Analyst Report|20 Feb 2026

Rethinking virtualization: A strategic bridge to cloud-native

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Organizations face pressure to modernize infrastructure, manage hypervisor licensing costs, and maintain hybrid consistency. The challenge is integrating traditional virtualization with cloud-native architectures without disrupting operations or requiring refactoring.

This report explores how "uplift and shift" strategies enable modernization by running VMs and containers on unified platforms. Learn:

· Criteria for hypervisor selection: security, scalability, performance
· The case for modern virtualization to boost developer velocity and reduce overhead
· How Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization on AWS supports gradual modernization

Discover how virtualization drives transformation.

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