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Modern Virtualization Platform and Flexible Storage for your Customers

Gain insights into the impact of Broadcom's acquisition of VMware and discover how to help customers migrate to Nutanix while keeping their high-value external storage hardware intact.

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Help Customers Break Free from Restrictive Legacy Virtualization Lock-In

Empower customers to smoothly transition virtual workloads from restrictive legacy virtualization platforms to the modern, agile Nutanix platform with confidence.

Extend the Value of Customers’ Existing Storage Investments

Drive down your client's total cost of ownership by modernizing their compute and hypervisor layers with Nutanix AHV while retaining their existing storage arrays, subject to supported configurations and migration requirements.

Earn More When You Win New Customers

Earn customer acquisition rebates plus individual incentives through the Nutanix Elevate Partner Program when you win new customers with Nutanix and external storage.

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The Economic Benefits of Nutanix Cloud Platform With External Storage

Nutanix Cloud Platform with External Storage: Migrating to NVMe/TCP

Discover the Ease of Migrating to Nutanix with External Storage

Special Customer Migration Offer

Take advantage of this limited-time promotion. Help new customers migrate to our proven virtualization and cloud platform and minimize transition costs. Offer ends July 31, 2027.

August 1, 2025

Nutanix Integrates with the Storage Your Customers Already Own

Using Nutanix Cloud Platform with external storage protects existing hardware investments while modernizing IT infrastructure, streamlining operations, and delivering architectural flexibility.

Nutanix with Dell PowerFlex and PowerStore Storage

Consolidate workloads, scale independently, and streamline operations with a modern cloud operating model powered by Nutanix, integrated with the high-performance efficiency and seamless scalability of Dell PowerStore and PowerFlex storage.

February 6, 2025

Nutanix with Everpure

Get a scalable, modern infrastructure platform that simplifies operations and delivers a high-performance, secure solution for demanding data workloads, including AI, with Nutanix Cloud Platform integrated with Everpure FlashArray and Cisco FlashStack with Everpure storage.

May 29, 2026

Nutanix with NetApp

Simplify migrations, reduce disruption, and modernize infrastructure by running workloads on Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure while leveraging NetApp ONTAP data services.

March 26, 2026

Become a Partner

Drive Net-New Acquisition via Storage Modernization and get rewarded through the Nutanix Elevate Partner Program.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

VMware by Broadcom has announced that vSphere 8 will reach End of General Support in October 2027. After this date, customers may no longer receive standard security patches, bug fixes, or full technical support unless they migrate to Broadcom’s subscription‑based platforms, such as VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). Some organizations may have the option to migrate to vSphere Foundation (VVF), but it is not available in all regions. Moving to VCF 9 represents a significant architectural and operational shift, introducing new lifecycle management models, mandatory bundled components, and the removal or deprecation of multiple commonly used VMware features. Broadcom has retired perpetual licensing, consolidated VMware’s product portfolio into a small number of bundled subscriptions, and increased enforcement of license compliance. Migrating earlier—before support deadlines and forced platform changes—gives organizations greater control over timelines, budgets, and architectural decisions.

Read: Navigating the True Cost and Capability Gap: Nutanix vs. VMware Explained

AHV is a comparable alternative to VMware ESX in supporting enterprise-grade features, including: VM high availability, fast VM cross-cluster migrations, VM dynamic scheduling and placement, built-in security capabilities available in supported configurations, software-defined networking with microsegmentation, and BCDR with synchronous and asynchronous replication. AHV is NOT a stand-alone solution and is the cornerstone of our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure platform.

Read: 5 Reasons Why AHV is Your Best Virtualization Alternative

Nutanix offers a variety of licensing options to meet diverse needs. To learn more, visit the Nutanix Cloud Software Options page.

For a detailed comparison, download and view page 10 of the VMware to Nutanix Migration Guide.

Nutanix offers a streamlined, cost-effective alternative to VMware that’s designed with simplicity, flexibility, and scalability in mind:

  • Unified hybrid cloud: Run and manage VMs, containers, databases, and AI across datacenter, public cloud, and edge with portable licenses and consistent operations.
  • Freedom to scale your way: Avoid rigid bundles and forced upgrades. Nutanix supports flexible scaling across environments through a modular approach, with world-class support available to all customers.
  • Modern, AI-ready platform: Run traditional apps and next-gen workloads—like Kubernetes® and AI—on your terms. Nutanix offers broad hypervisor support and a consistent control plane across all infrastructure.
  • A partner you can trust: While others shift models and raise prices, Nutanix offers stability, transparency, and proven support—backed by a 90+ NPS and a customer-first mindset.

Nutanix offers a streamlined, cost-effective alternative to VMware that’s designed with simplicity, flexibility, and scalability in mind:

  • Unified hybrid cloud: Run and manage VMs, containers, databases, and AI across datacenter, public cloud, and edge with portable licenses and consistent operations.
  • Freedom to scale your way: Avoid rigid bundles and forced upgrades. Nutanix supports flexible scaling across environments through a modular approach, with world-class support available to all customers.
  • Modern, AI-ready platform: Run traditional apps and next-gen workloads—like Kubernetes® and AI—on your terms. Nutanix offers broad hypervisor support and a consistent control plane across all infrastructure.
  • A partner you can trust: While others shift models and raise prices, Nutanix offers stability, transparency, and proven support—backed by a 90+ NPS and a customer-first mindset.

Nutanix is recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure. Nutanix offers the best hybrid multicloud experience with one unified platform across datacenters, clouds, and edge. We simplify operations with multicloud IaaS that maintains a consistent operating model across environments. With migration toolkits and over a decade of industry-leading support backed by a 90+ Net Promoter Score, Nutanix offers proven customer satisfaction.

Not for supported third party storage arrays. The Nutanix approach is designed to protect your customer’s existing high-value storage investments. Instead of an 'all-or-nothing' rip-and-replace, in supported architectures, you can modernize your customer’s management and hypervisor layers while keeping their current enterprise storage arrays in place.

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