NAMU AX Unveils ‘namuVIRT,’ a South Korean Virtualization Platform Targeting VMware Replacements — BigGo Finance

NAMU AX Unveils ‘namuVIRT,’ a South Korean Virtualization Platform Targeting VMware Replacements — BigGo Finance

South Korean cloud and virtualization specialist NAMU AX (formerly Namu Tech) officially launched its proprietary server virtualization platform, ‘namuVIRT,’ on July 30, targeting enterprises seeking alternatives to VMware. The move squarely addresses a market where cost burdens have increased due to VMware’s licensing policy changes and where securing infrastructure flexibility for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads has become urgent.

namuVIRT is a Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform designed to manage compute, storage, and network resources from a single console. It is built to stably operate large-scale virtual machines (VMs), and its core strength lies in maximizing resource utilization to reduce the operational burden on enterprise infrastructure.

The key differentiator of this new product is its migration feature, which allows for the seamless transfer of virtual machines operating in a VMware environment to a KVM-based…