Fed Up With Virtualization Audits? Hitachi, Red Hat Built an Exit Strategy

Chief data officers drowning in enterprise virtualization challenges just got thrown a potential lifeline. Hitachi Vantara and Red Hat have launched an integrated solution that directly addresses what’s become a budget-crushing pain point: rising hypervisor costs and the compliance nightmares that come with proprietary virtualization platforms.

According to recent survey data, 73% of enterprises have faced vendor audits, with more than a third citing licensing compliance as their organization’s top challenge. For CDOs managing sprawling data estates, these audits can be expensive diversions from actual innovation work.

The new offering combines Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with Hitachi Vantara’s Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One), enabling organizations to run virtual machines and containers on a single platform. Translation: fewer redundant systems, lower licensing costs, and one less vendor ecosystem to manage.

“Organizations across industries are looking to modernize IT infrastructure while avoiding vendor lock-in and controlling costs,” said Dan McConnell, senior vice president of product management and enterprise infrastructure at Hitachi Vantara. The solution aims to “simplify migration, reduce complexity, and accelerate application delivery on a modern hybrid cloud foundation.”

For CDOs, the compelling proposition is choice. Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization is built on KVM and KubeVirt, open-source technologies that don’t tie you to a…