Why is OpenShift Virtualization becoming the strategic platform for virtualization customers?

Why is OpenShift Virtualization becoming the strategic platform for virtualization customers? Additional resources 15 reasons to adopt Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization About the authors Sachin Mullick Doron Fediuck More like this Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.20: Hybrid cloud-flexibility and enhanced VM management Alliander modernises its electricity grid with Red Hat for long-term reliability in balance with rapid innovation Keep exploring Browse by channel Automation Artificial intelligence Open hybrid cloud Security Edge computing Infrastructure Applications Virtualization Share We are 2 years in on a strategic shift in virtualization. Although this shift created some initial panic, most customers have taken advantage of this shift as an opportunity to make a more strategic decision on where they want to go on their virtualization journey. Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization is built on innovation, where customer needs inspire our engineers to deliver high-impact solutions to help them move from concept to general availability in a matter of months, not years. It’s no surprise that this commitment to rapid, customer-focused innovation earned OpenShift Virtualization the 2025 CRN Innovator Award for the launch of Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine , a virtualization-only edition for Red Hat OpenShift. The engineering team velocity is one of the core reasons OpenShift Virtualization has become a trusted platform for many of the top enterprises across the world. Customer feedback backs the confidence in our platform, with one customer calling out that the product enhancements they had asked for at the beginning of a proof of concept (POC) were actually delivered by the time the POC was finishing. To us, that’s trusted, enterprise-ready innovation! Beyond comprehensive engineering skills, this velocity requires 2 more things: A profound understanding of the space and customer goals , which we provide through our engineers meeting with customers, getting real time feedback on platform capabilities, and together, shaping the outcomes for a given project. Mature technologies and knowing how to harness them into a cloud-native solution , driven by our nearly 2 decades of KVM virtualization experience and many years of Kubernetes expertise. Combined, our engineering teams are capable of reimagining a virtualization suite which augments and complements Kubernetes at every technology and stack layer. Additionally, combining Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform can increase customers’ overall level of automation. OpenShift features like GitOps help automate the infrastructure management of adding nodes and maintenance of the infrastructure. Ansible Automation Platform collections automate Day 2 VM operations such as patch management.