As part of enterprise-wide cloud journeys and deployments, Kubernetes has become the "de facto" container orchestration system, with 94% of IT decision-makers in a recent survey stating they have begun using the open-source technology.
However, using Kubernetes alone is insufficient to succeed with a hybrid cloud. Enterprises need a single unifying platform running across their entire hybrid multicloud estate. Red Hat OpenShift supports all hybrid multicloud environments where your business will need to run applications —today and tomorrow.
Unlike many legacy platforms, Red Hat's open-source heritage means OpenShift is constantly updated. For clients wanting a single platform that runs across their entire hybrid multicloud estate, OpenShift provides simplicity and makes the whole experience more affordable.
Kubernetes, plus the tools and support for success
As the industry's leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes, Red Hat® OpenShift® brings together tested and trusted services to reduce the friction of developing, modernizing, deploying, running and managing applications. It delivers a complete application platform for both traditional and cloud-native applications, allowing them to run anywhere.
Standardizing on Red Hat OpenShift delivers all the advantages of Kubernetes, priming you for successful digital transformation and helping you gain the speed, agility and flexibility to innovate, reach new customers quickly and maintain a competitive edge under harsh market conditions.
However, a lack of IT skills, budget and time can cause concern when moving legacy container platforms to Red Hat OpenShift. That's why Red Hat and HCLTech created the Kubernetes Migration Platform (KMP), which provides customers with a fast and affordable route to experiencing the full capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift.
"Kubernetes is about a generational change in how we deploy and consume apps. We won't get that change just through Red Hat; it has to be the entire industry."
Josh Berkus, Kubernetes Community Lead, Red Hat
Accelerate your Red Hat OpenShift adoption
HCLTech's KMP is an automated software solution designed to move legacy container platforms to Red Hat OpenShift quickly and affordably.
There has been growing demand for KMP in the last year for two fundamental reasons, says Alan Flower, who leads HCLTech's Cloud Native and GenAI Labs:
"Firstly, clients are desperate to escape their current legacy providers quickly, so they are not forced to extend contractual relationships — they want to get to OpenShift rapidly. Secondly, they are looking for simplicity. Clients want to unify a complex platform environment. They want to standardize on Red Hat OpenShift, reduce their consumption of competitive platforms and get to OpenShift as cheaply and quickly as possible. KMP is the easiest way for clients to migrate from a competitive platform to Red Hat OpenShift — a genuinely automated three-click experience."
With a one-off setup time of around four hours and an execution time of just two minutes per workload, KMP saves nearly 400 hours for every 100 workloads migrated.
By reducing the human resources required for migration and minimizing the risk of application downtime and security failures, KMP provides an easy, fast and reliable migration route to Red Hat OpenShift so that you can:
- Take advantage of the benefits of containerization and modern cloud-native architectures faster
- Migrate workloads from any container platform with complete confidence and the highest levels of security, including IBM Cloud Foundry, VMware Pivotal Cloud Foundry, VMware Tanzu, SUSE Rancher and IBM Bluemix
- Move workloads easily between hybrid, multicloud environments built on different Kubernetes-based platforms
- Free up budgets and resources to focus on creating applications to drive your business forward
Looking ahead
HCLTech has developed a self-service software-as-a-service version of KMP where anyone can access it from a web form to migrate their containers to Red Hat OpenShift. This KMP service will make migration to Red Hat OpenShift fast and affordable, even for small businesses.
Ready to learn more about how your business could benefit? Learn more about KMP or contact our team to discuss a customized discovery session.
5th Annual Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index The Explosion of Data Across Clouds. January 2023.
