Virtualization Vendors Ramp Alternative Private Cloud Stacks
Rival virtualization vendors this month issued a wave of product updates: OpenNebula 7.0 (last week) adds Arm support, NVIDIA-compatible PCI passthrough and a redefined cloud-edge orchestration engine; Red Hat’s OpenShift Virtualization reached 4.19 with cloud-provider previews and smart resource allocation; Nutanix 7.3 introduced a multicluster virtual switch. HPE announced Veeam support for Morpheus VM Essentials, reflecting pushback against Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation 9 and licensing concerns.
Key Points
- 1Release OpenNebula 7.0 adds Arm support and NVIDIA vGPU-compatible PCI passthrough for AI workloads
- 2Introduce OpenShift 4.19 previews across Azure, OCI, GCP and smart resource allocation to rival VMware hybrid parity
- 3Enable practitioners to build hybrid, sovereign private clouds and improve utilization and live migration capabilities
Scoring Rationale
Broad vendor updates substantially expand VMware alternatives, tempered by incremental feature changes and multiple items still in preview.
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