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Chart your path(s) to VMware modernization

Navigate your virtualization modernization strategy with a cloud agnostic, Agentic AI driven approach that reduces cost, risk, and time to value.

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Why modernize
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VMware   environments are often mission-critical. But rising costs, licensing changes, and ecosystem shifts are forcing many enterprises to rethink their long-term virtualization strategy and evaluate VMware modernization options. Organizations running large VMware estates now face aging architectures, limited flexibility, rising costs, and increasing operational risk.

When evaluating VMware modernization, the real challenge is choosing the right long-term strategy while balancing cost control, operational continuity, regulatory requirements, and future innovation.

There is no single path forward. The right approach depends on each workload – its criticality, target architecture, cloud readiness, and time constraints.
Some organizations retain VMware, while others relocate it to the cloud, replace it with alternatives, or progressively modernize applications. Each option involves trade-offs between cost, effort, and long-term value.

Getting this balance right requires deep expertise, a clear VMware strategy, and Agentic AI-assisted analysis. Poor sequencing increases risk, extends timelines, and erodes ROI.

At Amdocs, we help enterprises plan and execute VMware modernization with confidence. Our approach combines VMware managed services with Agentic AI orchestration to enable smarter planning, guided execution, and measurable outcomes. We’ve partnered with large-scale, highly regulated enterprises to design and execute transformation programs tailored to their unique needs, ensuring every VMware workload transition delivers long-term business value.

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VMware! VMWhere? A guide to determining your VMware modernization strategy

As disruption around VMware continues, this whitepaper evaluates modernization options, outlining the risks, benefits, and cost implications to help identify the best path for your business and IT objectives.

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Success Stories

Customer Testimonials
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“Amdocs helps a leading APAC financial group migrate VMware to the cloud”

Challenge: Rising data center costs and tight timelines to exit on premises infrastructure.

Solution: Relocated VMware workloads to a cloud-hosted private cloud with automated operations.

Benefits:

  • Infrastructure cost reduction
  • Multi region resilience
  • Accelerated data center exit
Customer Testimonials
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“Amdocs accelerates VMware migration for a Tier-1 North American telco”

Challenge: VM sprawl, rising OPEX, and limited scalability of monolithic applications.

Solution: Refactored and replat formed workloads from VMware to Kubernetes based platforms.

Benefits:

  • ~500 VMs decommissioned
  • Significant OPEX reduction
  • Faster release cycles and elastic scalability

Choosing the right VMware modernization path

With multiple VMware deployment and migration options available, many IT leaders struggle to determine the right path forward.

Modernization decisions typically span two dimensions: where workloads run (on-premises or off-premises) and which platform supports them (VMware or alternatives). Even within this simple framework, several viable paths emerge – from retaining VMware in private environments to relocating workloads to the cloud or modernizing applications on new platforms.

The diagram below, based on Gartner* research  , illustrates several possible VMware modernization paths.

Enterprises must evaluate which of these best fits their workloads, architecture, and long-term strategy. At Amdocs, we help organizations navigate these decisions through a consultative approach supported by Agentic AI-driven migration frameworks. We assess existing VMware workloads, analyze dependencies, and design a tailored modernization strategy aligned with business priorities.

The result is a clear plan that may combine multiple VMware modernization approaches.

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Benefits

  • Lower total cost of ownership

    Reduce licensing, infrastructure, and operational costs through smarter workload placement and automation.

  • Reduced migration risk

    Minimize disruption with Agentic AI-driven dependency analysis and migration wave planning.

  • Faster time to value

    Accelerate modernization timelines with streamlined assessment, planning, and execution.

  • Architectural flexibility

    Adopt hybrid, multi-cloud, and cloud-native architectures without vendor lock-in.

  • AI and cloud readiness

    Prepare workloads and platforms for data, AI, and next-generation application innovation.

  • Tailored strategy for every workload

    Identify the optimal modernization path for each workload through consultative assessment and planning.

Amdocs Agentic AI approach for VMware modernization

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Assess

Discover VMware workloads, map dependencies, and model modernization costs

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Mobilize

Compare retain, relocate, replace, and modernize options for each workload

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Migrate

Execute automated migration waves with validation and performance monitoring

Cloud and platform partners

Amdocs works with leading hyperscalers and platform providers to support a wide range of VMware modernization paths 

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is VMware modernization?

VMware modernization is the process of evolving an enterprise virtualization strategy to reduce cost, risk, and technical debt while preparing workloads for cloud, AI, and modern application platforms. This can include retaining VMware, relocating workloads to cloud-hosted VMware environments, replacing VMware with alternative platforms, or modernizing applications.

Do organizations need to exit VMware completely?

No. Most enterprises adopt a hybrid strategy. Some workloads continue running on VMware – either on-premises or in cloud-hosted VMware environments – while others are modernized, replatformed, or moved to alternative platforms.

How long does VMware modernization take?

The timeline depends on the size and complexity of the VMware environment, the number of workloads involved, and the chosen modernization path. AI-driven dependency analysis and automated migration planning – such as the Agentic AI approach used by Amdocs – can significantly accelerate planning and execution.

Is the VMware modernization approach cloud-agnostic?

Yes. VMware modernization strategies can support deployments across major hyperscalers as well as private infrastructure. Amdocs works with leading cloud and platform partners to support modernization across private, public, and hybrid cloud environments.

*Source: Gartner, Manage Your Dependence on VMware vSphere,  Michael Warrilow, Philip Dawson, 7 February 2024 (Report accessible to Gartner subscribers only)

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