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Nutanix was recently recognized as a Challenger in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management, which we believe reflects Nutanix’s rapid momentum in Kubernetes® innovation, full-stack capabilities and commitment to simplifying operations across hybrid multicloud environments.
With the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) solution, Nutanix delivers a unified solution for managing containerized workloads from edge to core to cloud – empowering enterprises to modernize infrastructure while maintaining flexibility and control.
Full-stack platform: NKP supports VMs, containers and legacy workloads in a single platform. It offers a Cloud Native Computing Foundation-compliant architecture, integrated data services and hypervisor-agnostic deployment options – making it ideal for hybrid multicloud strategies.
AI and edge innovation: NKP is built to support AI workloads, serverless architectures and edge deployments. Its AI-powered assistant helps close skills gaps with intelligent troubleshooting and cluster health insights.
Enterprise-grade security and flexibility: With built-in tools, NKP delivers robust security and seamless lifecycle operations. Enterprises benefit from nondisruptive upgrades and zero-trust networking.
Operational simplicity: NKP streamlines Kubernetes management to help drive a reduction in complexity and overhead across distributed environments.
Strategic agility: Enterprises gain the flexibility to deploy workloads anywhere – on-premises, cloud and edge – without vendor lock-in.
AI and edge enablement: NKP supports emerging use cases like AI inferencing and serverless containers, which helps CIOs drive innovation and control governance.
Future-proofing infrastructure: As container adoption accelerates, NKP offers a scalable, secure and integrated platform to support evolving business needs.
Accelerated time-to-value: NKP provides simplified operations and integrated tooling to help drive a reduction in deployment timelines and speed up innovation cycles – allowing teams to deliver new services faster.
Improved cost efficiency: By consolidating infrastructure and streamlining container management, NKP helps drive a reduction in operational overhead, optimize resource utilization and helps to seek a lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
Revenue growth enablement: By supporting modern workloads and AI-driven applications, NKP opens new avenues for digital services, customer engagement and business model transformation.
In summary, Nutanix delivers the flexibility, innovation, and enterprise-grade capabilities CIOs need to lead their organizations through infrastructure modernization and cloud-native transformation – while unlocking measurable business value.
As enterprises embrace hybrid multicloud and AI-driven strategies, now is the time to explore how Nutanix can simplify Kubernetes and accelerate your container journey. Download the full Gartner report to discover why Nutanix is recognized and how NKP.
Download the full Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management report to learn more about how NKP is evaluated in the Gartner evaluation. https://www.nutanix.com/go/gartner-mq-2025-container-management
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