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Torsten Volk
@torstenvolk.bsky.social
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Industry analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), a TechTarget company, interested in everything that makes app developers more productive and of course in lots of other cool technologies. Obsessed with automating everything and trying every gadget.
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Jun 27
Quick chat with @jfrey80.bsky.social about #HPEDiscover 2025 in Vegas. #AIFactory was the top level theme for the entire conference, but there were many interesting 'sub topics', including the renaissance of #virtualization and the hunt for operational excellence. #ESG. youtu.be/wOvORB7-MKQ...
ESG Quick Take - HPE Discover 2025 - Jim Frey and Torsten Volk
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · 6d
Why AI co-pilots will never become actual 'pilots' as long as they are based on LLMs. That's not a bad thing, as the production gain can be large. But just like an actor playing a doctor on TV is not really a doctor, a copilot using an llm is not a programmer.

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AI agents are accelerators, not developer replacements | TechTarget
Learn how AI agents automate tasks like code generation, testing and documentation, but still require oversight for complex decision-making.
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · 18d
Cool chart showing the hairball of interconnections between AI and cloud companies. #TooBigToFail
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anthony restaino @anthonycr.bsky.social · 19d
ah shit, I had swapped lambda and coreweave around to make the diagram more sane and forgot to move the super micro funding arrow from coreweave to lambda. fixed
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · 19d
Machine Data trained LLMs and automatically generated dashboards for issue prevention. Very interesting Splunk .conf25 -> BLOG POST: www.techtarget.com/searchdatama... #Highlights #Splunk #Cisco #AICanvas #Observability
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · 24d
Red Hat analyst summit in London: 1) virtualization and 2) AI -> not necessarily in that order.

Theme: Disruption Needs Choice

Key products: RHEL10, vLLM, llm-d, Lightspeed and of course OpenShift.

Combination of open source and enterprise-grade support. @omdiahq.bsky.social #ESG #RedHat
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The New Stack @thenewstack.io · Aug 17
Broadcom's @vmware.bsky.social Cloud Foundation 9.0 aims to solve a longstanding DevOps challenge by enabling containers and VMs to run side by side with unified management.

By @bcgain.bsky.social feat. @torstenvolk.bsky.social
VMware VCF 9.0 Finally Unifies Container and VM Management
Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 aims to solve a longstanding DevOps challenge by enabling containers and VMs to run side by side with unified management.
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Aug 28
Wow, flying out of LAX now makes you use your face as a boarding pass. Even in a free country that much Tracking would be spooky.
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Aug 26
You can say what you want about Broadcom's app modernization and cloud strategy, but look at this stock growth. #VMwareExplore
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Aug 26
"We can vmotion LLM workloads just like anyhting else" -> need to look at the implications of that statement. #VMwareExplore
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Aug 26
"I'm the most excited about #Kubernetes being a native part of VCF 9" -> from the VMware Explore keynote.
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Aug 26
"90% of enterprises have committed to VCF" -> "you are not alone. Everybody is moving this way" #VMwareExplore @vmware.bsky.social @broadcom.bsky.social @omdia.bsky.social
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Aug 26
"It is insane, I've been doing it since 25 years and I'm still loving it" -> intro #VMware Explore keynote. -> analysis of the latet announcements to follow -> #ESG @broadcom.bsky.social @vmware.bsky.social
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Aug 8
Love the term 'confident nonsense' to describe how LLMs are able to plausibly and fluently provide great-sounding explanations for entirely made-up 'facts'. -> here's my blog on Minimum Viable Observability, as the remedy for 'confident nonsense': www.linkedin.com/pulse/minimu...
ESG Newsletter: Minimum Viable Observability for AI - The Foundation for AI Success at Scale
There are many impressive examples of Large Large Models (LLMs) generating plausible-sounding but completely unverified claims. Once an end user falls for one of these, they never view an LLM the same...
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Aug 7
Minimum Viable Observability is key for LLMs and LLM-driven apps -> Latest BLOG -> www.linkedin.com/pulse/minimu...
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ESG Newsletter: Minimum Viable Observability for AI - The Foundation for AI Success at Scale
There are many impressive examples of Large Large Models (LLMs) generating plausible-sounding but completely unverified claims. Once an end user falls for one of these, they never view an LLM the same...
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Jul 8
HPE Discover was all about AI Factory, operational excellence, and Hybrid Cloud. Here's my quick BLOG summary: www.techtarget.com/searchdatace...
Virtualization alternatives and AI: Lessons from HPE Discover | TechTarget
At HPE Discover 2025, key insights emerged on virtualization alternatives and AI infrastructure updates to meet evolving IT demands.
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The New Stack @thenewstack.io · Jul 6
Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 aims to solve a longstanding DevOps challenge by enabling containers and VMs to run side by side with unified management.

By @bcgain.bsky.social feat. @torstenvolk.bsky.social
VMware VCF 9.0 Finally Unifies Container and VM Management
Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 aims to solve a longstanding DevOps challenge by enabling containers and VMs to run side by side with unified management.
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Jul 2
Can't believe the best AI app builder closed down. Farewell Lazy AI.

Interestingly, my favorite data notebook (the name escapes me now) also was shut down a while ago.

Shows that quality is not (always) the key success factor for startups. #AppDev #Copilot #AI #ESG
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Jul 2
In case someone is interested in how to crash MacOS no matter how much RAM you have: Accidentally load a 50+GB size video into another video (instead of loading the intended 5MB photo). It's impressive how the power button becomes the only way out :-).
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The New Stack @thenewstack.io · Jul 2
Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 aims to solve a longstanding DevOps challenge by enabling containers and VMs to run side by side with unified management.

By @bcgain.bsky.social feat. @torstenvolk.bsky.social
VMware VCF 9.0 Finally Unifies Container and VM Management
Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 aims to solve a longstanding DevOps challenge by enabling containers and VMs to run side by side with unified management.
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Jul 1
Yes, AI and VM are the big topics of the day. A quarter century after the virtual machine was 'discovered'.
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The New Stack @thenewstack.io · Jul 1
At this year’s #KubeCon EU in London, the narrative began to shift.
KubeCon Is Starting To Sound a Lot Like VMCon
At this year’s KubeCon EU in London, the narrative began to shift.
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Jun 27
This is one interesting discussion on VMware licensing (on Reddit): www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/c... #virtualization
From the sysadmin community on Reddit: VMware perpetual license holder receives audit letter
Explore this post and more from the sysadmin community
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Jun 27
Quick chat with @jfrey80.bsky.social about #HPEDiscover 2025 in Vegas. #AIFactory was the top level theme for the entire conference, but there were many interesting 'sub topics', including the renaissance of #virtualization and the hunt for operational excellence. #ESG. youtu.be/wOvORB7-MKQ...
ESG Quick Take - HPE Discover 2025 - Jim Frey and Torsten Volk
YouTube video by Torsten Volk
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Jun 25
The sphere is nice and all, but the Palazzo needs to clean its windows :)
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Jun 24
Morpheus, OpsRamp and Zerto are three components of the HPE Cloud Ops Software Suite. #HPEDiscover #HybridCloud
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Jun 24
Freaking amazing FX at #HPEDiscover keynote. Very innovation focused. Clear purpose of HPE advance how people live and work.
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Torsten Volk @torstenvolk.bsky.social · Jun 24
HPE Discover keynote about to start! #HPEDiscover #AIFactory