Richard Brunner, Principal Engineer and VP of Server Platform Technology at VMware, joins Conversations in the Cloud to discuss the new Intel\xae Xeon\xae Scalable Processors and how VMware is collaborating with Intel to deliver new data center solutions, based on the new processor capabilities. Richard discusses how they have been working closely with Intel to ensure that VMware can immediately take advantage of Intel\xae Select Solutions. Richard mentions that VMware is excited about taking advantage of Intel\xae Volume Management Device (Intel\xae VMD), which will improve manageability and serviceability for NVMe devices. Intel VMD will be supported on vSAN as well as vSphere, with Intel\xae Optane\u2122 SSDs. To learn more go to www.vmware.com , or follow VMware on Twitter at https://twitter.com/VMware.\n\nTo learn more about Hybrid Cloud visit www.intel.com/Cloud