Ann Arbor, Mich. — February 10, 2026 — VergeIO, the VMware alternative redefining infrastructure as a Private Cloud Operating System, recorded its strongest year to date with annual recurring revenue growing more than 80% year over year. The company exceeded its 2025 ARR plan by more than 25%, driven by increased enterprise adoption of VergeOS and a growing shift away from traditional virtualization toward cloud-style operations on customer- controlled infrastructure.
Strong Enterprise Adoption and Sales Momentum
VergeIO reached its annual sales target before the end of Q3 and closed the year with record sales volume. Growth was driven by more than 4,000 inbound verified leads and over 900 discovery calls with new prospects. The company added a record number of enterprise customers, including Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics, NASA, and Dana-Farber Institute, as organizations sought a simpler and more durable alternative to VMware that supports a clear transition from virtualization to a full-on-premises private cloud operating model.
Customer Proof: Modern Private Cloud at Scale
A key enterprise win in 2025 was Topgolf, the global sports entertainment leader, which selected VergeOS to modernize its IT infrastructure across corporate offices, centralized data centers, and venue-edge locations. Using VergeOS Site Manager and Virtual Data Centers (VDCs), Topgolf operates a single private cloud control plane across geographically distributed environments.
This approach replaced a large VMware deployment on Dell VxRail with a streamlined three- node architecture at each site, reducing infrastructure complexity and standardizing operations, protection policies, and lifecycle management. By relying on VergeOS’ built-in data protection capabilities, including ioClone, ioGuardian, and ioReplicate, Topgolf eliminated third-party backup software and appliances while maintaining consistent recovery objectives across all locations.
VergeOS 2026: Private Cloud Operating System
VergeIO introduced VergeOS 2026, reinforcing its direction as a Private Cloud Operating System rather than a traditional infrastructure platform. The release delivered more than 100 new and upgraded capabilities designed to support cloud-style operations on customer- controlled infrastructure.
Key enhancements included VergeIQ for deploying private AI agents and models as local infrastructure resources; native Terraform, Packer, and Ansible support for declarative provisioning and lifecycle management; resource tagging and grouping for consistent policy enforcement; immutable snapshots to support ransomware recovery; updated Windows guest drivers; advanced alarming integrated with the task engine; and a refreshed management interface. Together, these capabilities position VergeOS as a unified operating layer coordinating compute, storage, networking, automation, and protection within a single system.
Operational Simplicity and Customer Experience
VergeIO’s focus on reliability and customer experience resulted in a third-party-verified Net Promoter Score ranking in the 95th percentile, with zero detractors. This performance was achieved while onboarding a record number of new customers without expanding the customer support organization, reflecting the operational simplicity and stability of the VergeOS architecture.
Market Awareness and Education
In 2025, VergeIO supported growth through targeted marketing initiatives, including more than a dozen educational webinars that attracted over 4,000 registrants seeking practical guidance on reducing infrastructure cost and complexity. The company also deployed a VergeOS AI agent to assist users through documentation and a dedicated Slack channel, extending product knowledge without increasing support overhead.
Executive Perspective
“2025 was a defining year for VergeIO,” said Yan Ness, CEO of VergeIO. “Our team proved that VergeOS is not just a VMware replacement, but a better way to operate private infrastructure. Customers are adopting VergeOS because it simplifies operations, scales cleanly, and removes the hidden costs of traditional virtualization stacks.”
About VergeIO
VergeIO delivers a Private Cloud Operating System that replaces the traditional hypervisor, storage array, and network stack with a single integrated codebase. VergeOS enables enterprises, cloud service providers, educational institutions, and government agencies to operate cloud-style infrastructure across data center and edge environments while reducing cost, extending hardware life, and improving operational control. For more information, visit www.verge.io.
