Mark Wayne and Greg McDonald on the great VM reset and hybrid cloud strategy
What's Next with Aki Anastasiou · 2026-03-26 · 23 min
Episode notes
In this episode of What’s Next, host Aki Anastasiou is joined by Mark Wayne, Head of Solutions at iOCO, and Greg McDonald, Sales Director at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, to unpack the “great VM reset” and what it means for organisations rethinking their virtualisation and cloud strategies. They discuss the rising cost pressures around traditional virtualisation, why hybrid-by-design is becoming essential for modern enterprises, and how businesses can unlock major savings through more flexible infrastructure, modern compute, and improved storage. The conversation also explores how HPE Morpheus, VM Essentials, and GreenLake can help organisations simplify operations, support AI and legacy workloads, and build a more agile, cost-effective cloud foundation for the future.
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