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Publication Date: 2026-08-09 20:00:00
University of Southern Queensland has replaced its hypervisor software, migrating around 800 virtual machines supporting 100 virtualised applications to run on Nutanix’s AHV and Lenovo hardware.
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The university is now expanding its use of Nutanix software with the vendor’s database-as-a-service platform NDB as well as taking up micro-segmentation capabilities from the Nutanix Cloud Platform for an implementation planned for later this year.
But the need to replace its hypervisor software was what led the university to Nutanix in the first place.
Associate director for hosting infrastructure Stephen Payne told the iTnews Podcast that UniSQ kicked off a “strategic review” of its virtualisation environment in late 2024.
The timing was purposely ahead of an April 2025 renewal for its incumbent hypervisor software.
“Our incumbent solution was the same solution that a lot…
