Texas-Based Insurer Migrates Mission-Critical Applications from VxRail During Business
Hours Without Disruption
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — January 6, 2026 — VergeIO , the VMware alternative for organizations
seeking unified infrastructure, today announced that Alinsco Insurance has completed a full
migration from VMware on Dell VxRail to VergeOS across its Fort Worth headquarters and
international locations. The migration occurred during normal business hours with zero
downtime and no scheduled maintenance windows.
Alinsco Insurance, a Texas-based auto insurance company serving millions of drivers since
2003, faced an urgent infrastructure decision when Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware created
uncertainty around licensing costs and renewal timelines. After evaluating VergeOS as a
contingency plan, Alinsco made it its primary platform within weeks of initial testing.
“We made VergeOS our Plan A,” said Darrin Kirby, CIO at Alinsco Insurance. “Through testing,
we quickly realized VergeOS was the way forward.”
Zero-Downtime Migration During Business Hours
Alinsco’s IT team implemented a node-by-node migration strategy that maintained normal
business operations throughout the project. Using VergeOS’ built-in VMware migration
capabilities, the team backed up VMs to a temporary VergeOS environment, removed nodes
from VxRail one at a time, installed VergeOS on each node, and then inserted them into the
growing VergeOS cluster.
“All that was done during the day, with no maintenance window,” said Bryan Dore, Director of
IT at Alinsco. “No one even knew that it happened.”
The company continues running on its existing VxRail hardware, with third-party maintenance
from Park Place Technologies providing global coverage and 4-hour response times.
Performance on the same hardware improved noticeably after migrating to VergeOS.
“That’s a huge benefit to us—being able to keep running on this older gear, which quite frankly
runs faster with VergeOS than it did with VMware,” Kirby added. “Why do we need to upgrade
hardware?”
Reduced Costs and Simplified Operations
In addition to eliminating VMware licensing costs, Alinsco eliminated StorMagic licensing fees
at remote sites, and VergeOS networking capabilities replaced the need for separate solutions
like NSX, further reducing complexity. Alinsco implemented a multi-layered data protection strategy
using VergeOS-native snapshots and replication,
including hourly local snapshots, 45-day immutable snapshots, and 90-day cross-site
replication between Fort Worth, Texas, and Mexico.
The unified VergeOS interface streamlined daily operations. “It’s very hands-off, actually,”
Dore noted. “On a day-to-day basis, it’s very easy to perform tasks such as creating, cloning,
or recovering a virtual machine.”
Support That Sets the Standard
Alinsco ranks VergeIO as its top vendor for support quality. Response times average under 2
minutes, with escalations resolved in 1 to 2 hours. This experience contrasts with support calls
lasting over eight hours with previous vendors.
For organizations considering a similar move, Kirby offers straightforward advice: “It’s a no-
brainer. I’m not really sure what anyone would be afraid of. There is just absolutely no
downside. So what are you waiting for? You could actually do this tonight if you wanted to.”
To learn more about Alinsco’s conversion to VergeOS and other customer case studies, please
visit: https://www.verge.io/case-studies-registration-page/
About Alinsco Insurance
Alinsco Insurance is a Texas-based auto insurance company headquartered in Fort Worth.
Since 2003, the company has served millions of Texas drivers through a network of thousands
of independent insurance agents. Alinsco offers a range of auto insurance products and
operates web applications for policy management and claims processing. For more information,
visit www.alinsco.com.
About VergeIO
VergeIO is the VMware alternative for organizations seeking a simpler, unified infrastructure
platform. VergeOS replaces the traditional hypervisor, storage array, and network stack with a
single integrated codebase. Enterprises, CSPs, educational institutions, and government
agencies rely on VergeOS to reduce cost, extend hardware life, and automate operations
across their environments. For more information, visit www.verge.io.
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