VergeIO, the developer of VergeOS, the private cloud operating system, today announced that Kit Colbert, former Chief Technology Officer of VMware and architect of its multi-cloud strategy, has invested in the company and joined its Board of Directors. VergeOS is the infrastructure software for a VMware exit today and for the container and AI workloads that come next.
Two Decades Setting VMware’s Technical Direction
Kit Colbert
Member, VergeIO Board of Directors
Colbert spent two decades at VMware. He joined in 2003 as technical lead for vMotion and Storage vMotion, then ran the Cloud-Native Apps business unit that became Tanzu and the Cloud Platform business unit. VMware named him Chief Technology Officer in September 2021, leading 2,400 engineers until Broadcom’s 2023 acquisition.
One Codebase, Not Layers Across Separate Modules
VergeOS is a private cloud operating system, or PCOS. A traditional virtualization stack runs a hypervisor from one vendor, a storage controller from a second, a software-defined network from a third, and a management plane from a fourth. Each layer carries its own license, update cadence, and compatibility matrix. VergeOS replaces all four with a single codebase in which virtualization, storage, networking, and tenancy are native functions. PCOS is the architecture for the next decade of private infrastructure ready for containers and AI, not another hypervisor swap.
Competitors
Integration behind a GUI
Separate software products from separate vendors, stitched together by one management interface. Each layer carries its own license, update cadence, and compatibility matrix.
VergeOS
Integration in the code itself
Virtualization, storage, networking, and tenancy run as native functions of one operating system. The architecture supports a VMware exit and lays the foundation for containers and AI.
Twenty years inside VMware taught me that the winner in private infrastructure is a tightly integrated product across compute, storage, networking, and management. VergeIO built a private cloud operating system from the ground up, applying everything the industry has learned over the years. The product is production grade, and its compact architecture runs from the data center to the edge, spanning traditional workloads to the latest container-based and AI applications.
Kit Colbert
Member, VergeIO Board of Directors
Kit helped define the modern virtualization era. His seat on the board confirms what we have told customers for years. The way out of the hypervisor tax is not a cheaper hypervisor, it is a Private Cloud Operating System.
Greg Campbell
Founder and CTO, VergeIO
Production at Many Mid-Market and Enterprise Customers, Including Topgolf
Out of the entire VMware stack, across more than 100 venues, offices, and data centers.
100+
Venues, offices, and data centers running VergeOS
3
Products replaced: VMware, VxRail, Rubrik
1
Codebase managing the whole estate
“Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware put Topgolf in an awkward position, and an unsustainable cost trajectory. With the VMware platform and business model constantly pivoting, we chose to exit the entire VMware stack. VergeOS replaced VMware and Rubrik, and PowerEdge replaced VxRail across more than 100 venues, offices and data centers. Kit Colbert joining the VergeIO board further solidifies that Topgolf made the right decision to move forward with VergeIO. We picked the right architecture, and the right partner.”
Live Webinar · Jun 11, 2026
Beyond the Hypervisor Swap
Kit Colbert joins Greg Campbell on the broadcast.
Thursday, June 11 · 1:00 p.m. Eastern · 45 minutes
Architecture Datasheet
VergeOS 2026 Architecture Overview
A technical deep-dive into the architecture behind the announcement. How VergeOS unifies virtualization, storage, networking, and tenancy in a single codebase.
About VergeIO
VergeIO develops VergeOS, the private cloud operating system that runs virtualization, storage, networking, and tenancy as functions of one operating system, written from a single code base. Customers deploy VergeOS to replace legacy virtualization stacks, eliminate compounding licensing layers, and reduce the operational footprint of private infrastructure. The company is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan and serves enterprise, government, and service-provider customers worldwide. For more information, visit verge.io.
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