Enterprises have reached a tipping point in their infrastructure strategy. Portworx by Everpure, in partnership with Dimensional Research, surveyed over 500 Kubernetes and virtualization experts to understand how the pressures of rising costs and data sovereignty requirements are reshaping the modern data center. As organizations aggressively move VM workloads away from VMware, Kubernetes has emerged as the definitive platform for the next generation of mission-critical applications—including AI/ML workloads.
This report reveals how enterprises are:
- Leaving VMware: Navigating moving their VM workloads off VMware to avoid cost increases.
- Solving Data Sovereignty: Balancing the need for global scale with data residency and sovereignty requirements.
- Going Kubernetes-First: Building the future of their platforms on Kubernetes.
