Kubernetes has become a key technology for enterprises modernizing their application infrastructure. As Nutanix highlighted in their Hottest Trends in Kubernetes 2025, adoption has grown beyond cloud-native companies. Organizations now use Kubernetes to support both stateful and stateless workloads across hybrid and multi-cluster environments.

As Kubernetes use grows, enterprises face new requirements around deployment, management, and security. Nutanix and WEI provide a proven approach that helps organizations meet current needs while building a strong foundation for future goals.

Meeting Modern Demands with Kubernetes and Nutanix

Enterprise adoption of Kubernetes continues to accelerate. Nutanix identifies several trends that are shaping how organizations put Kubernetes to work:

• Stateful applications are increasingly containerized, requiring dependable storage, data protection, and consistent operations.
• Hybrid and multi-cluster architectures are now common, with workloads running across data centers, public clouds, and edge locations.
• Security and compliance have become central, as organizations align operations with regulatory and internal standards.
• Platform choice and independence help enterprises avoid lock-in and maintain control over their technology path.

Nutanix solutions address these priorities through integrated capabilities:

• The Nutanix Cloud Native AOS platform provides enterprise-level storage for Kubernetes, including support for persistent volumes, replication, and data protection to support key workloads.
• The Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP), built with Canonical’s Ubuntu Pro, provides a hardened Kubernetes stack with automated lifecycle management, security features such as kernel hardening and live patching, and integration with Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP) for reliable data services.

NKP: New Capabilities for Unified Kubernetes Management

The 2024 release of NKP introduced important capabilities to support modern Kubernetes operations while helping organizations manage both traditional and containerized workloads on a common platform.

Key features include:

• Unified management of virtual machines and Kubernetes clusters, helping IT teams support both types of workloads through a single toolset.
• Open API support, enabling integration with existing CI/CD pipelines, monitoring systems, and service meshes so teams can continue using familiar tools.
• Policy-based governance, allowing administrators to apply access controls, resource limits, and compliance rules consistently across environments.
• Built-in observability and troubleshooting tools, giving teams the information they need to address performance issues and keep operations steady.

The Role of Nutanix Cloud Platform

NCP supports NKP by bringing together compute, storage, networking, security, and database services in one platform that works across on-premises data centers and public clouds. Proven benefits of this integration include:

• Unified data services, allowing Kubernetes clusters managed by NKP to use the same storage, database services, and data protection capabilities as other workloads.
• Consistent operations, helping organizations apply the same practices and controls across all environments without unnecessary duplication of infrastructure or effort.

This approach helps enterprises reduce operational friction and maintain reliable performance across all parts of their IT environment.

The WEI Advantage: From Planning to Production

Nutanix provides the technology foundation, and WEI ensures that it is ready for use from day one.

Our customers are the beneficiaries of:

• Deployments that are pre-configured in WEI’s labs, with updates and customer-specific settings applied.
• Testing that confirms interoperability and readiness for production.
• Simulations that verify performance, security, and compliance needs are met.
• Disaster recovery, backup, and access controls that are integrated as part of the deployment.
• Architecture that supports hybrid and multi-cluster operations while preserving platform choice.

WEI also provides planning, deployment support, and training so internal teams are equipped to manage NKP and Kubernetes with confidence.

Real-World Impact: Nutanix, NKP, and WEI in Action

Organizations across industries have seen measurable results from working with Nutanix and WEI:

• A healthcare leader deployed more than 2,000 Nutanix nodes across 70+ global sites. WEI prepared and tested these systems to support multi-cluster operations and hybrid models. This effort helped the customer meet timelines for application deployment while reducing operational risk.
• A financial institution modernized its data center using Nutanix AHV and disaster recovery solutions. This supported secure operations for stateful applications and helped the institution maintain compliance.
• A financial services customer adopted Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Azure, with WEI designing and delivering a hybrid Kubernetes solution that aligned with Azure spending commitments and improved cloud resource management.

In each case, WEI helped ensure that Nutanix solutions were ready for production use and aligned to both technical and business goals.

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Looking Ahead: Preparing for the Future of Kubernetes

As organizations look ahead, Kubernetes will remain central to how they support innovation, from AI and machine learning initiatives to IoT applications at the edge. The possibilities are exciting, but they also bring new decisions and challenges for IT teams. Nutanix continues to build its platform with these opportunities in mind, providing tools that help organizations move forward with confidence.

With Nutanix Cloud Platform as the foundation, enterprises can manage Kubernetes clusters with consistent data services, security practices, and operational controls, whether their workloads run in the data center, in the cloud, or at the edge.

At WEI, we believe success with new technology is about more than getting systems live. It’s about making sure they deliver lasting value. That is why our team works closely with customers, providing guidance, deployment support, and training tailored to their goals.

Together, Nutanix and WEI are committed to helping enterprises build solutions that are not only ready for today’s demands, but also prepared to support the opportunities ahead. Contact our experts to learn more.

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