Nutanix has been recognised as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Server Virtualisation Platforms, positioned highest amongst all evaluated vendors for Ability to Execute.
Gartner Leaders demonstrate strong execution and a clear vision for the market. For Nutanix, this recognition highlights the continued evolution of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and its approach to simplifying modern enterprise infrastructure.
For partners, the timing is significant. Rising costs, changing licensing models, and growing demands from AI and hybrid cloud are prompting customers to rethink their virtualisation strategies. Now's the time to show them what a modern infrastructure platform can deliver.
Why customers are rethinking virtualisation
Virtualisation remains the foundation of business-critical IT, but customer requirements have changed. Enterprises need to support traditional applications alongside containers, Kubernetes, and AI workloads, often across datacentres, edge locations, and public clouds.
At the same time, IT teams are under pressure to do more with less, making complexity and infrastructure costs harder to justify.
These challenges open opportunities for partners to help customers:
- Reassess existing virtualisation platforms and licensing costs
- Simplify infrastructure management and reduce operational overhead
- Modernise applications without disrupting business-critical workloads
- Build a flexible foundation for hybrid cloud, containers, and AI
How the Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure solution delivers
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) brings compute, storage, networking, and virtualisation together in a unified software-defined platform, helping customers streamline operations and manage diverse workloads with greater consistency.
With Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2), customers can also extend their environments across on-premises infrastructure and public cloud environments, including AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and OVHcloud.
Key capabilities include:
- Unified management of virtualisation, storage, and networking
- Seamless migration from legacy infrastructure with minimal disruption
- More choice and control across on-premises and public cloud environments
- Enterprise-grade security, availability, and disaster recovery for critical applications
- A consistent foundation for running VMs, containers, and AI workloads at scale
The result? A future-ready infrastructure platform that brings traditional and emerging technologies together without creating new silos, giving customers the capacity to evolve as their demands grow.
Make virtualisation a strategic conversation
Customers are looking beyond their next hypervisor. They need infrastructure that can support their current applications while giving them the freedom to adopt new technologies.
With Nutanix, you can lead these conversations, helping customers simplify operations, regain control over infrastructure costs, and prepare for what's next.
Read the full article to explore Nutanix's Gartner Leader recognition and discover how NCI can help you turn changing virtualisation requirements into new customer opportunities.
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