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Broadcom Contributes VM API Open Source Project to Cloud Native Computing Foundation

  • Broadcom announced the VM API project has been accepted into the CNCF Sandbox to enable vendor-neutral virtual machine management through Kubernetes APIs.
  • The VM API allows virtual machines to be provisioned & managed via Kubernetes APIs across multiple heterogeneous infrastructure providers.
  • Broadcom is co-chairing the newly formed Workload Conformance Working Group within the Kubernetes community to establish a shared standard for workload execution.
  • More than 20 new partner solutions have been validated for VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) to expand customer choice & flexibility.
  • The 2026 Virtual Machines Report from the Linux Foundation found VMs account for 53% of production applications, with 34% of organizations expanding VM footprints due to AI & agentic workloads.
  • Moving VM API to CNCF stewardship creates an opportunity for a community-driven operating model that supports consistent governance across VMs & containers.
  • VKS is a CNCF-certified Kubernetes runtime built into VMware Cloud Foundation that runs directly on the hypervisor to share clusters & control planes for VMs, containers, & AI workloads.
  • Validated observability partners for VKS include Datadog, Grafana Labs, New Relic, & Splunk by Cisco.
  • Security & compliance validations include CrowdStrike Falcon platform, Sysdig, & Tigera Lynx.
  • Data & AI solution validations include Canonical Apache Spark & H2O AI Cloud.
  • Application delivery & database validations include Akuity Platform, Coherent Spark, KubeDB by AppsCode, & Siemens Mendix.
  • Storage & networking validations include Traefik Labs, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, & Scality RING.
Company
Broadcom Inc.
Keywords
Nasdaq:AVGO, Broadcom Inc., CNCF, VMware Cloud Foundation, vSphere Kubernetes Service, Open Source, Kubernetes