Nutanix Recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure Magic Quadrant™
Gartner’s 2026 Magic Quadrant recognition underscores Nutanix’s expanding role in distributed hybrid and AI infrastructure.
Rhea-AI Summary
Nutanix (NTNX) has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure, recognized for both Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.
Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP) provides a unified platform to run and manage AI workloads, applications, and data across on‑premises, public cloud, and edge environments. Over the past year, NCP gained agentic AI capabilities, the NKP Metal option for bare‑metal Kubernetes, broader support for external storage and server infrastructure, and expanded deployment options for sovereign and regulated environments.
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- Leader position in 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure for Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision
- Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) available on AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and additional sovereign and service provider environments
- New platform capabilities including agentic AI features and NKP Metal for bare-metal Kubernetes environments
- Expanded storage integrations with Dell PowerStore GA, updates for Everpure FlashArray and Dell PowerFlex, and limited availability for NetApp ONTAP
- New partnership with ChronoScale to extend NCP into accelerated compute and AI services
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Key Figures
- NKP Metal general availability
- Second half of 2026
- Expected timing for the bare-metal Kubernetes deployment option
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Nutanix received adjacent Gartner recognition for container management
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Company recognized for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision
News Summary
- Nutanix is recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure.
- Nutanix is recognized for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.
Why it Matters
- Enterprise infrastructure is becoming more distributed as organizations balance AI adoption, hybrid cloud expansion, sovereignty requirements, and the need to keep existing applications running efficiently and securely across a growing mix of environments.
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a hybrid cloud leader and AI platform company, today announced it has been recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure.
Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP) gives organizations a unified platform to run and manage AI workloads, applications, and data across on-premises, cloud, and edge environments, while maintaining flexibility in how and where they deploy infrastructure.
Over the past year, Nutanix has expanded NCP with new capabilities for agentic AI, advanced its Kubernetes capabilities with the introduction of NKP Metal, broadened support for external storage and server infrastructure, expanded deployment options for sovereign and regulated environments, and added a slew of new capabilities in a recent release.
“Organizations are rethinking their infrastructure strategies as hybrid cloud environments become more complex and new requirements around AI, application modernization, and sovereignty emerge,” said Thomas Cornely, Executive Vice President of Product Management, Nutanix. “We believe our recognition as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure reflects the continued evolution of the Nutanix Cloud Platform, giving customers a consistent cloud operating model with the flexibility and control to run AI workloads, applications, and data across the environments that best meet their needs.”
Nutanix continues to expand NCP to give customers greater flexibility and control in how they deploy, protect, and manage applications and data across distributed hybrid environments. Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, with additional deployment options across sovereign cloud and service provider environments, giving customers more choice in where they run and manage workloads while maintaining a consistent operating model. Combined with flexible licensing and deployment options, these capabilities give customers greater choice in how they adopt and expand NCP across environments while maintaining operational simplicity and consistency.
Nutanix has also expanded infrastructure flexibility to support customer choice and maximize hardware re-use, with broad support for enterprise servers as well as expanded support for external storage, including general availability for Dell PowerStore, new updates for Everpure FlashArray and Dell PowerFlex, and limited availability for NetApp ONTAP.
Nutanix continues to build on its abilities in virtualization while expanding support for cloud native applications through a dual-native architecture that brings virtual machines and containers together under a consistent operating model. Additional innovations include the introduction of NKP Metal, which will extend the Nutanix operating model to bare-metal Kubernetes environments. The NKP Metal deployment option is available for early access by NKP PRO and NKP ULT license users now, and is expected to become generally available in the second half of 2026.
Nutanix further strengthened its platform with new agentic AI capabilities for model governance, security, and agent-driven operations. Nutanix also recently announced a strategic neocloud partnership with ChronoScale to extend its platform capabilities into accelerated compute and AI services.
Together, these advancements continue to broaden the range of workloads and environments NCP can support, from traditional enterprise applications to cloud native and AI workloads, while giving customers a consistent way to operate across them.
Nutanix Customer Commentary
“As a cybersecurity managed service provider delivering Industrial Data Center (IDC) management to our customers, I appreciate that our partnership with Nutanix allows us to co-innovate and deploy Nutanix Cloud Platform in Operational Technology environments. These IDCs support critical production operations across both discrete and process industries, from hosting manufacturing software applications that help food & beverage companies run production or creating the infrastructure that enables energy or refining operations. With the adoption of containers in manufacturing and the rise of AI workloads, we’re excited to explore the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform in our latest IDC platform to support customers running containerized applications.”
– Ashley Reyes, Sr. Global Product Manager, Infrastructure Managed Services, Rockwell Automation
Gartner, Inc, Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure, Julia Palmer, Daniel Bowers, Adrian Wong, Elaine Zhang, 7 September 2026
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FAQ
What does the Gartner recognition specifically cover for Nutanix?
Nutanix is recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.
Which public clouds currently support Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)?
Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, with additional deployment options in sovereign cloud and service provider environments.
When is NKP Metal expected to be generally available?
The NKP Metal deployment option is available for early access by NKP PRO and NKP ULT license users now and is expected to become generally available in the second half of 2026.
Which external storage platforms does Nutanix currently support or integrate with?
Nutanix reports broad support for enterprise servers and expanded support for external storage, including general availability for Dell PowerStore, new updates for Everpure FlashArray and Dell PowerFlex, and limited availability for NetApp ONTAP.