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Eliminate silos and technical debt with unified cloud and automation
Tom Field (security editor) •
May 7, 2026
Gordon Barr, field CTO at VMware by Broadcom, said artificial intelligence modernization efforts are stalled because siled tools and technical debt slow down enterprises.
Barr explained that organizations pursuing advances in AI and Kubernetes often create fragmented environments that increase operational friction. Each new technology introduces separate processes and teams. This fragmentation increases inefficiency, weakens security, and limits agility. He said businesses can avoid this trap by consolidating traditional virtual machines and modern containers into a single platform such as VMware Cloud Foundation. This approach increases deployment speed, supports compliance, and reduces costs while achieving scale.
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“Customers try to move faster by adopting new technologies like AI and Kubernetes, but we end up deploying this as islands, which can be on-premises or in the public cloud. And every time we add this cool new technology, what we’re actually doing is creating silos of people with their own organizational processes and tools, which in turn creates more technology debt,” he said.
In this video interview with Information Security Media Group, Barr also said:
- How a unified platform reduces technical debt and increases deployment speed.
- Why continuous compliance replaces manual audit processes.
- How to consolidate infrastructure and reduce costs during hardware shortages.
Barr is the Field CTO for VMware by Broadcom. He has over 25 years of experience solving business problems through the innovative use of technology, streamlining processes, and empowering people, starting with his first job at an IT help desk.
