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Bandai NamcoBandai Namco Modernizes Model Serving with VMware
Bandai Namco, a consumer discretionary organization in Japan, uses VMware Cloud Foundation from VMware to support applied AI delivery for ML and product teams.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Productivity | Fewer stalled items because model serving has a clear owner |
| Productivity | Handoffs in applied AI delivery sit in a shared queue instead of a mailbox trail |
| Capability | New joiners can see how applied AI delivery actually runs |
Story
Bandai Namco grew model serving faster than the local tools around it. From Japan, consumer discretionary teams still had to serve customers and internal partners who expected a straight answer. ML and product teams were the ones stitching the picture together by hand.
Rolling out VMware Cloud Foundation put applied AI delivery on VMware. VMware, part of Broadcom, provides virtualization, private cloud, and container software used to run enterprise data centers. Bandai Namco keeps the product in the path where work already happens, so ML and product teams do not context-switch into a graveyard system used only for audits.
The visible result is steadier applied AI delivery. Model serving is easier to inspect, and adjacent groups can join ML and product teams without a guided tour of someone's desktop.
