Topgolf saved over $11.3 million by migrating from VMware to Verge IO, a virtualization platform offering multi-tenancy and integrated AI. The company replaced 650 VxRail hosts with 400 Dell PowerEdge servers, cutting hardware spend by 87% and software costs by 77%. Topgolf chose Verge OS for its ability to segregate clusters into tenants by time zone, simplifying upgrades and enabling nested labs.
Unlike VMware, Verge IO’s Virtual Data Center offering allows independent tenant management at scale. The migration, completed in six months, also included a five-year enterprise license agreement. Topgolf leveraged Verge IO’s cluster for machine learning-driven golf ball tracing via its proprietary Toptracer system.
Source: Ars Technica · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing