Everpure has introduced new capabilities for Portworx Enterprise designed to support organizations running enterprise-grade virtual machines and containers across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. The updates aim to help enterprises adopt modern virtualization by accelerating provisioning, simplifying automation, and reducing operational complexity through an enterprise-grade platform that has already migrated over a hundred thousand VM volumes to Kubernetes.
Organizations that depend heavily on virtual machines are increasingly reassessing their virtualization strategies and shifting toward Kubernetes for running critical workloads. According to the Portworx 2026 Voice of Kubernetes Report, 71% of organizations plan to modernize and/or migrate their VMs to Kubernetes.
However, large-scale migration brings challenges related to performance, operational risk, and security. The report also found that 56% of respondents consider backup, disaster recovery, and high availability as the most critical capabilities in any new virtualization platform. As a result, enterprises require a proven, enterprise-ready platform capable of supporting both traditional VMs and modern containerized applications, while enabling secure, compliant, and reliable migration at scale.
The latest capabilities in Portworx Enterprise deliver expanded services for storage, governance, and security, enabling organizations to migrate and operate VMs on Kubernetes at enterprise scale. The platform is already powering over a hundred thousand VM volumes across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments, and is increasingly being used as a foundational layer for Kubernetes deployments.
Key enhancements include:
- Enterprise-ready containers and VMs on Kubernetes: A unified storage and data management layer for running both VMs and containers. Built for Day 2 operations, it streamlines data workflows and coordination across Kubernetes environments.
- Repeatable frameworks and tooling: An open-source VM Readiness Assessment tool for scenario testing and performance validation of VM workloads
- Built-in security: Security is embedded directly into the platform, including encryption, policy-driven data placement, access controls, and support for air-gapped environments with Secure Boot, aligning with enterprise CISO requirements.
- Enterprise-grade continuity and disaster recovery: Application-aware data protection, backup, and recovery capabilities designed for mission-critical VM and container workloads.
- Governance overview: Storage-class-level monitoring for data placement, compliance, and location policies, enabling regulatory alignment and audit readiness across on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud Kubernetes environments.
By bridging traditional virtualization reliability with cloud-native agility, the new capabilities in Portworx Enterprise help organizations accelerate adoption of modern virtualization on Kubernetes. The use of repeatable VM migration frameworks and validated architectures enables faster deployments, reduced cost and complexity, and a more streamlined operational experience through automation and unified management. For enterprises undertaking large-scale migrations, the platform is positioned as a proven solution capable of handling significant scale and operational demands.
“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 by Everpure.
