Azure Local demonstrates Microsoft's long-term commitment to bridging the functionality gap between public cloud and on-premises environments. However, the main focus for this specific Virtified Loop is the data centre use case and therein lies the challenge. We do not consider Azure Local as a suitable candidate for traditional data centre requirements at this time.
Virtified will continue to monitor progress including early adopter feedback.

VergeOS offers an innovative solution in the market for virtualised and hyperconverged infrastructure (VHCI). It has solid functionality for data protection and resiliency and has been developed on a single codebase that integrates storage, network and compute (built on KVM).

OpenShift Virtualization is a Kubernetes operator built on the open source KubeVirt project and KVM hypervisor. Adding custom resource definitions (CRD) to Kubernetes allows the offering to manage virtual machines in a manner similar to containers.

Canonical OpenStack is an opinionated version of the OpenStack open source project. Beyond what is included from the upstream project, it delivers additional functionality including model-driven orchestration (Juju) coupled with hardware automation (MAAS).

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is Broadcom’s flagship software offering from its VMware brand. It represents the latest and boldest attempt to incorporate multiple software products under a single offering.

Microsoft has played a key role in on-premises IT infrastructure for over two decades. More recently, the provider has reduced its emphasis on Windows Server, which is to their detriment.

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure is an established offering in the market for virtualised and hyperconverged infrastructure (VHCI). It was a pioneer in hyperconverged offerings and developed strong capabilities in storage and data services.

Oracle’s offering in the market for virtualised and hyperconverged infrastructure (VHCI) is somewhat of a surprise. Although the offering can appear disjointed, it has multiple components that provide standard capability across the majority technical features evaluated by Virtified.

Private Cloud Director is a recent entrant in the market for virtualised and hyperconverged infrastructure (VHCI). It draws upon, and extends, multiple open-source projects including KVM, OpenStack and Kubernetes.

Interest in Proxmox Virtual Environment continues to grow, and the offering has a positive sentiment among many technologists. The provider does not publish a catalogue of certified ISV applications or a formal hardware compatibility list.

VATES Virtualization Management Stack uses the XCP-ng hypervisor, which is based upon the Xen Project hypervisor. All features of XCP-ng are available for free.