In recent times, the Increase in licensing fees from traditional providers has led many companies to rethink their technological infrastructure models. This situation, coupled with concerns about dependence on a single supplier and limited maneuverability in decision-making, has led to technological migration becoming a major strategic issue. In this context, having the support of experienced technology partners It is key to ensuring a smooth transition towards more modern and competitive infrastructures.
Organizations are facing new challenges, but they are also discovering advantages: taking advantage of open and flexible solutions that allow them to move towards safer and more efficient environments, without the obstacles of technological dependence.
A unified platform that drives business flexibility
In response to these needs, Red Hat has developed OpenShift Virtualization, a platform designed to consolidate virtual workloads and containers under a single umbrella. Multi-cloud versatility It is one of its hallmarks, being able to be deployed both on physical servers and at the edge, as well as in public clouds such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or IBM Cloud. This gives companies a remarkable freedom to adapt your infrastructure to your particular IT strategies.
The migration process to OpenShift Virtualization has been greatly simplified by specialized tools such as Migration Toolkit for Virtualization and the Ansible automation platform. These solutions allow plan, execute, and automate migrations of virtual machines and their associated infrastructure, minimizing downtime and accelerating the deployment of new environments.
Another relevant aspect is its open ecosystem, supported by standard technologies such as KVM and KubeVirt, as well as an active global community. This foundation facilitates integration with third-party solutions in areas such as backup, security, networking, and automation, ensuring centralized management of both virtual and containerized workloads.
During 2025, Red Hat has also incorporated Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine, an option dedicated to those looking to focus exclusively on managing and migrating virtual machines. This strengthens the ability to adapt to different enterprise virtualization paths.
The role of partners: innovation and continuous support
Red Hat emphasizes the importance of its partners as true agents of change within the technology adoption process. These experienced collaborators accompany the client from the analysis and discovery phase, combining technical product knowledge with adaptation to the needs and specificities of each organization. This support is key to implementing hybrid or multi-cloud deployments with maximum efficiency and customization.
Within this framework, the program Red Hat Partner Practice Accelerator (PPA) It offers partners tools, advanced training, and turnkey campaigns. This allows them to lead the entire customer lifecycle experience: from identifying needs to post-implementation support.
Logicalis Spain: pioneers as a strategic partner
Logicalis Spain has managed to position itself as the First partner in Spain to obtain Red Hat's Partner Practice Accelerator certificationThis strengthens its ability to offer advanced, personalized services geared toward facilitating its clients' digital transformation using first-class open source technologies.
Thanks to this status, Logicalis Spain has privileged resources, access to pioneering training, and direct support from Red Hat. All of this translates into a more comprehensive service, with expert advice and ongoing support throughout every phase of the project. The company emphasizes that have a single interlocutor and a direct channel of communication maximizes the success of implementations and significantly reduces incidents.
Membership in the PPA program also allows you to offer solutions tailored to the challenges of each client, minimizing deployment times and optimizing the return on technology investment. This model enables IT teams to modernize quickly and securely, supported by experts who are intimately familiar with the specifics of Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.
Transforming the migration process: phases and operational improvements
The typical migration journey to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization is typically divided into several distinct stages, where the integration of tools like IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh with its Virtual Application Networking (VAN) technology has significantly improved the process.
At discovery and planning phaseThe goal is to analyze which applications can be migrated, what dependencies exist, and gain a high-level view of the interaction between current services.
On initial pilotA non-critical service is selected to test the environment. Here, connectivity issues between environments are common, which networking tools like VAN help resolve by maintaining the identity of the services and facilitating their communication, all under encrypted and authenticated protocols.
The next step is escalate migration, addressing more critical services and minimizing the risk of disruption. Tools like Hybrid Cloud Mesh allow teams to migrate asynchronously and securely, maintaining persistent and controlled connectivity between different environments.
In the final stage, the operationalization and optimization Infrastructure, centralized management of policies, monitoring and service discovery simplifies tasks and reduces the resources required, increasing operational efficiency and visibility.
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, together with an ecosystem of certified partners, is presented as a robust solution to drive digital transformation, facilitating the evolution from legacy environments to flexible hybrid architectures that address the challenges of today's market.