“Pushed by buyer requests, these partnerships spotlight Nutanix administration’s push towards unbundling AHV to capitalize on the continued VMware displacement alternative. Operating standalone AHV on current three-tier infrastructure offers dissatisfied VMware prospects with a neater migration route off VMware because it removes the necessity for {hardware} refreshes,” Ader wrote.
“Whereas Nutanix nonetheless goals to ultimately shift prospects to one-tier hyperconverged infrastructure (which requires {hardware} alternative), this interim standalone AHV technique provides Nutanix a beachhead on which to construct its case for HCI [Hyperconverged Infrastructure],” Ader wrote. “Over time, we count on Nutanix to forge comparable storage integrations with different distributors, together with NetApp. We imagine these partnerships illustrate the gradual ecosystem shift towards Nutanix as prospects and VARs develop into more and more disillusioned with Broadcom’s affect on the VMware group,” Ader acknowledged.
Holding with the storage theme, Nutanix launched Cloud Native AOS, a brand new service that extends Nutanix enterprise storage and superior information companies to hyperscaler Kubernetes with out requiring a hypervisor.
In one other storage associated bulletins, Nutanix introduced the overall availability of NCI Compute, enabling prospects to leverage exterior storage with Nutanix Cloud Platform. The primary supported resolution is Dell PowerFlex, designed for mission-critical environments. Dell PowerFlex with Nutanix Cloud Platform might be provided alongside Dell’s HCI equipment, Dell XC Plus.
Nutanix additionally introduced the general public preview of Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Google Cloud, increasing workload mobility and hybrid cloud capabilities. This resolution permits organizations to deploy the Nutanix hyperconverged software program stack on Google Cloud Z3 bare-metal cases, enabling fast migration, app modernization, and catastrophe restoration.
Lastly, Nutanix introduced a partnership with Canonical to supply built-in help for Ubuntu Professional within the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP). This integration guarantees to simplify Kubernetes set up and adoption on Ubuntu Professional, which has superior safety methods, together with authorities regulatory safety.