Description

In this episode of ITOM Spotlight, we host a panel on navigating today’s infrastructure and operations landscape—combining hyperconverged infrastructure, hybrid cloud, and observability.

We speak with Aditya Kammula (Nutanix) and Gowrisankar (ManageEngine) about why hyperconvergence is rising, how hybrid platforms and Kubernetes enable application modernization, and how observability + AIOps turn large volumes of telemetry into actionable insights and automated remediation.

We discussed:

• Why hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) simplifies ops and shortens planning cycles
• How hybrid-cloud and lift-and-shift vs. refactor strategies fit into modernization plans
• Nutanix’s hybrid platform, Kubernetes offerings, and modular adoption approach
• Observability fundamentals (metrics, events, logs, traces) and why monitoring alone isn’t enough
• How HCI + a unified control plane reduces instrumentation effort for observability vendors
• AIOps features: adaptive baselining, anomaly detection, capacity forecasting, etc.
• Auto-remediation, runbooks, and workflow-driven fixes across layers
• Relationship DB (CMDB autopopulation) to improve impact analysis and RCA
• Adoption advice: start small, prefer integration, invest in training and automation

Guest 1: Aditya Kammula — Ecosystem Partner Manager, Nutanix

Guest 2: Gowrisankar (G.) — Director of Product Management, ManageEngine

Host: Cyril Emmanuel — Observability Evangelist, ManageEngine

Time stamps:

(00:00) Intro & panel welcome

(03:23) Why hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) matters today

(07:05) Hybrid cloud, lift-and-shift vs refactor, and application modernization

(11:00) Nutanix approach: modular HCI, hybrid platform & lift-and-shift capabilities

(13:04) Containers & Nutanix Kubernetes Engine

(18:04) Observability explained: MELT and business-impact insights

(23:18) How HCI simplifies instrumentation and improves observability onboarding

(25:05) Key considerations for adopting HCI (start small, scale linearly)

(29:00) ManageEngine + Nutanix: integration story and digital experience monitoring

(34:29) AIOps features

(38:17) Correlation, root-cause analysis, and building a relationship DB

(41:19) Auto-remediation & workflow automation

(44:21) Reduced complexity, faster MTTR, better business outcomes

ITOM Spotlight is the podcast by ManageEngine ITOM, where you listen to industry experts and thought leaders on observability and IT trends, strategies, and best practices.