.

To learn more about these findings, read the commissioned Forrester Spotlight on behalf of Broadcom to see the full benefits and cost analysis behind these numbers on VMware Cloud Foundation 9.

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¹Source: Results are based on interviewed customers. Forrester New Technology: The Projected Total Economic Impact™ Of VMware Cloud Foundation 9, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Broadcom, August 2026. 

²Source: Results are based on interviewed customers. Forrester: VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Spotlight: Streamlining Private Cloud Operations, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Broadcom, October 2026.