Transforming Data Center Virtualization
Organizations struggle with escalating licensing fees, vendor lock-in, and sovereignty concerns tied to proprietary virtualization platforms.
Together, Eviden and Vates deliver a secure, open-source alternative that ensures compliance, transparency, and strategic autonomy.
It combines validated architecture, predictable costs, and European engineering for a future-proof virtualization ecosystem.
Why choose Eviden & Vates solution?
The solution
BullSequana SH server
Designed in Europe and powered by Intel® Xeon® processors, BullSequana SH delivers exceptional scalability and performance for virtualization.
BullSequana SA server
BullSequana SA1 is a versatile range of 1–2 socket servers optimized for virtualized workloads to increase operational agility and computing density.
Vates Virtualization Management Stack
Open-source virtualization platform offering enterprise-grade hypervisor, centralized management, and seamless cloud integration.
Benefits
From hardware to virtualization platform, ensuring sovereignty, compliance, and full auditability through open-source engineering
Robust and future-proof virtualization solution delivering 60–80% lower TCO compared to traditional options
Flexible configurations with BullSequana SH or BullSequana SA to meet diverse workload needs
Lightweight hypervisor and optimized design for maximum VM-to-core ratio
Full supply chain transparency, advanced hardware protection, and trusted execution technologies
Reduced power consumption per workload with eco-conscious design and smart VM scheduling
Modular, composable hardware with API-driven orchestration for seamless scalability
An already validated reference architecture and a SPOC for hardware-software integration and support
The optimum sovereignty, security and savings by combining BullSequana SH servers and Vates Virtualization Management Stack
BullSequana SH brings virtualization to the most demanding workloads, enabling higher virtual-to-physical consolidation, better resource utilization, fewer managed hosts, and reduced licensing costs.
At the heart of this performance are Intel® Xeon® processors, featuring built-in accelerator engines that speed up data movement and optimize load balancing to enhance virtualization efficiency. These accelerators consolidate workloads while delivering exceptional performance for highly transactional applications and large-scale data analytics, helping you achieve faster insights and greater operational agility.
BullSequana SH combined with Vates Virtualization Management Stack delivers:
- High memory capacities for demanding workload
- Better suited for memory intensive applications (databases, analytics, big data, …)
- Large VMs with high vCPU counts
- Faster inter-VM communications than using external ethernet networks
- Increase resource usage ratio due to higher degree of VMs consolidation
- Reduce number of managed physical servers
- Reduce network complexity and connection points
- Reduce power, cooling and space requirements
- Flexibility to scale-up (adding CPUs in servers) and scale-out (adding hosts in clusters)
- Vates VMS pricing determined per host, not by CPU, core count, storage capacity, or the number of virtual machines, eliminating hidden costs and allowing for scalable, cost-effective virtualization solutions.
Who benefits to this solution
Ensure compliance with European regulations and achieve full sovereignty over IT infrastructure. Ideal for government, defense, and critical services seeking secure, auditable virtualization.
Maintain security and transparency with a sovereign solution designed to meet stringent compliance and data protection requirements for eg. healthcare, finance, energy.
Deploy modular, validated architectures for large-scale environments. Benefit from simplified integration, automation, and faster time-to-value.
Reduce licensing costs and avoid vendor lock-in with an open, flexible architecture. Gain predictable costs and scalability for evolving business needs.
Related resources
Eviden and Vates
Vates and Eviden join forces to deliver a sovereign, high-performance alternative to VMware, combining Bull servers with the open source Vates VMS stack.
BullSequana SH series
In-memory computing to deploy your critical & AI applications with confidence
BullSequana SA1
The BullSequana Agility family features a versatile range of 1 and 2-socket BullSequana SA1 servers.
VATES open source solution
Delivering robust support and driving the most reliable virtualization stack, wherever you are.
FAQ
Virtualization is the process of creating virtual versions of physical resources, such as servers, storage, and networks, allowing multiple workloads to run on shared hardware. It improves efficiency, scalability, and cost control while enabling flexible, secure IT environments.
This partnership delivers European-designed hardware and open-source virtualization, ensuring compliance, transparency, and full control over IT infrastructure.
Vates licensing model eliminates per-socket fees, and Eviden validated reference designs minimize integration and maintenance costs. According to our simulations we can expect a reduction of TCO from 60 to 80% compared to VMware’s solution.
Yes, Vates VMS integrates with OpenStack, Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes for flexible, API-driven orchestration.
Customers benefit from coordinated lifecycle management and support from both Eviden and Vates, ensuring reliability and ecosystem integration.
As an open-source product, components of the solution can be freely downloaded. Trial licenses are also available to get better support and extended feature set.
- 1000+ customers in all regions, including very high demanding businesses and service providers
- 80.000+ hosts managed and 1.5M+ VMs
- 1.5M+ downloads since launch, a very active developer community.
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