The countdown to SUSECON 2026 is on! This April, the open-source community is gathering in the heart of Prague to explore the future of infrastructure. For many enterprises, that future isn’t just about containers—it’s about finding a way to let virtual machines (VMs) and Kubernetes thrive in the same environment.
Check out our Featured Sessions
Portworx by Pure Storage will be featured across several technical sessions and deep-dives, showcasing information that you can use no matter where you are in your modern virtualization journey—whether you’re considering what to do with your VMware workloads, migrating your VMs to Kubernetes, or looking to optimize your deployments.
The Next Evolution of Virtualization is Cloud-Native
Session Leads: Janet Wi, Group Product Marketing Manager at Portworx; Chris Crow, Sr. Technical Marketing Manager at Portworx; Alejandro Bonilla, Domain Solution Architect at SUSE
As enterprises look to modernize their virtualization environments, they face a critical challenge: how to balance cost control with innovation and operational resilience. In this session, we’ll explore how leading organizations are rethinking virtualization to drive efficiency across their infrastructure.
Learn how modern virtualization—built on a cloud-native foundation—enables you to streamline operations and reduce total cost of ownership from escalating license renewals.
You’ll also learn:
- Why now is the time to modernize your virtualization stack
- How SUSE and Portworx deliver enterprise-grade resilience and manageability at scale
- Common use cases and best practices for building a modern, unified app platform
Accelerating Modernization: Simplifying Large-Scale VM Migration to SUSE Virtualization
Session Leads: Dhruv Bhatnagar, Member of Technical Staff and Bhumitra Nagar, Member of Technical Staff
Enterprises are rapidly moving toward cloud-native operations where VMs and containers run together on Kubernetes. KubeVirt enables this coexistence across open infrastructure, but migrating large VM workloads from traditional environments still brings downtime, performance impact, and operational complexity. This session demonstrates how to migrate large virtual machines into SUSE Virtualization, enabling a smooth transition from private cloud platforms like VMware and OpenStack. You’ll see how Kubernetes-based virtualization scales resources, simplifies management, and makes disaster recovery simpler with Kubernetes-native constructs, accelerating the journey toward an open, cloud-native future.
Deploying AI Models on SUSE Virtualization with Portworx Enterprise
Session Leads: Alejandro Bonilla, Domain Solution Architect at SUSE; Josh Crater, Domain Solution Architect at SUSE
Ready to build a modern, high-performance platform for AI/ML? This hands-on lab will guide you through the entire process, step-by-step. We will start with an overview of SUSE Virtualization (Harvester) as our hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) foundation. You will then learn how to deploy and integrate Portworx Enterprise to provide robust, cloud-native persistent storage.
Finally, we will put our new stack to the test by deploying a functioning AI model, demonstrating a complete, enterprise-grade solution for running data-intensive workloads. This is a 100% hands-on session designed to give you practical, repeatable skills.
Visit us at our Booth
While our sessions provide the strategy, our booth in the Solutions & Partner Showcase is where you can see the technology in action. Whether you’re looking to escape VMware or simply have questions about how to better manage your Kubernetes data, stop by to chat with our expert.
At our booth you’ll be able to get:
- Live Demos: See how our solution can support your SUSE Rancher Prime and SUSE Virtualization deployments.
- Deep Dive 1:1s: Bring us your questions—our experts will be on hand to help.
- Swag & Connections: Grab some exclusive gear and connect with peers who are navigating the same cloud-native journey.
We can’t wait to connect with you, share what we’ve been building, and hear about your own modernization journey.
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