Broadcom expands partnership with NEC Corporation for VMware Cloud Foundation

NEC will now offer VMware Cloud Foundation as a fully integrated solution on NEC’s infrastructure platforms.

Broadcom has expanded its partnership with NEC Corporation for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). NEC will now offer VCF as a fully integrated solution on NEC’s infrastructure platforms, enabling customers to modernize their private clouds with simplified operations, enhanced performance, and enterprise-grade reliability.

As the first integrated cloud platform designed to enable a modern private cloud, VCF combines the flexibility and agility of public cloud environments with the security, performance, and low total cost of ownership (TCO) offered by private clouds. Customers will get a unified private cloud platform that simplifies deployment and operations while strengthening security and lowering risk and cost. Currently, nine of the top 10 Fortune 500 companies deploy VCF.

The expanded partnership builds on the long existing partnership between VMware and NCE. VMware parent company Broadcom has already collaborated with NEC for more than 20 years. Through the partnership both companies also hope to accelerate adoption of modern private cloud infrastructure for enterprises across Japan and global markets.

As part of NEC’s "Client Zero" strategy—an approach that sees NEC adopting cutting-edge technologies internally—NEC will implement VCF into its IT systems. This will allow NEC to gain a deeper understanding of VCF's features and benefits, acquire expertise in effective implementation and efficient operation methods, and improve the quality of service when delivering VCF-based solutions to customers.

As a partner, NEC offers VCF-based solutions to customers as part of its value creation model—NEC BluStellar Scenario. NEC also offers VCF as a managed service as of October 2025. NEC Private Cloud Infrastructure powered by VMware is a new service that utilizes VCF to provide customers with flexible resources for building hybrid cloud environments and supporting the development of highly adaptable cloud solutions.

For Japanese enterprises, NEC will integrate VCF with its systems integration expertise, local support capabilities, and industry-specific solutions. This ensures customers in Japan can accelerate digital transformation while maintaining operational consistency across data center and edge environments.

According to Norihiko Kimura, Corporate Executive Vice President (Executive Officer) and President of the Digital Platform Services Business Unit at NEC, the company has been a key partner in driving VMware business initiatives.

“We are delighted to strengthen our strategic partnership with Broadcom,” Kimura.

“Starting in October, NEC began offering private cloud services built on VCF. These solutions are based on the VMware expertise we have accumulated over the years and the knowledge gained through our Client Zero practices. By integrating these offerings into the BluStellar Scenario, we aim to collaborate with Broadcom to support digital transformation (DX) for our customers and society,” he added.

Meanwhile, Hikaru Yamauchi, Japan Country Manager, VMware K.K believes that through the strategic partnership with NEC, VMware is committed to helping customers adopt a modern private cloud.

“VCF enables customers to achieve a simplified and unified model for integrating and managing private cloud environments. By redefining IT infrastructure with VCF, we aim to help our customers address key challenges such as accelerating innovation, managing costs, and ensuring sovereignty and security,” said Yamauchi.

Together, Broadcom and NEC aim to provide enterprises with a robust, future-ready private cloud foundation that simplifies infrastructure operations, accelerates innovation, and improves total cost of ownership.