FedHIVE Delivers Self-Service Kubernetes for Federal Agencies with Portworx

Facing cost-prohibitive licensing from their legacy virtualization provider, FedHIVE needed to modernize their infrastructure to support both containers and VMs without disrupting their customers or overhauling their existing storage. Portworx and Red Hat OpenShift provided an infrastructure-agnostic foundation that bridged legacy and modern environments, enabling a smooth migration that delivered measurable labor and cost savings.

The Challenge

FedHIVE.com was at a crossroads. Approaching end-of-life on hardware and facing steep new licensing costs from their legacy virtualization provider, they needed to chart a new path. As a boutique hyperscaler and private cloud platform serving federal government agencies, they had to support container adoption and modern workloads while maintaining strict compliance and regulatory requirements, all without overhauling their existing storage infrastructure. Further, they wanted to give customers more autonomy to manage their own environments, reducing the burden on FedHIVE’s own team in the process.

Business Transformation

Portworx simplified FedHIVE.com’s migration from their legacy virtualization provider to Red Hat OpenShift, enabling a phased approach that let them prioritize customers who were ready to modernize first. Portworx automation and self-provisioning reduced labor costs by 30% or more, allowing them to deliver a stronger, more self-sufficient customer experience. Because Portworx plugs seamlessly into their existing infrastructure, FedHIVE could leverage their current hardware—with no costly rip-and-replace required.