Voyager Replaces VMware with Virtuozzo to Regain Control of Cloud Infrastructure

Virtuozzo, the alternative cloud platform built for service providers, today announced that New Zealand-based telecommunications and cloud provider Voyager has successfully transitioned from VMware to Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure - reclaiming full control over its cloud platform, pricing, and customer experience.

A Strategic Shift Towards Simplicity and Sovereignty

Voyager, one of New Zealand's leading ISPs and cloud service providers, had long relied on VMware to deliver hyperconverged infrastructure and cloud services. But when Broadcom's post-acquisition changes took hold, the company sought a new platform that could match VMware's capabilities without the escalating costs and complexity.

"We'd built everything around a VMware stack - hyper-converged storage, software-defined networking, Cloud Director," said Todd Bryant, Chief Information Security Officer at Voyager. "After Broadcom came in, everything changed: licensing, pricing, support models. We needed something that could do what VMware did, without the complexity or cost."

Why Virtuozzo

Voyager evaluated multiple alternatives, including OpenStack, Nutanix, and Hyper-V-based platforms. Virtuozzo emerged as the clear choice for its performance, ease of use, flexible architecture, and alignment with Voyager's business values.

"What stood out with Virtuozzo was how complete the platform felt - self-service, hyper-converged infrastructure, high-performance storage, and support for sovereign cloud - all without the overhead and complexity of bigger stacks," said Bryant. "But it wasn't just the tech. Virtuozzo matched the way we work as a business - flexible, transparent, and collaborative. That made it easy to build not just a platform, but a real partnership."

Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure (https://www.virtuozzo.com/hybrid-infrastructure/) enables Voyager to deliver compute, software-defined networking, high-performance storage, and self-service capabilities - all on Voyager's own infrastructure in New Zealand. The built-in OpenStack API adds flexibility for customers to automate their environments, while the platform's transparent pricing eliminates billing surprises.

Delivering Sovereign Cloud Services to a Broader Market

Data sovereignty and local support are critical for Voyager's customers - and Virtuozzo made it easy to maintain both. With Virtuozzo, Voyager can offer fully-featured sovereign cloud services with low latency and local data residency - without depending on global hyperscalers.

Since the migration, Voyager has expanded its appeal to new customer segments, including enterprises looking to escape rising VMware costs. The company has reported increased demand for private cloud offerings, and customers have responded positively to the clarity and simplicity of the Virtuozzo-powered platform.

"One customer told us, 'It's like you took all the problems with AWS and just simplified them,'" said Bryant.

Expanding the Cloud Ecosystem

Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure already delivers the core capabilities Voyager needs, so now they will focus on expanding the ecosystem around it, with enhanced management, security, and self-service features tailored to their customers.

Voyager is also exploring other solutions from the Virtuozzo portfolio, including the Virtuozzo Application Platform, which could offer streamlined application deployment and automation for digital agencies and SaaS providers.

As demand grows for local, sovereign cloud services that are easy to manage and competitively priced, Voyager is gearing up to deliver a broader, integrated ecosystem- with Virtuozzo playing a central role in that vision.

Learn more details about partnership with Voyager and how Virtuozzo can fit into the long-term cloud strategy https://www.virtuozzo.com/resources/case-studies/voyager-new-zealand-cloud-provider-replaces-vmware-case-study/

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Virtuozzo is a leading alternative cloud platform built for service providers, ISVs, and enterprises. It enables production-ready OpenStack-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service, multi-cloud Platform-as-a-Service, Kubernetes hosting, S3-compatible object storage, cloud database management, and more - all designed to simplify cloud operations and accelerate service delivery. Purpose-built to empower cloud service providers, Virtuozzo removes the complexity of building and managing cloud infrastructure, giving businesses full control over their services, pricing, and customer experience. The platform supports both traditional and cloud-native workloads, delivering optimized performance, rapid time-to-market, predictable economics, and personalized support. Virtuozzo powers more than 680 service providers, MSPs, and hosting companies in 84 countries.
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