Virtualization

Artificial Intelligence

What Nutanix’s latest Enterprise Cloud Index tells MSPs about shadow AI, sovereignty, and the infrastructure shift ahead

March 12, 2026 Robert Dutt Comments Off on What Nutanix’s latest Enterprise Cloud Index tells MSPs about shadow AI, sovereignty, and the infrastructure shift ahead
Nutanix’s 8th annual Enterprise Cloud Index reveals that nearly 80 per cent of organizations are encountering AI tools deployed outside of IT’s control, data sovereignty has become a top-tier infrastructure priority, and containerization is accelerating faster than many solution providers realize. SVP Lee Caswell, a VMware veteran now watching the infrastructure market reshape from inside Nutanix, unpacks the contradictions in the data, explains why MSPs may be the “governed alternative” to shadow AI, and offers practical guidance for Canadian solution providers navigating what comes next.

Hyper-converged

StorPool Storage launches all-in-one software-based HCI solution integrated with Oracle Virtualization.

November 19, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorPool Storage launches all-in-one software-based HCI solution integrated with Oracle Virtualization.
The StorPool next-gen HCI Software Stack has multiple advantages over VMware and its integration with Oracle Virtualization is positioned as an alternative to it.

Compliance

FireMon expands Zero Trust Microsegmentation support including deeper Illumio integration

November 18, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on FireMon expands Zero Trust Microsegmentation support including deeper Illumio integration
FireMon also announced continued coverage for VMware NSX and Zscaler, making it the first time an NSPM provider is tying together host, virtual, and network segmentation policies under one governance layer

Artificial Intelligence

Ultraconverged Infrastructure [UCI] pioneer VergeOS launches VergeOS 26 with VergeIQ and its AI-focused abilities

October 23, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ultraconverged Infrastructure [UCI] pioneer VergeOS launches VergeOS 26 with VergeIQ and its AI-focused abilities
VergeOS 26 modernizes infrastructure while VergeIQ, integrated within it, has features like shared LLM, OpenAI-compatible services, vendor-agnostic GPU support, and generative AI intelligence.

Backup

Object First targets edge locations and smaller businesses with new Ootbi Mini immutable storage appliance

October 10, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Object First targets edge locations and smaller businesses with new Ootbi Mini immutable storage appliance
The Ootbi Mini broadens the market for Object First storage to ROBOs and smaller businesses, while also adding a honeypot feature and a beta for fleet managers which should appeal to MSPs in particular.

Channel Communities

Hitachi Vantara, Red Hat partner to combine Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with Hitachi Vantara VSP One

October 9, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara, Red Hat partner to combine Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with Hitachi Vantara VSP One
In the latest installment of an alliance between Red Hat and Hitachi Vantara, the companies announced a new solution that combines Hitachi Vantara’s VSP One with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, to make it easier for customers to adopt a unified, hybrid cloud platform.

Case Studies

V2 Cloud introduces new partner program for MSPs

October 6, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on V2 Cloud introduces new partner program for MSPs
In addition to MSPs, the new program reaches out to ISVs as well, in order to build stronger and more collaborative relationships with partners.

Artificial Intelligence

VergeIO, Cirrus Data partner to eliminate infrastructure sprawl

September 18, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on VergeIO, Cirrus Data partner to eliminate infrastructure sprawl
The collaboration combines Cirrus Data’s patented software-only data mobility technology with VergeOS, the industry’s only single-codebase infrastructure operating system for virtualization, storage, networking, and AI.

Artificial Intelligence

Scale Computing makes strategic updates to its HyperCore software virtualization platform

September 16, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Scale Computing makes strategic updates to its HyperCore software virtualization platform
Scale Computing has just made major upgrades to the Scale Computing HyperCore (SC//HyperCore) virtualization platform, which ramp up the power of enterprise virtualization while significantly reducing complexity and cost.

Cloud

OVHcloud updates VMware by announcing Public VCF as-a-Service

September 11, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on OVHcloud updates VMware by announcing Public VCF as-a-Service
OVHcloud, a French-based global cloud player and the major cloud player in Europe, has announced Public VCF as-a-Service, a managed VMware solution designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) small businesses and managed service