The acquisition by Broadcom of VMware was an impactful event in the cloud architecture market, having led to numerous reports of changes to VMware packages and pricing. Nutanix SVP of Product and Solution Marketing Lee Caswell, together with NAND Research Chief Analyst Steve McDowell, presented a dedicated webinar exploring the issues, and pinpointing areas predicted to experience the greatest changes. Check out their webinar at https://www.nutanix.com/go/finding-the-calm-amidst-the-storm.
Caswell and McDowell presented several options for existing VMware and, indeed, all cloud service users, to reduce risk and to future-proof cloud solutions, such as opting for multicloud or hybrid architecture or migrating to a new product.
The market situation explained in the webinar presents IT organizations with an opportunity to consider the Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) and Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) solutions as alternatives to other cloud service solutions, such as VMware. Nutanix offers support for migration from existing cloud services, such as migration toolkits and services, to facilitate migration and position IT teams for a smooth start to Day 2 operations. With Nutanix, applications can be migrated from existing VMware deployments to NC2 on AWS or Azure without refactoring.
Reviews posted on PeerSpot, an enterprise tech buying intelligence platform, include useful commentary from third-party reviewers, touching on migration from VMware to Nutanix and implementation of Nutanix Cloud Manager. They identified three main areas of benefit for customers who have already migrated from VMware to Nutanix:
Michael D., a DevOps Engineer at a tech services company, sees the interface as a big advantage: “The advantage of Nutanix over other solutions is the GUI. It is more user-friendly than other vendors, such as VMware.”
For Laurent P., an IT Manager, ease of use was also an important consideration: “We chose the full Nutanix stack because of the level of performance and the availability. There was the robustness of the systems, and it also looked simpler to manage than VMware.”
Leonardo A., a Technology Director, commented on efficiency gains: “Nutanix Cloud Manager is easier for technicians than VMware, so fewer people are needed to do the same tasks.”
Reviewers noted better performance and excellent time savings when using Nutanix compared to other solutions.
Leonardo A., the Technology Director, is pleased with performance since migrating to Nutanix: “We started migrating from VMware to Nutanix four years ago, and we're seeing much better performance.”
Oussama D., a System Administrator, claims that Nutanix has enabled his team to save time compared to VMware: “In terms of time, Nutanix helps save 20 percent when compared to VMware.”
Several of the PeerSpot reviewers that you’ve met here report cost benefits resulting from their move to Nutanix solutions, including NCM.
Michael D, the Dev-ops Engineer, focused on cost savings through productivity gains: “Nutanix Cloud Manager saves us time. It has saved about 40% of our time. Time is money, so there are money savings.”
Oussama D., the System Administrator, reported significant cost savings over time since migrating to Nutanix: “With VMware, which we had for one year in our company, we paid 20,000,000 United Arab Emirates Dirhams. With Nutanix, in five years, our company has paid 83,000 United Arab Emirates Dirhams.”
With the changes to VMware since the Broadcom acquisition, it is worthwhile for users to take stock and conduct a thorough audit of their exposure to VMware and their current and proposed future uses of cloud services. As the selected PeerSpot commentators listed above have mentioned, Nutanix together with NCM can put you ahead of the game as a compelling alternative to address costs and performance concerns, while also addressing the risk and uncertainty that has arisen since the acquisition. To experience a free, hands-on experience of NCM, take a Test Drive.