Virtualization & Private Cloud
One of our seven practice areas — every brief we’ve published in this coverage area, newest first.
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Nutanix External Storage: AHV Without the HCI Rip-and-Replace
Nutanix compute clusters now use Everpure FlashArray, Dell PowerFlex and Dell PowerStore as generally available external storage, with NetApp ONTAP planned for this fall. Here is what shipped, what it does to the VMware-exit math, and who should still buy integrated HCI nodes.
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Is Proxmox Enterprise-Ready? A 2026 Assessment
Veeam support killed the biggest objection to Proxmox VE. An honest 2026 scorecard: where it holds up against vSphere, where it still trails, and what to pilot first.
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Negotiating Your Broadcom VMware Renewal: A 12-Month Playbook
Broadcom’s opening VCF renewal quote is a starting bid, not a price. A month-by-month playbook — core inventory, the 16-core minimum, audit defense, and the costed Nutanix landing zone that moves the number.
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VMware Alternatives in 2026: The Realistic Shortlist
86% of organizations are shrinking their VMware footprint but only 4% have fully replaced it. The realistic 2026 shortlist — Nutanix AHV, Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, VergeIO, and OpenShift Virtualization — matched to estate size and risk.
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vSphere 8 Support Ends October 2027: Your Decision Timeline
vSphere 8 hits End of General Support on October 11, 2027 — and with migrations running 18 to 48 months, the pay-or-leave decision is due in 2026. The three options, with a quarter-by-quarter timeline.
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Nutanix vs VMware: Nutanix Pricing and 3-Year TCO in 2026
Vendor TCO models put VCF well above a comparable Nutanix stack over three years, but migration eats into that saving. Here is how to run the honest break-even.
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VMware Licensing 2026: What Broadcom Changed, What It Costs
Broadcom’s per-core subscriptions, the 16-core-per-CPU minimum, and the end of standalone vSphere decoded — plus what renewal quotes really look like in 2026 and how to respond.