VergeIO, which makes a single-codebase infrastructure operating system for virtualization, storage, networking, and AI, and positions itself as a VMware replacement, has partnered with Cirrus Data Solutions and its software-only data mobility technology. The goal is to help enterprises eliminate infrastructure sprawl, which is that costly mix of multiple hypervisors, duplicate tools, and isolated stacks, that has crept into data centres. VergeIO and Cirrus Data address both sides of the problem – a universal migration path that keeps production online and a unifying destination that consolidates platforms into one operating model. That’s where Cirrus comes in, although it’s not as seamless a market transition as we would like.”“Consolidation isn’t a one-off,” said Wayne Lam, CEO of Cirrus Data. “VergeOS replaces stacked products with a single operating system covering virtualization, storage, networking and AI,” Crump noted.