Virtualization
For over a decade, Nutanix’s mantra was “HCI or Death.” The philosophy was simple: storage and compute must live together in the same box to guarantee performance and simplicity. However, the post-Broadcom VMware landscape has forced a market evolution. Enterprises want the freedom to keep their expensive Storage Area Networks (SANs) while migrating away from…
Introduction: The High Stakes of PoC Sizing For a Solution Engineer (SE), the first customer Proof of Concept (PoC) is critical. It’s where marketing slides meet operational reality. A successful PoC accelerates sales cycles and builds immense trust. A failed PoC—often due to poor performance—can set a relationship back months or end it entirely. The…
Introduction: The SE’s Dilemma In the on-premises and hybrid cloud infrastructure market, there are two undisputed gravitational forces: VMware vSphere and Nutanix AOS. For a Solution Engineer (SE), being asked to compare them is inevitable. The challenge isn’t just knowing the technical specs; it’s presenting them without sounding like you have a favorite. A biased…
The Modern Infrastructure Dilemma As organizations strive for cloud-like agility on-premises, they inevitably encounter a fork in the road. Do they continue to build and manage their infrastructure stack component by component, or do they adopt an integrated platform approach? For Solution Engineers (SEs), articulating the value and trade-offs of these two paths is a…
