Navigating Supply Chain Volatility with Hybrid Cloud Flexibility

About this episode

The episode discusses how organizations are adapting their infrastructure strategies in response to supply chain disruptions and rising hardware costs.

Supply chain disruption is forcing IT leaders to rethink how infrastructure is planned, deployed, and managed. In this episode of Nutanix Weekly, Philip Sellers is joined by Marcus Barton from Nutanix along with XenTegra Solutions Architects Andy Greene and Chris Calhoun to discuss how organizations are adapting to rising hardware costs, extended lead times, AI-driven infrastructure demand, and evolving operational challenges. The team explores why flexibility, workload portability, and hybrid cloud strategy are becoming essential components of modern infrastructure planning. From Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) to extending hardware lifecycles and supporting multi-vendor environments, the conversation focuses on practical ways organizations can maintain momentum despite ongoing supply chain uncertainty. Topics include: AI infrastructure demand and supply chain pressure Hybrid cloud and workload portability Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) Multi-vendor infrastructure flexibility Extending hardware lifecycles Security and compliance considerations Infrastructure resilience and modernization Automation and lifecycle management As organizations continue balancing operational stability with…

People in this episode

Host: Philip Sellers

Guest: Marcus Barton

Topics covered

• supply chain disruption
• hybrid cloud strategy
• infrastructure planning
• workload portability
• AI-driven infrastructure demand
• multi-vendor environments
• infrastructure resilience

Keywords

• supply chain volatility
• hybrid cloud
• Nutanix Cloud Clusters
• infrastructure management
• AI infrastructure demand
• hardware lifecycles
• automation
• digital transformation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nutanix, XenTegra

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