Industry background
Organisations that rely on virtual machines are increasingly re-evaluating their virtualization strategy and moving to Kubernetes to run critical applications. According to the Portworx 2026 Voice of Kubernetes Report, 74% of organizations plan to modernize and/or migrate their VMs to Kubernetes. Migrating at scale introduces challenges around performance, operational risk, and security. According to the Report, 56% believe backup, DR, and HA are the most critical capabilities for any new virtualization platform. Organizations need a proven enterprise-ready platform that can run both traditional VMs and newer container-based applications and support migration at scale, while remaining secure, compliant and reliable.

New Portworx Enterprise capabilities
New capabilities delivered by Portworx Enterprise provide comprehensive services for storage, governance, and security that make it possible to migrate and run VMs on Kubernetes at enterprise scale. The solution is already running over a hundred thousand VM Volumes on Kubernetes seamlessly across on-premises, hybrid and cloud environments and enterprises are already using it as a foundational platform to power successful Kubernetes deployments. Portworx Enterprise now provides:

• Enterprise-ready containers and VMs on Kubernetes: updates deliver a unified storage and data management layer for running VMs and containers. Built for Day 2 data operations, data management capabilities streamline workflows and coordination across any Kubernetes deployment
• Repeatable frameworks and tooling:
  • Streamlining operational tasks with an open-source VM Readiness Assessment tool for scenario testing and performance readiness of VMs
  • Validated frameworks for KubeVirt and running stateful commercial off-the-shelf applications, such as ELK on Kubernetes
• Security built in:
  • Portworx integrates security directly into the platform, from encryption and policy-driven data placement and access controls, to CISO expectations for air gapped environments (Secure Boot), providing peace of mind
  • Enterprise-grade business continuity and disaster recovery for all workloads: app-aware, data protection, backup, and recovery services designed for mission-critical VM and container workloads
• Governance overview: Storage class-level monitoring on data storage, compliance, and location policies, providing regulatory alignment and audit compliance across on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud Kubernetes deployments

Customer impact 
By bridging the gap between traditional reliability and cloud-native agility, the latest Portworx Enterprise capabilities support customers to embrace modern virtualization by adopting Kubernetes at speed and at scale. The proven repeatable VM migration with validated architectures leads to time and budget saving, and a more streamlined experience for customers via a unified platform and automation. For enterprises embarking on this journey, this proven solution provides reassurance that Portworx Enterprise can handle the scale and complexity of large scale migrations.

Executive insight
“The shift to modern virtualization is accelerating. As VMs join AI and cloud-native applications running on Kubernetes as an industry standard, Portworx is delivering the performance, protection and governance required for demanding organizations, at global scale. With over a hundred thousand VM Volumes now deployed, we aren’t just promising a future-proof solution-we are already delivering it,” said Greg Muscarella, GM, Portworx, Everpure.

“Organizations are increasingly exploring modern virtualization approaches that bring VM-based workloads into Kubernetes environments alongside containerized applications. Successfully making this transition requires enterprise data services, protection, and governance capabilities. Platforms such as Portworx by Everpure can help support these operational requirements as organizations modernize their virtualization infrastructure,” said Johnny Yu, research manager, infrastructure software platforms, IDC.