Analyst Firm focused on the Storage, Cloud and Virtualization Marketplaces
Texas
Joined July 2008
- Tweets32.1K
- Following408
- Followers7.3K
- Likes809
storageswiss retweeted
Legacy HCI promised to simplify the data center. Instead, it set three clocks you no longer control: your renewal date, your hardware refresh, and the servers you're allowed to buy. Learn how to upgrade your HCI, exit VMware, and regain control.
verge.io/blog/hci/legacy-hci…
storageswiss retweeted
Former VMware ecosystem chief Zia Yusuf just invested in VergeIO and joined our board, the second VMware leader to back us in weeks. If you sell or run infrastructure, this is where the market goes after VMware. t.ly/I6Jeq#VMwareAlternative
storageswiss retweeted
Every VMware alternative claims to be integrated. Three architectures hide behind that word, and only one removes the complexity instead of moving it. What "integrated" really means when you leave VMware:
verge.io/blog/vmwareexit/the…
#VMware #VergeOS #vmwareexit #vmwarealternative
Everyone asks if their next platform is AI-ready. Almost no one asks the second question: can it protect the infrastructure you already own? A VMware alternative has to do both.
storageswiss.com/2026/06/08/…
#VMware #AIinfrastructure
storageswiss retweeted
The next infrastructure decision isn't "which VMware alternative."
It's what comes after the hypervisor era. Most teams underestimate the difference.
VergeIO is running a live architectural session on June 11.
verge.io/beyond-the-hypervis…
Drive reliability should not be the deciding factor. Recovery behavior took its place.
Parity competes with production IO during rebuilds. Replication holds steady. Refurbished enterprise SSDs work when the platform absorbs the failure.
storageswiss.com/2026/05/22/…
storageswiss retweeted
We just published a deep-dive on liquid cooling fundamentals including how it works, how it compares to air, where hybrid fits in & what SSD liquid cooling looks like in practice. Great resource whether you're in planning mode or trying to get up to speed! solidigm.com/products/techno…
storageswiss retweeted
Kubernetes on VMware created three separate taxes for IT teams:
• vSphere licensing
• Kubernetes distribution fees
• Overlay storage costs
Most VMware exits only remove one of them.
VergeOS changes the Kubernetes VMware exit math by collapsing compute, storage, networking, and Kubernetes infrastructure services into one platform decision. CSI, Cloud Controller Manager, Cluster Autoscaler, and Rancher node driver all ship as native Helm charts.
Rancher stays the management plane. The orchestration tax does not.
Read the blog: verge.io/blog/private-cloud/…
#Kubernetes #VMware #PrivateCloud #Rancher #PlatformEngineering #CloudInfrastructure #VergeOS
Kubernetes solved portability for persistent storage. It did not solve operational fragmentation.
Most production environments still coordinate storage arrays, CSI drivers, snapshot tools, backup platforms, and DR tooling across separate operational domains.
This blog breaks down why Kubernetes persistent storage became more complex than most architects expected, and why unified infrastructure platforms are changing the operational model.
storageswiss.com/2026/05/13/…
#Kubernetes #Storage #CloudNative #PlatformEngineering #VMware #DataProtection
storageswiss retweeted
📢 Leostream Unveils Desktop/Workstation Platform for Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances leostream.com/press-release/…
Only 35% of organizations meet their recovery target.
The recovery time gap is not a backup product problem — it is an architecture problem.
Backup products solve data recovery. Most recovery operations fail on configuration.
storageswiss.com/2026/05/04/…
storageswiss retweeted
Most VMware exit plans treat the backup tier as a hand-me-down decision.
That assumption is the source of more transition-window pain than any other architectural choice.
The transition window is the architectural problem.
verge.io/blog/protection/vmw…
storageswiss retweeted
The "one more year on VMware" plan made sense in 2024. It doesn't in 2026. Server hardware just made the exit math even more compelling. New post: verge.io/blog/vmwareexit/now…
Most backup architectures were built for one generation of risk. We’re on our third:
Gen 1: hardware failure, floods, fires. That foundation still matters.
Gen 2: ransomware targeting backups. Air gaps and immutability became table stakes.
Gen 3: AI agents with valid credentials, operating at machine speed. By the time alerts fire, the damage is already spread.
These risks stack. Solving for Gen 3 doesn’t remove Gen 1 or 2. Your architecture has to cover all three. Learn how here: storageswiss.com/2026/04/20/…
storageswiss retweeted
GPU virtualization has 3 models — passthrough, vGPU, and MIG. Most IT teams avoid MIG entirely because of CLI complexity. New beginner's guide in @TheRegister breaks down all three and what to look for in a platform. theregister.com/2026/04/16/b…
#GPUVirtualization #PrivateAI #VMwareAlternative
Your infrastructure automation ROI just fizzled.
- Year 1: Manual 4-hour deployments drop to 20 minutes. Success.
- Year 2: New servers require conditional branches. Setback.
- Year 3: Storage refresh consumes 6 weeks rewriting Terraform modules. Setback
- Year 4: New Network gear requires code changes. Setback.
- Year 5: Total automation time exceeds time saved. Failure.
The problem isn't the tools. It's the fragmented infrastructure underneath them. Learn how to fix it in my latest blog:
storageswiss.com/2025/12/22/…
Most VMware alternatives look unified on the surface, but many are dashboard-defined platforms. A dashboard hides independent subsystems that drift during scaling, mobility, and recovery. Replacing VMware is not just about choosing a hypervisor. It is an architectural decision.
Read the full analysis:
storageswiss.com/2025/12/03/…
storageswiss retweeted
Liquid cooling for SSDs is here. Exciting to have Solidigm’s work on cold-plate-cooled SSDs highlighted in Forbes after a great week at #OCP2025. Article here: forbes.com/sites/tomcoughlin…
Immutable Backups Fall Short
Not all immutable storage is created equal — when immutability lives outside the infrastructure, recovery slows and exposure grows.
See how infrastructure-integrated immutability changes the game:
🔗 storageswiss.com/2025/10/25/…
