How the Smartest Companies Build Infrastructure That Wins

This is a podcast episode titled, How the Smartest Companies Build Infrastructure That Wins. The summary for this episode is: <p>Most companies don’t realize it yet, but the way they built their technology foundations is quietly becoming a liability.</p><p>Cloud costs are rising. Platforms change underneath you. AI is reshaping infrastructure from hardware to data to governance. And the strategies that once felt “safe” are now the ones creating the most risk.</p><p>In this episode of IT Visionaries, host Chris Brandt sits down with Mano Bhattacharya, CTO of Nutanix, to unpack what’s really happening inside enterprise technology right now. This isn’t a conversation about chasing the newest tools or betting on a single future. It’s about why adaptability has become the most important design principle in modern tech.</p><p>Mano explains why many organizations are rethinking long-held assumptions about virtualization, cloud, and containers, and why the smartest teams are building infrastructure that gives them options over the next three to five years. They explore how AI changes the entire stack, not just applications, why data has become the real bottleneck, and why moving fast without a coherent plan can be more dangerous than moving slowly.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Chapters:</strong></p><p>00:00 - The VMware Exodus Wave is Coming</p><p>03:34 - VMware Broadcom Acquisition: What Changed and Why It Matters</p><p>05:56 - Three Migration Paths: Stay, Move to Cloud, or Modernize</p><p>09:59 - Why Containers on VMs Make Sense for Most Enterprises</p><p>15:40 - The Five Stages of VMware Migration Grief</p><p>21:20 - VMware Admin to Nutanix Admin: Closing the Skills Gap</p><p>24:14 - The Cloud-in-a-Box Philosophy: From Boxes to Software</p><p>32:30 - Opening Up the Platform: Pure Storage and Third-Party Integrations</p><p>40:54 - AI Infrastructure: The End-to-End Challenge</p><p>48:01 - Enterprise AI Strategy: Use Cases, Economics, and Governance</p><p>56:44 - What's Next: Building the Invisible Platform for AI</p><p> </p> <p><p>--&nbsp;</p><p>This episode of IT Visionaries is brought to you by Meter - the company building better networks. Businesses today are frustrated with outdated providers, rigid pricing, and fragmented tools. Meter changes that with a single integrated solution that covers everything wired, wireless, and even cellular networking. They design the hardware, write the firmware, build the software, and manage it all so your team doesn't have to.</p><p>That means you get fast, secure, and scalable connectivity without the complexity of juggling multiple providers. Thanks to meter for sponsoring. Go to <a href="meter.com/itv">meter.com/itv</a> to book a demo.<br><br>---</p><p><i>IT Visionaries is made by the team at Mission.org. Learn more about our media studio and network of podcasts at </i><a href="https://mission.org/"><i>mission.org.</i></a></p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>