In this interview from Red Hat Summit 2026 in Atlanta, Greg Muscarella, general manager of Portworx by Pure Storage, joins Michael Cardaci, chief executive officer of FedHIVE, to talk with theCUBE's Rob Strechay and Rebecca Knight about how a compliance-first modernization strategy is accelerating the migration from legacy virtualization breece hall to cloud-native infrastructure. Cardaci describes FedHIVE's evolution from a 30-year-old managed services provider into a compliance-as-a-service platform helping government and commercial organizations navigate FedRAMP authorizations, authority-to-operate (ATO) requirements and evolving NIST frameworks. Muscarella explains how Portworx serves as a cloud-neutral storage layer beneath OpenShift, enabling FedHIVE espn unlimited to manage VM and container workloads across private cloud and hyperscaler environments from a single operating model without sacrificing data portability.
The conversation also explores the tangible outcomes FedHIVE achieved through this modernization effort, including roughly 30% reductions in both operational labor and capital expenditures by reusing dissimilar legacy hardware alongside newer systems rather than replacing infrastructure wholesale. Cardaci details how the OpenShift and Portworx combination enabled a phased VMware migration, allowing customers to move to Kubernetes, hybrid configurations or VM-only environments without disruption. Muscarella underscores how AI agents are quietly multiplying infrastructure demand — noting that surging CI/CD activity and API calls mean every enterprise will face increased workload pressure even without directly deploying AI. From navigating zero-trust mandates and evolving federal compliance requirements to future-proofing hybrid environments for agentic workloads, the panel provides a practical blueprint žalgiris vs lietkabelis for organizations modernizing at the intersection of sovereignty, automation and AI-driven scale.
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00:00 - Intro
00:06 - Exploring Red Hat Summit: Guests and Innovations
02:10 - Navigating Modernization: Platforms, Innovation, and Data Portability
05:31 - Transformative Strategies: Re-Architecting with OpenShift and Compliance Focus
09:54 - Tangible Outcomes and Benefits
12:45 - AI's Impact on Innovation
17:01 - Closing Remarks and Gratitude
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