I've just now started watching the VMware portion of CFD13 and have only seen Amanda's segment so far. Maybe this will be explained better in the subsequent videos, but I was struck by the slide showing the "stack" of software needed to make cross cloud a reality. If I heard right, you need VCF + Tanzu + vRealize (presumably all the pieces - ie: vRealize Automation, vRealize Operations, vRealize Network Insight, etc.) + Cloud Health at a minimum. As a VMware partner I saw visions of a big fat bloated VMware suite with dozens of sku's, products you are required to purchase but will rarely use, salivating VMware reps with visions of ELA's, and a fair amount of lock-in at least at the VMware level. It would be interesting to know how well some of the items can co-exist with non-VMware product. Terraform and/or Ansible instead of vRealize Automation comes to mind immediately.
I've just now started watching the VMware portion of CFD13 and have only seen Amanda's segment so far. Maybe this will be explained better in the subsequent videos, but I was struck by the slide showing the "stack" of software needed to make cross cloud a reality. If I heard right, you need VCF + Tanzu + vRealize (presumably all the pieces - ie: vRealize Automation, vRealize Operations, vRealize Network Insight, etc.) + Cloud Health at a minimum. As a VMware partner I saw visions of a big fat bloated VMware suite with dozens of sku's, products you are required to purchase but will rarely use, salivating VMware reps with visions of ELA's, and a fair amount of lock-in at least at the VMware level. It would be interesting to know how well some of the items can co-exist with non-VMware product. Terraform and/or Ansible instead of vRealize Automation comes to mind immediately.