In this exclusive VMblog interview from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 in London, hosts David Marshall and Brian Ducharme speak with Tobi Knaup, VP and General Manager of Cloud Native at Nutanix.

Tobi provides insights into Nutanix's journey from pioneering hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) to becoming a comprehensive platform for both virtual machines and Kubernetes workloads. He explains how Nutanix's cloud-native capabilities expanded following the acquisition of Mesosphere (later D2IQ), the company Tobi founded.

Interview Highlights:

• The evolution of Nutanix from storage solutions to a unified platform for VMs and containers
• How Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) provides a complete, production-ready Kubernetes solution built on 30+ integrated CNCF projects
• Advanced Kubernetes fleet management capabilities for managing multiple clusters across different environments
• Real-world case study: How Royal Caribbean uses Nutanix to power their shipboard applications with autonomous Kubernetes clusters
• Nutanix's unique approach to enabling both VM and container workloads on a single data substrate
• The introduction of Nutanix Enterprise AI (NAI) for bringing AI compute closer to enterprise data
• Key industry trends for 2025, including the growing importance of platform engineering for centralized Kubernetes management

Customer Success Story:

Discover how Royal Caribbean Cruises deployed Nutanix's platform to power their passenger mobile app backend across their entire fleet. Each ship runs autonomous Kubernetes clusters that can be remotely managed over satellite links, enabling seamless passenger experiences even while at sea.

For more information about Nutanix's Kubernetes solutions or to try a test drive of their products, visit https://www.nutanix.com.

In an era of transformative workplace technology, Workspot is emerging as a pivotal player in redefining End User Computing (EUC). At the upcoming IGEL Now & Next 2025 conference, Amitabh Sinha, Chief Strategy Officer of Workspot, reveals how the company is solving critical enterprise challenges through a unified digital workplace platform that seamlessly blends security, performance, and flexibility. From eliminating legacy VDI complexity to enabling instant global desktop deployments, Workspot is at the forefront of a technological revolution that empowers IT organizations to embrace hybrid work without compromising on security or user experience.

In this exclusive VMblog interview, David Marshall and Brian Ducharme sit down with Joseph Landes, co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Nerdio, to discuss the highly anticipated NerdioCon 2025 event. Taking place April 7-9, 2025, at the historic La Quinta Resort and Club in Palm Springs, California, this year's event promises to be a must-attend gathering for MSPs and IT professionals focused on the Microsoft cloud ecosystem.

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, announced the schedule for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025, taking place this year in London, England from 1 – 4 April 2025.

Get ready for the most comprehensive and exciting endpoint security event of 2025! IGEL's Now & Next conference is set to revolutionize how IT leaders think about digital workspaces, security, and technological innovation. Taking place from March 24-27 at the iconic Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, this four-day extravaganza promises to be more than just another tech conference-it's a transformative experience.What makes IGEL Now & Next 2025 unmissable? Watch this VMblog pre-show video interview with Carl Gersh, SVP of Global Marketing at IGEL to find out more.Prepare for:

• Keynotes from Gartner experts and industry thought leaders
• Specialized content tracks for healthcare, public sector, cybersecurity, and C-level executives
• Double the breakout sessions compared to previous years
• An expanded expo floor featuring cutting-edge technology partners
• Networking opportunities with peers facing similar IT challenges
• Exclusive insights into IGEL's latest technological developments

The event doesn't just focus on the "now" of technology-it's strategically designed to equip attendees with both immediate practical tools and forward-looking insights into endpoint security and cloud workspaces.

And yes, there's going to be a host of social, networking, and entertaining options taking place (we are in Miami after all). There will be a Grammy Award-winning concert exclusively for attendees, making this the most anticipated tech event of the year! Watch the video to find out who that artist will be.Don't miss the chance to be part of this groundbreaking conference. Register at https://www.igel.com/nowandnext/ and prepare to transform your approach to digital workspaces and security.

Bonus: The first IGEL Now & Next Awards will be presented, recognizing innovation, vision, and outstanding achievements in technology deployment!

Watch this exclusive VMblog interview with Emilio Salvador, Vice President of Strategy and Developer Relations at GitLab, as he provides insight into the company's innovative approach to software development and AI at AWS re:Invent 2024.

Key Highlights:

• GitLab introduces GitLab Duo, an AI-powered platform transforming the software development lifecycle 
• Partnership with Amazon Q brings groundbreaking AI capabilities to developers 
• 78-80% of developers already using AI in their workflow 

Major Announcements:

• GitLab Duo with Amazon Q: A comprehensive AI solution for accelerating software development 
• New capability for self-hosted AI models in highly regulated industries (beta)

Industry Trends: 

• Shift from generative to agentic AI 
• Developers using up to 14 different tools, creating significant cognitive load
• Future of AI: More proactive, predictive, and specialized models 

Platform Unique Selling Points:

• Single, end-to-end development platform 
• Security and privacy-focused approach 
• Model-agnostic AI solutions 

Salvador predicts 2025 will see a significant transformation in AI's role, moving from reactive assistants to proactive problem-detection agents that seamlessly support developers.

Don't miss GitLab's booth at AWS re:Invent to see these cutting-edge AI capabilities in action!

Join us for a special VMblog spotlight video ahead of AWS re:Invent 2024, the premier annual conference for cloud computing professionals, where thousands of technologists converge to explore cutting-edge cloud innovations, attend technical sessions, and discover the latest advancements from Amazon Web Services. At this massive event, industry leaders like Cohesity, Starburst, and Sumo Logic will showcase how they're transforming enterprise data strategies through cloud-native solutions.

These three companies share a critical commonality: they are data-driven technology companies that help organizations unlock the value of their data through innovative cloud and analytics platforms. Cohesity specializes in data management and security, Starburst revolutionizes data analytics with its distributed query engine, and Sumo Logic provides cloud-native observability and monitoring solutions. Together, they represent the forefront of enterprise data technologies that are reshaping how businesses leverage information in the cloud era.

In this video, you will learn about each company and why you should add them to your MUST SEE list at the show:

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easier to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data - across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale. Cohesity solutions can be delivered as a service, self-managed, or provided by a Cohesity-powered partner.

Starburst, the Open Hybrid Lakehouse, is the leading end-to-end data platform to securely access, analyze, and share data for analytics and AI across hybrid, on-premises, and multi-cloud environments. As the leaders in Trino, a modern open-source SQL engine, Starburst empowers the most data-intensive and security-conscious organizations like Comcast, Halliburton, Vectra, EMIS Health, and 7 of the top 10 global banks to democratize data access, enhance analytics performance, and improve architecture optionality. With the Open Hybrid Lakehouse from Starburst, enterprises globally can easily discover and use all their relevant business data to power new applications and analytics across risk mitigation, supply chain, customer experiences, product optimization, streaming, and more.

Sumo Logic, Inc. unifies and analyzes enterprise data, translating it into actionable insights through one AI-powered cloud-native log analytics platform. This single source of truth enables Dev, Sec and Ops teams to simplify complexity, collaborate efficiently and accelerate data-driven decisions that drive business value. Customers around the world rely on the Sumo Logic SaaS Log Analytics Platform for trusted insights to ensure application reliability, secure and protect against modern security threats, and gain insights into their cloud infrastructures.

More from AWS re:Invent: https://events.vmblog.com/aws-reinvent-2024.html

Join us for a special VMblog spotlight video during the SC24 event, with StorONE, an innovative company leading the way, and a must see in the HPC and supercomputing industry.

SC24 is the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis. 

In this video, you will learn about StorONE: StorONE, the ONE Enterprise Storage Platform, offers a 100% enterprise software that abstracts hardware and software without any hardware dependency. Their unique technology is designed for high capacity with high-performance storage solutions. With an eight-year investment in completely rewriting the storage stack from the ground up, StorONE maximizes drive utilization, dramatically reducing the number of disks required and providing state-of-the-art data protection against security threats.

StorONE provides ONE software solution for all storage use cases, supporting any storage protocol, disk type, or location, whether on-premises or in the cloud. By integrating data integrity, retention, protection, replication, and security features into a single product, StorONE simplifies operations without requiring additional applications or payments.

In an era where artificial intelligence and quantum computing are making daily headlines, SC24 arrives at a crucial moment. The supercomputing landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by unprecedented demands from AI training, climate modeling, and scientific research. This year's conference theme, "Accelerating Innovation Through HPC," couldn't be more timely as organizations grapple with escalating computational needs and sustainability challenges.

Join us for a special VMblog spotlight video ahead of SC24, with Hammerspace and Peak:AIO, two innovative companies that are leading the way, and a must see in the HPC and supercomputing industry.

SC24 is the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis. 

In this video, you will learn about each company:

Hammerspace is radically changing how unstructured data is used and preserved. Our Global Data Platform unifies unstructured data across edge, data centers, and clouds. It provides extreme parallel performance for AI, GPUs, and high-speed data analytics, and orchestrates data to any location and any storage system. This eliminates data silos and makes data an instantly accessible resource for users, applications, and compute clusters, no matter where they are located.

PEAK:AIO is a cutting-edge provider of software for the AI market, revolutionizing the way data is stored and processed for AI workloads. Through its innovative solutions, PEAK:AIO delivers unparalleled performance, cost-effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability, empowering organizations to accelerate their AI initiatives and achieve groundbreaking results.

In an era where artificial intelligence and quantum computing are making daily headlines, SC24 arrives at a crucial moment. The supercomputing landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by unprecedented demands from AI training, climate modeling, and scientific research. This year's conference theme, "Accelerating Innovation Through HPC," couldn't be more timely as organizations grapple with escalating computational needs and sustainability challenges.

Join us for a special VMblog spotlight video ahead of #SC24, with Graid Technology and Komprise, two innovative companies that are leading the way, and must see in the HPC and supercomputing industry.

SC24 is the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis. 

In this video, you will learn about each company: Graid Technology is led by a dedicated team of experts with decades of experience in the SDS, ASIC, and storage industries, and continues to push boundaries in data storage innovation by protecting NVMe-based data from the desktop to the cloud. Cutting-edge SupremeRAID^TM GPU-based RAID removes the traditional RAID bottleneck to deliver maximum SSD performance without consuming CPU cycles or creating throughput bottlenecks, delivering unmatched flexibility, performance, and value. https://www.graidtech.com

Komprise is a provider of unstructured data management and mobility software that frees enterprises to easily analyze, mobilize, and monetize the right file and object data across clouds without shackling data to any vendor. With Komprise Intelligent Data Management, you can cut 70% of enterprise storage, backup and cloud costs while making data easily available to cloud-based data lakes, analytics and AI tools. https://www.komprise.com

In an era where artificial intelligence and quantum computing are making daily headlines, SC24 arrives at a crucial moment. The supercomputing landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by unprecedented demands from AI training, climate modeling, and scientific research. This year's conference theme, "Accelerating Innovation Through HPC," couldn't be more timely as organizations grapple with escalating computational needs and sustainability challenges.