All Episodes

February 9, 2025 23 mins

In this episode, Solution Architecture Manager for Mirantis, Michael Tillman, is back to break down the leading VMware alternative solutions designed to control cloud costs and eliminate all forms of vendor lock-in by leveraging open source, flexible, and scalable components and tools.

Vendor lock-in can take on many forms, which Michael will outline at the onset. Then, he will present the main reasons behind why so many VMware vSphere users are looking for alternative solutions to limit skyrocketing costs, maintain the flexibility to innovate, and future-proof their cloud native infrastructure framework in order to better integrate with other tools and ecosystems that may make sense as you travel further down your roadmap. Lastly, Michael will highlight the Mirantis approach to open source-based, cloud native infrastructure management, showcasing solutions and tools that will save you money, decrease your deployment times, and better position your organization for innovation in the future.

A full list of the topics discussed in this episode include:

  • Different types of vendor lock-in
  • Importance of vendor neutrality
  • VMware alternative solutions
  • The Mirantis solution
  • The Mirantis advantage
  • Quick summary

Check out VMware alternatives solutions at mirantis.com/vmware-alternatives/ 

If you want to listen to more episodes of Radio Cloud Native, please visit https://www.mirantis.com/radiocloudnative/ to download, or find them wherever you prefer to consume your podcasts.

If you are interested in contributing to Radio Cloud Native, please reach out to our podcast team: podcasts@mirantis.com

Mark as Played

Advertise With Us

Popular Podcasts

Stuff You Should Know
The Joe Rogan Experience

The Joe Rogan Experience

The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.

Two Guys, Five Rings: Matt, Bowen & The Olympics

Two Guys, Five Rings: Matt, Bowen & The Olympics

Two Guys (Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers). Five Rings (you know, from the Olympics logo). One essential podcast for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Bowen Yang (SNL, Wicked) and Matt Rogers (Palm Royale, No Good Deed) of Las Culturistas are back for a second season of Two Guys, Five Rings, a collaboration with NBC Sports and iHeartRadio. In this 15-episode event, Bowen and Matt discuss the top storylines, obsess over Italian culture, and find out what really goes on in the Olympic Village.

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2026 iHeartMedia, Inc.