Nutanix unveiled a series of new products, integrations, and partnerships at its .NEXT 2026 conference in Chicago aimed at helping enterprises and cloud providers manage artificial intelligence workloads and hybrid multicloud infrastructure more efficiently.
Among the announcements were new capabilities for the Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP), additional support for AI-focused “neocloud” providers, new Kubernetes tools, and expanded partnerships with companies such as NetApp, Dell Technologies, Cisco, and NVIDIA.
The company said the updates are designed to support “Agentic AI” workloads, which require high-performance computing infrastructure and tighter management of data, storage, and networking resources.
Nutanix said it is adding support for external storage systems, including a planned integration with NetApp ONTAP expected in the second half of 2026. It also announced deeper collaboration with Dell through upcoming PowerStore integration to help customers deal with hardware supply constraints.
The company also introduced new capabilities for AI-native cloud providers or “neoclouds,” allowing them to offer services beyond GPU infrastructure, including Kubernetes-as-a-service and model-as-a-service offerings.
Another key announcement was NKP Metal, a new offering that allows Kubernetes workloads to run directly on bare-metal infrastructure. Nutanix said the platform is aimed at AI, edge computing, and latency-sensitive applications.
For service providers migrating away from VMware environments, Nutanix launched new multitenant cloud tools and onboarding incentives intended to simplify migrations and reduce operational costs.
The company also highlighted a certified integration between Nutanix Database Service and MongoDB Ops Manager, which it said would simplify management and recovery operations for enterprise MongoDB deployments.
During the conference, Nutanix said more than 100 partners participated this year, covering infrastructure, AI, security, and cloud-native technologies.
“Nutanix highlighted strong ecosystem momentum at .NEXT 2026, marking the first year with more than 100 partners participating across infrastructure, end-user computing, AI, and security,” the company said.
