| | September 201719CIOReviewThe world of technology today continues to evolve faster than ever and not always in the ways we have figured. It's hard to believe that VMware almost two decades ago revolutionized the technology industry and the world of infrastructure. VMware completely changed the way we looked at infrastructure and it took us to an entire new philosophy around data centers. I was personally an early adopter of VMware and was virtualizing Microsoft Servers before even Microsoft said we could. That was not always easy, but there was no way I could not fall in love with what VMware invented.Today, VMware has involved in many different directions and specially targeted the cloud which in itself has also revolutionized the world of infrastructure today. Cloud though, I believe went a little too far ahead of the curve, and Hyper-Converged technologies are becoming more and more the next generation of virtualization and a phenomenal middle ground between traditional virtualized environments and the cloud. Unfortunately, I think VMware was a little late to that game since companies like Nutanix and SimpliVity took to the market as a great middle tier option for companies that wanted to improve virtualization technologies but not necessarily wanted to run everything on the cloud. VMware is still the most mature player when it comes to virtualization and their capabilities on the cloud continue to evolve with the only real limitation being cost of licensing. Hyper-V and Azure are certainly not that far away anymore either. The VMware product line also has grown tremendously and completely driving the world of Mobile Device Management tools which gives them a different angle to the market today. On the Hyper-converged infrastructure side, Nutanix is quickly gaining traction and some very large customers are quickly adopting their technology while smaller companies are pushing the envelope with SimpliVity now part of HPE. Nutanix it's a much more mature technology than its hyper-converged competitors and not only did they figure out the right formula for Hyper-convergence, they also developed their own hypervisor which will give their customers options for major cost savings in licensing as it continues to evolve.There are a few more variables to the infrastructure stack question which SimpliVity adopted and was what attacked VMware's Evolution in the World of InfrastructureBy Carlos Ramos, Director IT Infrastructure, MedAvanteCarlos RamosCXO Insights
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