Federal agencies are under pressure to modernize application delivery while maintaining strict compliance, zero-trust posture, and operational stability. Platform Engineering has emerged as the architectural pattern to reconcile these competing demands.

In this session, we explore how VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 enables a structured, secure, and automatable platform engineering approach across virtual machines and Kubernetes workloads. We will examine how VCs compute, storage, networking, Kubernetes, and automation capabilities combine to form a repeatable, policy-driven platform layer suitable for regulated environments.

Attendees will gain a practical understanding of how VCF can serve as the foundation for internal developer platforms (IDPs) that meet Federal security mandates while accelerating application delivery -- without introducing operational sprawl or compliance risk