Sangfor Technologies Named a Representative Vendor in the 2025 Gartner® Market Guide for Server Virtualization Platforms
Sangfor technologies is proud to announce its recognition as a Representative Vendor in the Gartner® Market Guide for Server Virtualization Platforms, October 2025. This acknowledgment marks an important milestone for the company amid one of the most transformative periods in the server virtualization industry, following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware.
Having previously been listed four times in Gartner’s Market Guides for Server Virtualization, Sangfor views this latest inclusion as a testament to its ongoing innovation, customer-centric development, and strong position as a reliable, next-generation alternative in the global virtualization market. At the center of this recognition is Sangfor aSV, a modern hypervisor engineered to meet the evolving demands of today’s hybrid IT infrastructure.
Navigating Change in a Shifting Market
The server virtualization industry is undergoing a significant shift. As Gartner notes, “Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has reignited the server virtualization market’s competitive landscape. The majority of enterprises will continue to require hypervisor-based virtualization to support on-premises legacy workloads.”
While many organizations have accelerated their adoption of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), a large proportion of mission-critical applications continue to operate on traditional 3-tier architectures. For these enterprises, modernization requires more than simple migration—it demands a careful balance of compatibility, stability, and risk mitigation.
Sangfor aSV addresses this need with a unified virtualization platform that seamlessly supports both HCI and traditional 3-tier deployments. This hybrid capability enables IT teams to transition workloads at their own pace while maintaining business continuity and operational control.
Insights from Gartner: Cost, Modernization, and Migration
According to Gartner, “By 2028, cost concerns will drive 70% of enterprise-scale VMware customers to migrate 50% of their virtual workloads.” The report advises IT leaders to use this transition period as a catalyst for modernization—by aligning with development teams, reassessing virtualization requirements, and identifying low-risk, cost-efficient migration strategies.
Key Gartner recommendations include:
- Using this market shift to modernize and future-proof infrastructure.
- Reducing costs through system consolidation and elimination of underutilized resources.
- Defining the core capabilities needed in a replacement platform.
- Preparing a clear exit and migration strategy for existing hypervisors.
Sangfor’s approach aligns closely with these recommendations, offering a cost-effective and secure alternative that supports incremental migration and modernization at scale.
Sangfor aSV: A Modern, Reliable, and Secure Virtualization Platform
Listed by Gartner as a Representative Vendor, Sangfor aSV provides a hypervisor-agnostic, enterprise-grade solution that combines performance, security, and operational simplicity.
Reliability:
Sangfor aSV ensures high availability through Proactive HA 2.0, predicting potential failures before they occur. Live Migration capabilities minimize downtime, while AI-powered resource scheduling and kernel-level monitoring enhance overall system stability.
Security:
Security is integrated at every level. aSV offers micro-segmentation for virtual machine traffic, an embedded Cloud Security Center with WAF, IPS, and vulnerability management, and supports Network Function Virtualization (NFV) with built-in solutions such as NGAF and SSL VPN for end-to-end protection.
Performance:
Sangfor aSV is optimized for efficiency with NUMA-aware CPU scheduling, SR-IOV, RDMA, and AI-driven workload placement. Fine-grained QoS controls help maintain consistent performance across workloads.
Operational Simplicity:
The platform features a unified web interface, VMware-compatible command-line tools, and SkyOps for real-time monitoring and automation—allowing administrators to manage complex environments with ease and familiarity.
To support organizations transitioning from VMware environments, Sangfor offers a proven migration methodology. Using its conversion tools, enterprises can transform VMware-based virtual machines into Sangfor aSV-managed instances with minimal downtime. This enables gradual, low-risk migration and performance validation—without the high costs or disruption typically associated with large-scale transitions.
Addressing Cost and Complexity in Virtualization
Gartner observes that “disruption is being driven by customer concerns about total cost of ownership, support quality, and changes to product roadmaps with limited perceived benefit.” Sangfor directly addresses these pain points.
With up to 90% of the vSphere feature set at roughly one-third the cost, Sangfor aSV offers enterprises a potential 70% reduction in total cost of ownership, paired with reliable, localized technical support.
“Sangfor is at the forefront of helping organizations navigate this market transition,” said Keith Lee, Cloud Product Director at Sangfor International Market Department. “We believe Gartner’s findings validate our strategy—delivering a robust, cost-effective, and scalable virtualization platform. With Sangfor aSV and our full-stack HCI solutions, enterprises can modernize infrastructure, reduce costs, and maintain performance without compromise.”
Continued Recognition and Commitment to Innovation
Sangfor’s inclusion in the 2025 Gartner Market Guide for Server Virtualization Platforms follows its recognition as a Sample Vendor in Gartner’s “A Guide to Choosing a VMware Alternative in the Wake of Broadcom Acquisition” and its position as a Strong Performer in the Gartner Voice of the Customer for Full-Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software.
These consecutive recognitions reflect Sangfor’s sustained focus on innovation, customer satisfaction, and infrastructure modernization.
As enterprises reevaluate their virtualization strategies, Sangfor Technologies stands as a trusted partner—empowering organizations with cost-effective, secure, and high-performance solutions designed for the next generation of IT infrastructure.
