Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multi-cloud computing, has been named a Leader in Gartner’s November 2021 Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software for the fifth year in a row.
“Nutanix is no stranger to driving innovation to ensure that our Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software solutions are meeting our customers where they are on their cloud journeys,” said Rajiv Mirani, Chief Technology Officer at Nutanix. “Businesses are increasingly embracing hybrid multi-cloud strategies and we’ve seen customers rapidly adopt HCI solutions to simplify data center modernization efforts while capitalizing on the added automation, ease of use, agility and full software stack capabilities that Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software enables. We believe that our continued recognition in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software demonstrates Nutanix’s commitment to providing expanded solution capabilities and support that results in the success of our customers.”
The evolving cloud
Businesses are continuing to adopt cloud operating models and modernize on-premises infrastructure, enabling them to respond in real-time to the ever-changing IT landscape, with hybrid multi-cloud solutions offering the benefits of both public and private clouds. Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software solutions have emerged as an effective tool to deliver data center modernization and cut down on the cost and complexity of hybrid multi-cloud deployments.
A range of solutions
The Nutanix Cloud Platform offers unified management, with the application, data and license portability between multiple clouds, whether private or public. Nutanix has recently added enhancements to its Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software capabilities to break down silos in multi-cloud operations, including built-in enterprise-grade virtualization, virtual networking, security, business continuity and disaster recovery. Nutanix also added new capabilities in the Nutanix Cloud Platform to simplify data management and optimize the database and big data workload performance for the most critical applications. This includes expanded unified storage capabilities with a focus on performance, scale, mobility and governance for objects, files and databases. Additionally, Nutanix database service Era delivers one-click storage scaling and rich role-based access control for database management across hybrid multi-cloud environments.
Nutanix continues to strengthen its platform for cloud-native applications and recently announced a strategic partnership with Red Hat to deliver open hybrid multi-cloud solutions. This partnership enables customers to run Red Hat OpenShift on Nutanix’s AHV hypervisor and utilize the storage, networking, management, and security capabilities built into Nutanix’s Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software solution for a best-in-class Kubernetes environment. Nutanix Cloud Platform and AHV are also certified for Red Hat Enterprise Linux allowing customers to deploy virtualized and containerized workloads on hyper-converged infrastructure, building on the combined benefits of Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud technologies and Nutanix’s hyper-converged offerings.
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