As Nutanix Inc. approaches $1 billion annual revenue thanks to an early start in hyperconverged infrastructure, how can the company maintain its momentum with specialized offerings?

Looking to answer this question and others, SiliconANGLE is at the Nutanix .NEXT Conference, taking place in Washington D.C., with exclusive commentary and interviews from our roving news desk, theCUBE. (* Disclosure below.)

Nutanix’s shares soared 12 percent last month when it announced a 67-percent jump in revenue, to $191.8 million, for the third fiscal quarter ended April 30.

Nutanix got the jump on the hyperconverged infrastructure market and already offers its software on a range of Intel Corp.-powered servers from Cisco Systems Inc., Dell Technologies Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd. and Super Micro Computer Inc. It is rated by Forrester Research Ltd. as “the largest supplier” of hyperconverged infrastructure products.

Nutanix, however, faces strong competition from industry players building their own hyperconverged solutions, like SimpliVity Corp. that was acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and Red Hat Inc.’s Hyperconverged Infrastructure that it announced last week.

Nutanix’s partner ecosystem continues to be crucial to its continued growth. IBM Corp. is its latest OEM partner, with the announcement last month that Nutanix would run its hyperconverged infrastructure on IBM Power Systems.

“Everyone is trying to eat [Nutanix’s] lunch; they’ve done quite well for themselves,” said Stu Miniman, senior analyst at Wikibon, owned by the same parent company as SiliconANGLE. “Nutanix understands that hyperconverged is a point technology, so they’ve expanded their own hypervisor. They keep adding to what they’re doing. They don’t position themselves as a storage company, and not even just a hyperconverged company. We’ll see how far they can go. They’ve been a fun company to watch.”

Keynote speakers at Nutanix .NEXT Conference, include Bill McDermott, chief executive officer of SAP SE; Diane Greene, senior vice president of Google Inc.’s cloud business; Adriana Gascoigne, chief executive officer of Girls in Tech; and Akhil Gupta, vice president of infrastructure at Dropbox Inc.

Other speakers include Alan Atkinson, vice president and general manager of storage at Dell; Jason Kimrey, managing director of North America partner sales at Intel; and Radhika Krishnan, vice president and general manager of software-defined infrastructure at Lenovo.

How to watch theCUBE interviews

There are various ways to watch all of theCUBE interviews that will be taking place at the Nutanix .NEXT Conference, including SiliconANGLE TV and YouTube. You can also get all the coverage from the event on SiliconANGLE.

TheCUBE’s coverage for day one starts today at 12:00 p.m. till 5:30 p.m. EDT.

SiliconANGLE TV

You can watch all of theCUBE’s exclusive interviews and commentary from the Nutanix .NEXT Conference on the dedicated SiliconANGLE TV page.

Watch on the SiliconANGLE YouTube channel

All of theCUBE interviews from Nutanix .NEXT Conference will also be loaded onto SiliconANGLE’s dedicated YouTube channel.

Cubecasts

SiliconANGLE also has podcasts available of archived interview sessions, available on both SoundCloud and iTunes, which you can enjoy while on the go.

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE

Wednesday, June 28

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE include Nutanix .NEXT Conference keynote speaker Jason Kimrey.

Other guests include Stefanie Chiras, vice president of power systems offering management, systems of engagement at IBM; Raja Mukhopadhyay, vice president of project management at Nutanix; Mike Day, chief executive officer of PXP Solutions Ltd.; Jon Walton, chief information officer for San Mateo County, California; and Rich Napolitano, chief executive officer of Plexxi Inc.

Wednesday’s lineup on theCUBE also includes Virginia Gambale, managing partner at Azimuth Partners LLC; Rachel Mushahwar, general manager, head of America’s industry sales at Intel; Art Langer, professor at Columbia University; and Julia Palmer, research director at Gartner Inc.

Thursday, June 29

Guests who will be interviewed on theCUBE at Nutanix .NEXT Conference include Nutanix executives Sunil Potti, chief product and development officer; Sudheesh Nair, president; Satyam Vaghani, vice president of technology; Aaditya Sood, senior director of engineering and product; Binny Gill, chief architect; Dheeraj Pandey, chief executive officer and chairman; and Wendy Pfeiffer, chief information officer.

Thursday’s lineup also includes Kirk Skaugen, president of data center group at Lenovo; Nicolaus Radford, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Houston Mechatronics Inc.; Chad Sakac, president, converged platforms and solutions division at Dell EMC; John Bates, chief executive officer of Plat.ONE Inc. and author of “Thingalytics”; Lester Lewis, deputy chief information officer for Clark County, Nevada; and Stephen Hadley, principal at RiceHadleyGates LLC and former U.S. National Security Advisor.

(* Disclosure: Some segments on SiliconANGLE Media’s theCUBE are sponsored. Sponsors have no editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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