IT Leaders' 3 Biggest Challenges


### Determining Where To Run the Organization's workloads	Choosing a new IT infrastructure is one of the most critical decisions a business can make, with long-term consequences for budgets, staffing, and agility. Making a choice based on industry hype or an attractive initial price tag—without a deep analysis—is a recipe for costly future problems. To ensure your next investment is a strategic asset rather than an operational burden, a thorough evaluation of the operational, organizational, and financial factors of each option is not just recommended; it's essential. But most organizations don't do much analysis, most likely due to the sense that "if it's not broke, don't fix it". But that's very short-sighted. Part of the issue is that organizations don't know how to evaluate the different alternatives; i.e. Public Cloud, Legacy on-premises 3-Tier, Saas, and on-premises HCI. Roundstone has compiled a detailed evaluation approach that we are happy to share, and show you the optimal approach. ### Roundstone Solutions can help you make sense of all of this. It's what we do. Let us help you
### Avoiding substantial price increases from Broadcom/VMware	Following its acquisition of VMware, Broadcom has significantly altered the landscape for customers, leading to substantial cost increases for many. The primary driver of these changes is a major shift in licensing and product availability. The new reality of VMware under Broadcom requires a proactive and strategic approach. By carefully evaluating your needs, exploring all your options, and negotiating effectively, you can avoid a significant and unexpected increase in your IT infrastructure costs. One easy way is through the use of a different Hypervisor; Nutanix AHV. ### Roundstone Solutions can help you modernize your IT Infrastructure while avoiding increased VMware costs. Let’s Connect
### Doing more with Less	In today's economic climate, IT departments are constantly challenged to deliver more innovation, better performance, and tighter security with a flat or shrinking budget. The key isn't just cutting costs—it's about making strategic decisions that boost efficiency and maximize the value of every dollar spent. It's time to stop spending so much to maintain legacy infrastructure and free up budget to invest in innovation. By shifting your perspective from pure cost-cutting to intelligent investment, you can build a leaner, more powerful IT infrastructure. ### Roundstone Solutions Has experience in showing Clients how to get money out of their existing infrastructure. Let us show you

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Join us for a Nutanix Executive Briefing/luncheon December 12th in San Jose

Nutanix and Roundstone Solutions are jointly hosting an Executive Briefing/luncheon at Nutanix's headquarters in San Jose on December 12th. All prospects of Nutanix and Roundstone are welcome. The event begins at 11:00 with check-ins and welcome from our hosts. The program, along with lunch, begins at 11:30AM, including:
11:30AM-12:00PM: Nutanix vision for modern infrastructure and roadmap and AI; Avinash Shetty, VP, Product Management, Nutanix
12:00PM-12:30PM: Migration from Broadcom's VMware suite to Nutanix; Harsha Kotikela, Senior Director, Product and Solutions Marketing, Nutanix
12:30PM-12:45PM: How do you decide where your workloads should run?; Tim Joyce, President and CEO, Roundstone Solutions
12:45PM-1:00PM: Questions and Raffle
With all of the confusion about Broadcom's changes to VMware, the costs of moving to the Public Cloud, and just overall confusion about which infrastructure is right for you and your organization, this Executive Briefing will begin to provide you on a solid path forward.
To register: https://nutanixhqroundstoneebx.splashthat.com/We hope you'll join us on December 12th!

Roundtable breakfast in Sacramento on December 14 at Sheraton Grand Hotel

Roundstone Solutions and our partner, Nutanix, are hosting our monthly round table breakfast in Sacramento on December 14. Come have a straight talk discussion about how your State of CA department decides on what IT infrastructure you run your workloads. We're going to keep the group smaller than usual to foster candid discussion. This won't be a sales presentation but rather an open dialogue between you and your peers about how best to move forward with various IT infrastructure options. Come and share with your peers.
Details and register here: https://lnkd.in/gyhpUa3m