What’s next: Virtualization
Join us December 15, 2026, for the latest virtual event in our “What’s next” series. We’ll bring together experts for presentations and roundtable-style discussions to help you navigate your virtualization options and see how they can help shape your future-state infrastructure.
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How to modernize ahead of your next era of infrastructure
The virtualization decisions you make today may shape your infrastructure for the next 10 years or more. You need to choose a platform, then decide which workloads should remain virtualized and which should be modernized. On top of all that, you have to determine how your virtual machines (VMs), containers, and AI workloads can operate together.
Explore key issues
Get the insights you need from 15- to 25-minute roundtable discussions and presentations focused on the most critical challenges facing your teams.
The 2027 virtualization decision
Driven by rapid changes in the virtualization space, organizations need to look beyond simple platform replacement. Now is the time to decide which workloads to migrate, modernize, or keep virtualized.
Navigating platform migrations with confidence
Discover practical migration frameworks, automation tools, and lessons on managing downtime, storage dependencies, and risk mitigation.
Don’t migrate your architecture by accident
Successful migrations often start before the first VM moves. Learn to assess your existing IT estate, identify infrastructure dependencies, align stakeholders and build a roadmap to guide your virtualization migration.
Red Hat OpenShift Migration Advisor tool demo
Get a demonstration of this no-cost, self-service tool designed to evaluate the migration readiness of your workloads prior to commitment.
VMs, containers, & AI: Designing the next operating model
Virtualization changes offer a chance to envision your next operating model, with coexisting VMs, containers, and AI. Explore ways to operate traditional applications, cloud-native workloads, and emerging AI workloads without creating another generation of infrastructure silos.
Building the infrastructure underneath what’s next
Changing the virtualization layer has implications beyond the hypervisor. Storage, compute, availability, performance, and data mobility are all factors in the infrastructure decisions that need to be made before starting a large-scale migration.
5 things to consider for your virtualization strategy
You don’t need to solve your virtualization strategy immediately, but there are decisions you can start making now that will help. We’ll close the event with guidance on how to understand your existing IT estate, pinpoint where change is most urgent, identify stakeholders, choose a starting point, and plan your migration carefully.
Hear from the experts
Our panelists and presenters will discuss how organizations of all kinds are adapting now and anticipating what’s next in virtualization.
About the “What’s next” global event series
Turning what’s new into what’s next for your organization
No matter your industry, it’s never been more difficult to anticipate the obstacles that tomorrow’s innovation will bring. “What’s next” is a new series designed to give you access to the people, ideas, and collaborations that are shaping responses to the emerging issues your teams navigate every day.
The first event in our series features security experts discussing how organizations can stay ahead of new developments in the open source security landscape and shift from human-speed remediation to machine-speed response. Register to attend live on November 12, 2026 or catch the event on demand afterward.
See how Red Hat can support your virtualization needs
Migrate, run, and manage traditional VMs alongside modern workloads on a unified, hybrid cloud application platform with Red Hat® OpenShift® Virtualization.
