Everland had about three months to leave its VMware environment without interrupting park operations. Western Union faced a different constraint: Its ageing applications and operations across more than 200 countries made the choice of what to migrate less straightforward. Both companies chose Nutanix, but their accounts of the move show why a deadline and a migration plan aren’t the same thing.
At Nutanix .NEXT 2026 in Chicago, representatives of both companies discussed the limitations of their existing infrastructure and the reasons for their decisions.
The limits of legacy
Western Union, which marked its 175th anniversary this year, has reinvented itself many times and continues to change its operations in response to customer needs.
According to Brandon Shaw, the company’s Vice President and Head of Technology Services, supporting…
