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For years, virtualization has been the backbone of IT infrastructure, driving modernization, efficiency, and value. When integrated with a hybrid cloud strategy—spanning on-premises, cloud, and edge environments — it has revolutionized how enterprises manage their IT resources, enabling faster innovation and greater adaptability in increasingly complex ecosystems.

Today, however, the virtualization landscape is shifting rapidly due to new market dynamics and major vendor acquisitions. As a result, enterprises are struggling with rising costs, the challenge of maintaining flexibility, ensuring continuity and the need to ensure seamless operations. Many organizations now find themselves at a crossroads, reevaluating their virtualization strategies in the short to medium term amid growing pressure to adapt.

Therefore, we would like to invite you to this timely CIONET roundtable, where we will collaboratively examine the path forward. We will discuss questions such as:

• What are the alternatives to host and manage traditional virtual machines in a trusted, consistent and comprehensive hybrid cloud?
• How complex is the migration path and can we preserve existing virtualization investments while embracing modern management principles?
• How can we expedite the modernization of VM-based applications and prepare for future investments in cloud-native development and artificial intelligence?