April 03, 2025: Portworx has announced the upcoming launch of Portworx Enterprise 3.3, offering enterprises the opportunity to experience true VM performance at scale with unified data storage management and valuable integrations. This launch makes Portworx the de facto storage & data standard for any workload running on Kubernetes.
Portworx Enterprise 3.3 Addresses Economic, Virtualization, and Storage Pain Points.
Built for Kubernetes, Portworx offers the scalability, automation, and self-service capabilities required to support the churn and elasticity of cloud-native applications. Enterprise 3.3 addresses C-suites virtualization concerns around cost-efficiency by allowing data storage stakeholders to go at their own pace in their modernization journey due to its unified platform and multiple integrations.
Organizations can expect a 30%-50% cost savings by choosing Kubernetes compared to alternatives and Portworx allows them to take these savings to the next level. Enterprises won’t need to invest in resources to move workloads to cloud native. Instead, they can indefinitely keep their VMs on Kubernetes while refactoring or creating net new cloud-native applications based on their existing resources and transformation timelines.
Portworx Enterprise 3.3 also simplifies data storage for teams operating VMs and containers on Kubernetes. They can now implement a single workflow for applications without relying on multiple tools or processes. In addition, the agnostic approach to the underlying storage means storage and platform teams can implement this solution in Pure Storage, non-Pure Storage, and mixed infrastructure environments.
“Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware continues to create ripples as companies seek out modern solutions that can drive virtualization efforts without subjecting the business to massive price hikes. As a result, many have turned — or are expecting to turn — to Kubernetes as an alternative that supports both VMs and containers. This allows enterprises to use one platform to propel their cloud-native application development and fortify their infrastructure modernization. In fact, 81% of enterprises that participated in a 2024 survey of Kubernetes experts plan to migrate or modernize their VMs to Kubernetes. And almost two-thirds of those plan to do so within the next two years,” commented Venkat Ramakrishnan, VP & GM Portworx, Pure Storage.
“Yet new challenges arise as enterprises increasingly move virtual machines to Kubernetes. Portworx® empowers organizations to seamlessly make that transition. With the upcoming launch of Portworx Enterprise 3.3, we are extending our industry-leading container data management platform to support VM workloads at enterprise scale. As the industry leader in container data management, Portworx provides the performance, data resiliency, and data protection necessary for mission-critical workloads with the simplicity, flexibility, and reliability needed for production at scale,” Ramakrishnan continued.
Portworx Enterprise 3.3: at-a-Glance
● High performance at scale — Portworx Enterprise 3.3 will feature RWX Block for KubeVirt VMs that are running on FlashArray™ or across any storage vendor. This will propel powerful read/write capabilities and drive high-performance storage for VMs running on Kubernetes.
● Enterprise-grade data management and protection — Enterprises can now manage their data from a single management plane, including synchronized disaster recovery for VMs running on Kubernetes with no data loss (zero RPO). Portworx also supports file-level backups for Linux VMs, allowing for more granular backup and restore of VMs running on Kubernetes.
● Broad ecosystem integrations to leading KubeVirt solutions— With Enterprise 3.3, customers can leverage reference architecture and partner integrations with KubeVirt platforms from SUSE, Spectro Cloud, and KuberMatic — in addition to Portworx’s existing partnership with Red Hat.
“Portworx Enterprise 3.3 represents a game-changer for organizations modernizing their virtualization environment, delivering a robust, cost-efficient platform that seamlessly supports both VMs and containers on Kubernetes. With Portworx projecting cost savings of 30-50% compared to traditional alternatives, this solution empowers enterprises to optimize their infrastructure without compromising performance or scalability, making it a robust choice for production environments at scale,” said Steven Dickens, CEO and Principal Analyst at HyperFRAME Research.
“Modernizing infrastructure remains a top priority for many organizations as they look for new ways to innovate and bring products and services to market faster. Our engineering collaboration with Portworx helps improve performance with block volumes optimized for VMs and delivers new capabilities to protect business critical workloads with synchronous replication for Metro disaster recovery. Customers can more confidently deploy VM workloads, like databases alongside container-native applications, across complex IT footprints to meet their business needs,” said Mike Barrett, Vice President and General Manager, Hybrid Cloud Platforms, Red Hat.
For more detailed technical specifications on the key enterprise storage and data capabilities in Portworx Enterprise 3.3, visit here.
