Red Hat, Inc., the world’s foremost provider of open source solutions, has announced the general availability of Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation Engine. This new edition of Red Hat OpenShift is designed exclusively for organisations seeking a dedicated platform to leverage proven virtualisation functionalities within OpenShift.
By focusing solely on virtualisation workloads, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation Engine streamlines the deployment, management, and scaling of virtual machines (VMs), removing unrelated features to better align with specific infrastructure needs.
While containerisation has transformed certain application workflows, virtual machines continue to play a pivotal role in IT infrastructure. However, significant changes in the virtualisation market have led to rising costs and uncertainties for organisations managing their virtualisation environments. Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation Engine responds to these challenges by offering a cost-effective, virtualisation-focused solution that meets evolving infrastructure demands.
The Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation Engine maximises investment value by integrating only the essential OpenShift components required for virtualisation. This tailored approach simplifies operations and enhances efficiency. Powered by Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation and the KVM hypervisor, widely used across enterprise datacentres and the cloud—the platform supports both on-premises hardware running Red Hat Enterprise Linux and bare metal cloud services like AWS bare metal instances. It offers scalability to meet workload demands, built-in security features, and consistent performance across hybrid cloud environments.
To facilitate the transition from other virtualisation platforms, the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation Engine includes access to Red Hat’s migration toolkit for virtualisation. This tool simplifies migration workflows, minimises downtime, and ensures operational continuity. Organisations can also participate in Red Hat’s Virtualisation Migration Assessment workshops, where experts evaluate business drivers and chart a low-risk migration path.
Further enhancing operational efficiency, the platform integrates with the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. This enables IT teams to automate VM migrations and day-to-day management tasks, orchestrating processes across virtualised environments for streamlined, resilient, and scalable operations.
The Red Hat partner ecosystem bolsters the OpenShift Virtualisation Engine with robust support for storage solutions, backup and disaster recovery options, and networking tools. This extensive ecosystem ensures that deployments are scalable and aligned with modern IT needs.
In addition to the OpenShift Virtualisation Engine, Red Hat introduces Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Virtualisation. This specialised edition centralises VM lifecycle management, enabling streamlined provisioning, monitoring, and compliance tasks. By unifying virtual machine management, it helps organisations reduce sprawl and maintain operational consistency across their virtualised environments.
Mike Barrett, Vice President and General Manager of Hybrid Cloud Platforms at Red Hat, emphasised the need for tailored solutions: “Virtualisation solutions are the bedrock of most private and public cloud environments. As organisations modernise their virtual environments, their unique needs demand flexible approaches. Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation Engine and Advanced Cluster Management for Virtualisation lower the price point of our solutions while meeting organisations where they are in their modernisation journeys.”
Stephen Elliott, Group Vice President of I&O, Cloud Operations, and DevOps at IDC, highlighted the importance of streamlined virtualisation: “Virtualised infrastructure remains integral to modern computing, even as container adoption grows. Organisations are seeking options that reduce complexity while delivering scalability, performance, and security.”
By addressing these needs, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation Engine offers organisations a focused, cost-efficient path to optimise their virtualisation strategies, ensuring they can confidently navigate the changing IT landscape.
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