ITQonnect Days & ITQon! 2026

An overview of how AVI enhances VKS and provides advanced Layer 4 and Layer 7 capabilities, including GSLB, Gateway API, ...

AI infrastructure is moving beyond simply hosting models. The next generation of platforms must support complete AI systems: model serving, intelligent routing, shared inference services, agents, tools, memory, and isolated execution environments.
In this session, we take a look behind the curtain at where VMware Private AI Services (PAIS) is heading. We will introduce the new VMware AI Factory initiative, walk through the PAIS Model Runtime 4.0 architecture, and show how its components work together to provide models as a scalable platform service.
We will then expand the view beyond model inference and examine VCF as a platform for agentic workloads. We will look at where agents run, how they consume shared model endpoints, why agents need isolated execution environments, and which infrastructure services are required to support them.
The goal is to connect the individual technologies into one architectural picture and show how VCF, PAIS, and the VMware AI Factory fit together as the foundation for enterprise AI.

The world of IT is changing rapidly, so the VCF Storage and Data roadmap also constantly evolves. In this session Duncan Epping will share with you what you can expect for Storage and Data services in the upcoming releases of VCF. And, of course, it wouldn’t be a VMware session without mentioning  AI, but instead of fluffy slides, I will bring some demos for you!

It all started with one fading PowerBI report and a stubborn afternoon. What VHST, RVTools and Live Optics became when they met vibe coding is the rest of the story. What if vSphere Insight stopped being vSphere Insight?

Security and Compliance does not always require endless spreadsheets, PDFs, Docs and manual tasks.
In this session we explore how the MITRE Security Automation Framework (SAF) can support use cases which require a standardized, automated compliance pipeline. An approach to be able to scale with the infrastructure and remove human errors.

We will walk you through a use case auditing an environment which needs to fulfill special security requirements by extending VMware DISA STIG compliance checks.

You will be introduced to a framework built on open source tooling.

Your takeaways:
- Understanding of MITRE SAF
- How to extend existing STIG profiles
- A live demo of a framework built on open source toolsets