Across industries, organisations of all shapes and sizes are re-evaluating and modernising their compute platforms as a result of VMware’s commercial changes. Yet, when embarking on a major infrastructure shift, the true key to success is rarely about the technology alone—it is fundamentally about leadership, communication, people, and process.
In this masterclass, we share the authentic learnings and insights from one of our largest migrations to date, which has seen a customer begin to move 200,000 VMs to OpenShift. Rather than treating this shift as a transactional lift-and-shift, leadership embraced a teams-first approach, placing workforce confidence, clear communication, and shared momentum at the absolute center of the strategy.
While this session is grounded in the real-world execution of a complex, enterprise-scale virtualisation migration program, the lessons learned transcend specific tools. Join us to discover practical, adaptable frameworks for guiding teams through change, building internal autonomy, and proving that the most critical component of any modern platform is the people behind it.
Why Attend?
- Lead with People and Process: Understand why leadership, transparent communication, and team alignment are far more decisive than technical specs in driving platform adoption.
- Insights from Scale: Gain practical, real-world takeaways from a monumental 200,000 VM migration that offer value for organisations of any size.
- Build Collective Confidence: Learn how prioritizing team enablement turns potential uncertainty into shared ownership and long-term autonomy.
- Universal Applications: Walk away with actionable modernisation principles that apply across different technologies, platforms, and team structures.
Live event date: Wednesday, September 8, 2026 | 3 p.m. BST
On-demand event: Available for one year afterward
Speakers
Sam Marland
Virtualization Sales Leader, Red Hat
Anne Maskell
Programme Director, Red Hat
