CIOs seek to reduce or halt cloud spending per Venture Beat

Universities are leaving VMware as licensing costs rise and hardware requirements tighten. This article explores how institutions like Pfeiffer University are modernizing with VergeOS—reusing existing servers, cutting costs by 85%, and building scalable, AI-ready infrastructure that supports both academic and operational goals.

Immutable backups alone don't defeat ransomware—they're important, but they are storage. True recovery requires three elements: frequent snapshots to minimize data loss, immutability to survive credential compromise, and data center-wide restoration to bring complete environments back online in seconds.

Legacy software limits infrastructure scale because it attempts to hide costly complexity. Each added module increases integration effort, licensing, and maintenance overhead. True efficiency requires a unified platform that eliminates fragmentation, simplifies management, and reduces long-term operational expenses.