EverFlex Virtual Machine to Container Migration Solutions

This document is a service brief detailing Hitachi Vantara's EverFlex Virtual Machine to Container Migration and Management Solutions. It outlines the company's offerings aimed at assisting organizations in migrating from virtualized environments to Kubernetes and other container platforms. The brief describes various consulting services, automated assessment methodologies, and tools designed to analyze existing deployments and identify workloads suitable for migration. The EverFlex Control platform is highlighted for its automation capabilities in converting virtual machines to containers, providing a hybrid cloud solution that supports both standard Kubernetes and OpenShift deployments. Additionally, the document discusses the financial aspects of migration, emphasizing a pay-as-you-go model and hybrid cloud FinOps to optimize costs. It also addresses the complexities of managing a mixed environment of VMs and containers, recommending a careful evaluation of architectural considerations to maximize efficiency and reduce total cost of ownership.