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From IC Insider Rancher Government Solutions<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Broadcom acquisition of VMware has sent shockwaves through the Federal IT ecosystem. With pricing increasing significantly and licensing uncertainty becoming the new normal, many government agencies are asking for a better way to modernize infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The Legacy Infrastructure Dilemma<\/h2>\n

Traditional infrastructure solutions like VMware\u2019s vSphere have been the backbone of government IT operations for decades. But today, they\u2019re quickly becoming bottlenecks for agencies and organizations trying to stay responsive.<\/p>\n

Think about the compounding challenges your teams face daily:<\/p>\n

Costs are skyrocketing. <\/strong>You\u2019re burdened with increasing licensing fees and maintenance overhead for outdated systems, draining budgets that could fund innovation. With Broadcom\u2019s acquisition, these uncertainties have only multiplied.<\/p>\n

Legacy systems have become too complex to update and maintain.<\/strong> Your teams spend too many hours on manual processes prone to errors rather than focusing on mission-critical initiatives.<\/p>\n

Flexibility is nonexistent.<\/strong> These siloed systems are often incompatible with newer technologies, making integration difficult and time consuming. Scaling quickly for a mission-critical operation without significant disruption and capital investment is virtually impossible.<\/p>\n

Security compliance gaps are widening.<\/strong> As standards become more stringent, legacy systems often can\u2019t keep pace with security updates fast enough to address new vulnerabilities and put critical data at risk.<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s the vendor lock-in<\/strong>. You\u2019re essentially held hostage to proprietary technologies, losing control over your own infrastructure and forced into costly upgrades on someone else\u2019s timeline.<\/p>\n

Infrastructure Freedom Reimagined<\/h2>\n

Rancher Government Solutions (RGS)<\/a> offers a modern alternative to legacy infrastructure through Harvester Government<\/a>, a purpose-built hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) product designed to run both containers and virtual machines under a unified management framework.<\/p>\n

\u201cHarvester Government is a modernized approach that provides the stepping stones to migrate away from legacy solutions and towards cloud native infrastructure,\u201d said Camryn Carter, RGS Director of Product Management. \u201cRunning VMs alongside your container workloads gives you flexibility to optimize your resources, and RGS has handled security considerations like STIG compliance and encryption for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harvester Government\u2019s air gap capabilities make it ideal for disconnected environments. It includes embedded documentation for disconnected knowledge management and encryption-at-rest options and supports security image deployments in fully disconnected scenarios. This means agencies working in isolated or tactical environments can maintain high operational efficiency without compromising security.<\/p>\n

Unlike Broadcom\/VMware\u2019s approach, Harvester Government is purpose-built to run both containers and virtual machines (VMs) under a unified management framework using Kubernetes as the orchestrator. It combines core infrastructure services (block storage, networking, load-balancing, and vGPU support) in an open-source package decoupled from hardware dependencies.<\/p>\n

That hardware independence is a meaningful change for agencies working with mixed environments or trying to maximize ROI on existing hardware investments. Older servers collecting dust in your data center can find new purpose with Harvester Government, which gives existing hardware investments a new lease on life and added value.<\/p>\n

When paired with Rancher Government, Harvester Government offers features that improve your infrastructure capabilities compared to traditional solutions:<\/p>\n