New capabilities deliver security, control, and resilience for sovereignty-aligned architectures across hybrid and multicloud environments
Nutanix today announced significant enhancements to its Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP), designed to help organizations build and operate distributed sovereign cloud environments. These updates enable customers to maintain security, governance, and resilience across disconnected sites, trusted cloud providers, and hybrid deployments—without sacrificing unified management or operational simplicity.
“Across the Middle East, digital sovereignty is a top priority. These enhancements enable organizations to operate secure, compliant, and resilient sovereign cloud environments while retaining operational simplicity.” – Raif Abou Diab, General Manager – South Gulf & Sub-Saharan Africa, Nutanix
Key Highlights:
- Sovereignty-Aligned Operations: Orchestrated lifecycle management for dark-site environments and on-premises control planes; Nutanix Central and Data Lens now extend governance and ransomware resilience to customer-controlled environments.
- Expanded Ecosystem Support: Nutanix Government Cloud Clusters (GC2) on AWS now available for U.S. federal agencies; NC2 on Google Cloud generally available in 17 regions; new Azure and AWS regions added for sovereignty compliance; NC2 on OVHcloud strengthens European data control.
- Security & Compliance: SOC 2 Type 2 audit completed; ISO 27001, 27017, 27018, 27701, and 22301 certifications renewed; CSA Star Level 2 achieved for NC2 on Azure.
- AI & Kubernetes Enhancements: NKP adds FIPS 140-3–validated Ubuntu Pro image option; extended microsegmentation and VPC isolation for containers; NAI integrates NVIDIA AI Enterprise for secure, STIG-hardened AI workloads.
- Resilience & Disaster Recovery: Tiered DR options for up to three-site failures; multicloud snapshots for cyber recovery; extended DR protections for Kubernetes workloads.
- Unified Global Management: New Nutanix Infrastructure Manager for automated deployments; centralized network control plane; Prism Central integration for NKP clusters; LLM metrics dashboard for AI workload visibility.
“These enhancements give customers the clarity and control to define their own sovereign boundaries while leveraging the flexibility of distributed clouds.” – Thomas Cornely, EVP, Product Management, Nutanix
