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      VergeFS is a distributed, high-performance global file system integrated into VergeOS, unifying storage across nodes, tiers, and workloads while eliminating the need for external SANs
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      • Refurbished SSD TelemetryMost refurbished SSD suppliers are reputable, but a reset wear number still worries buyers. Refurbished SSD telemetry settles it. VergeOS measures every drive against its thresholds, flags a worn drive before it fails, and replaces it with the cluster online. Continuous monitoring plus redundancy keeps mislabeled media from costing data.
      • The Value of an Integrated VMware AlternativeNearly every VMware alternative claims to be integrated, but three very different architectures hide behind that word. A hypervisor swap, hyperconverged infrastructure, and ultra-converged infrastructure each carry different costs and operational consequences. The value of an integrated VMware alternative comes down to one question most buyers never ask: how integrated is the code itself?
      • VMware Alternatives Must Be AI-ReadyAn AI-ready VMware alternative has to do more than replace virtualization. It has to handle the containers, GPUs, and private AI workloads that arrive next. Here are the five things to look for and how to test them on hardware you already own.
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Live Webinar · Hosted by Truth in IT

The AI-Powered VMware Alternative

VergeOS is the AI-powered VMware alternative: a complete private cloud platform with a clear path off VMware, now with an AI assistant that helps you operate it. In this live session we connect that assistant to a real VergeOS environment and run it through plain language, importing workloads, building a secured three-tier environment, and root-causing a real fault, with an administrator approving every action.

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Jason Yaeger
Jason Yaeger
SVP Engineering, VergeIO
Larry Ludlow
Larry Ludlow
Principal Engineer, VergeIO
David Litman
David Litman
Host, Truth in IT
Session Agenda

What You Will See

This is a demo-heavy session. Expect a few slides for context, then most of the session is live on screen: an AI agent running real operations against a live, multi-node VergeOS environment, with an administrator approving every action it takes.

See It Live

Plain Language In. Infrastructure Out.

No scripts. No console diving. During the demo, you watch commands like these run against a live VergeOS environment.

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you> Import the VMware VM and get it running
✓ Imported dev-app-01. Powered on and reachable.
you> Create 2 web, 2 app, and 1 database VM — each tier on its own internal network
✓ 5 VMs created across 3 isolated networks.
you> Allow web to app on 1443, and app to the DB on 5432
→ 2 firewall rules staged. Approve before applying? [y/N]
you> I’m seeing “VM clock has changed” messages in my logs. What’s wrong?
✓ Root cause: hardware clock UTC mismatch. Here’s the fix…
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Run of Show

The Full Agenda

Context

The VMware Market Reset

A short look at where the market stands today. This section sets context and gets out of the way so the session can focus on what comes next.

Strategy

More Than a Hypervisor Swap

Treating a migration as a hypervisor swap leaves value on the table. We make the case for evaluating platforms on economics, operational simplicity, and whether they are ready for what arrives after the migration, including AI.

How It Works

The Brains, the Hands, and the Know-How

The architecture behind the demo: an MCP server that gives AI assistants secure access to your VergeOS environment and its documentation, a CLI that lets them act, and skills that encode how VergeOS experts troubleshoot and build. Together they let your team operate infrastructure conversationally, with every action gated by an administrator.

Live Demo · 1

Ask the Expert

The questions a migrating team actually asks, answered live: how a five-host VMware network layout maps to VergeOS, what a cryptic recurring log message really means, and the difference between virtual wires and layer 2 tenant networks.

Live Demo · 2

Build by Conversation

Import a VM, deploy a three-tier environment with web, app, and database on isolated internal networks, then secure it with firewall rules between tiers. Every step in plain language, every change approved by the administrator before it applies.

Live Demo · 3

Diagnose a Real Fault

We run a system-wide diagnostic against a live environment with a real problem and watch the agent find root cause, citing the actual log lines it used to get there.

Live Q&A

Your Questions Answered

Bring your migration and AI questions. We close with a direct discussion on applying these capabilities in your own environment.

Who Should Attend

Built for Teams Planning Their Move Off VMware

This webinar speaks to infrastructure architects, IT managers, and systems engineers evaluating their move off VMware. The audience already understands the market disruption, so the time goes toward the opportunity rather than the problem.

If your team wants infrastructure that lowers cost, extends hardware life, and becomes easier to operate through AI, this session shows what that looks like in practice.

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About VergeOS

More Than a Hypervisor Replacement

VergeOS integrates compute, storage, and networking in a single code base. That design removes the layered licensing and operational complexity of a traditional VMware stack and gives organizations a platform built for the next phase of infrastructure modernization.

The same platform that replaces VMware also becomes the foundation for AI-powered operations. Hardware efficiency is the starting point. Making infrastructure management itself easier is the next step.

About the Verge MCP Plug-in

An Assistant for Your Infrastructure

Most infrastructure “AI” stops at a chatbot that answers documentation questions. The Verge MCP plug-in goes further because it pairs three things: an MCP server that gives AI assistants a secure window into your VergeOS environment, a CLI that gives them hands to act, and a library of skills that encode how VergeOS engineers actually work, from network design to diagnostics.

It is built on the Model Context Protocol, an open standard supported by today’s major AI assistants, rather than a proprietary interface. And the administrator stays in charge. You decide what the agent can see, and every change it proposes waits for your approval. The result is an assistant that builds networks, deploys workloads, and troubleshoots problems on your command, with you in control the entire time.

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