Perspectives | IIS Technology

VMware Migration & OpenShift Virtualization

Written by Jesse Barker | Feb 12, 2026

Navigate Your Virtualization Future with Confidence
The Broadcom acquisition of VMware has fundamentally changed the enterprise virtualization landscape.
Organizations face significant licensing changes, uncertain roadmaps, and difficult decisions about their
virtualization strategy.


IIS helps customers understand their options, assess their environments, and execute migrations with minimal
risk and maximum confidence.


What Customers Are Asking:
"What does the Broadcom acquisition actually mean for us?" We provide clear, objective analysis of how
licensing and support changes affect your specific environment and budget.


"What are our options? What are the trade-offs?" We present the full landscape of alternatives—including
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization—with honest assessments of what fits your situation.


"How hard is it to migrate? What can move, what can't?" We assess your workloads to identify migration
complexity, prerequisites, and the best approach for each application type.


"Can you help us plan and execute this migration?" Yes. From initial assessment through production cutover
and knowledge transfer, we provide end-to-end migration services.

Our Services
VMware Environment Assessment Comprehensive discovery of your current VMware footprint, including
workload inventory, dependency mapping, and complexity analysis. Delivered as a prioritized migration
roadmap.
Migration Planning & Wave Design Detailed planning for phased migration, including infrastructure design,
testing strategy, rollback procedures, and success criteria for each migration wave.
Migration Execution Hands-on migration services using proven methodologies. We work alongside your team
to migrate workloads while transferring knowledge throughout the engagement.
Operational Training Comprehensive training for your operations team on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Post-Migration Optimization Performance tuning, resource optimization, and operational refinement after
migration completion.

Ways to Explore
Format How It Helps You Evaluate
Presentations Understand the market landscape, your options, and decision frameworks
Demonstrations See OpenShift Virtualization capabilities, migration tooling, and day-2 operations in action
Workshops Assess your environment collaboratively and develop migration scenarios
Why OpenShift Virtualization?
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization provides a unified platform for VMs and containers on a single Kubernetesbased
infrastructure.


Key Differentiators:
Simplifies VM migration with tooling included in OpenShift
Offers a path to infrastructure and application modernization
Provides a single cloud-native platform for existing VMs and new containers
Backed by Red Hat's open source community and enterprise support


Migration Complexity Guide
Your Environment Migration Approach
vSphere Standard/Essentials Rapid migration, lower complexity
vSphere Foundation (VVF) Structured migration with planning
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Increased planning, detailed assessment required
Your Environment Migration Approach
VMware + NSX Higher complexity, comprehensive assessment required

Get Started


Discovery Questions We'll Explore:
What's your timeline? When is your VMware renewal?
Do you have resources to execute a migration, or would you need help?
What's the cost of delay if this takes longer than expected?
Have you budgeted for migration services, or just the new platform?
[Schedule VMware Assessment] [Request Migration Workshop]