Venkat Ramakrishnan, Nate Mason & Ed Keen | Red Hat Summit 2025
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In this session from Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest 2025, industry leaders discuss the transformative journey of SiriusXM as they transition from traditional virtualization to OpenShift and containerization. Nate Mason from SiriusXM shares insights on diversifying hypervisor platforms and the importance of strong partnerships with Red Hat and Portworx to ensure safe and effective migration. Ed Keen from Red Hat highlights the critical role of services expertise and validated patterns in supporting customers’ migrations, while Venkat Ramakrishnan from Portworx discusses new offerings aimed at lowering the total cost of ownership for virtualization. The discussion emphasizes the benefits of integrating virtualization with containerization for improved operational efficiency and ROI. Key themes include the importance of planning, the role of customer engagement in migration, and the potential of Kubernetes for hybrid cloud environments.