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Ask Google AIHong Kong, 12 October – Sangfor Technologies, a global provider of cybersecurity, cloud computing, and IT infrastructure solutions, today announced it has been positioned as ‘a Visionary’ in the inaugural 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Server Virtualization Platforms.
The recognition arrives at a critical inflection point for enterprise IT. According to Gartner, the server virtualization market faces “the most significant disruption in over a decade.” As infrastructure and operations leaders actively reevaluate their technology options to support current and future workloads, Sangfor is positioning itself as a premier alternative. By offering both perpetual and subscription licensing*, broad hardware compatibility, and a workload-centric approach to modernization, Sangfor is providing a clear path forward for organizations navigating unpredictable licensing changes and forced transitions into heavy cloud foundation packages.
This flexibility extends beyond software licensing to hardware as well; Sangfor HCI can be purchased as software and deployed on a wide range of certified server platforms, including servers from Dell, Lenovo, Sugon, and xFusion, among many other commoditized server vendors - or purchased as a hardware appliance available in a variety of form factors offered directly by Sangfor.
“The 'trust deficit' created by recent mega-vendor consolidations stems directly from a sudden loss of architectural freedom alongside massive price hikes. When legacy providers tell an entire segment of the market that their only option is an expensive, bloated cloud foundation bundle they don't need, it fundamentally breaks the partnership,” said Keith Lee, Cloud Business Director at Sangfor Technologies. “What we are hearing from IT leaders right now is a demand for genuine transparency. They are actively seeking software-defined infrastructure that guarantees predictable costs, flexible scaling, and a promise that the rug won't be pulled out from under them during their next renewal cycle.”
*Licensing models and hardware compatibility may vary by region and local availability.
Accelerated Global Momentum and Market Expansion
Sangfor’s commitment to providing flexible infrastructure has driven rapid market penetration beyond its traditional strongholds. As of Q1 2026, Sangfor HCI has been adopted by more than 29,000 customers globally across government, financial services, enterprise, healthcare, transportation, and other critical industries. Over the past 12 months, Sangfor has significantly expanded its footprint and business development across the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe. In Europe, Sangfor is accelerating its cloud infrastructure business through a partner-led strategy centered on Sangfor Virtualization (aSV) and Sangfor HCI. Beyond enterprise modernization, Sangfor is also enabling local CSPs, MSPs, ISVs, and system integrators to deliver localized private and hybrid cloud services with sovereign-cloud characteristics. The strategy continues to gain traction across the region, including more than 4,450 customers in Italy and growing engagement across key markets such as Germany, Spain, and Poland.
Further global milestones include the successful onboarding of more than 1,400 new enterprise customers in the Latin American market, reflecting the company's continued investment and steadily growing operations across key markets including Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia. By providing transparent, per-socket pricing and comprehensive local support networks, Sangfor is successfully helping international enterprises migrate legacy workloads without compromising on performance or budget.
Modernizing Critical Infrastructure with Confidence
As organizations modernize mission-critical virtualization environments, they are increasingly prioritizing infrastructure resilience, operational continuity, and long-term scalability. Sangfor HCI is designed around these priorities, helping organizations modernize infrastructure without compromising operational stability or existing investments.
To support business continuity, Sangfor HCI delivers built-in resilience through capabilities such as rolling and in-place upgrades, intelligent hardware fault isolation, HA 2.0, DRS 2.0, Continuous Data Protection (CDP) with a 1-second RPO, and active-active disaster recovery. To simplify modernization, VMware-aligned management, automated configuration conversion, agentless migration, and broad integration with backup and monitoring solutions help organizations transition smoothly while maintaining operational consistency.
Looking ahead, Sangfor HCI provides a scalable foundation for future cloud and AI initiatives. A flexible two-node architecture, linear scale-out, native support for virtual machines and containers, unified AI compute, hybrid cloud capabilities, and seamless evolution to Sangfor Cloud Platform provide a practical path from virtualization to private cloud, hybrid cloud, and AI-ready infrastructure.
Sangfor Agent Builder: Bridging Legacy Infrastructure with AI Innovation
“As a Visionary, we believe that Sangfor is actively enabling enterprises to not only modernize their private clouds, but to make them AI-ready,” added Keith Lee, Cloud Business Director at Sangfor Technologies. Demonstrating this commitment, Sangfor announced the general availability of the Sangfor Agent Builder in September 2026.
An enterprise-grade platform for building, connecting, and operating AI agents, the Sangfor Agent Builder features no-code and visual agent building, seamless enterprise knowledge integration, and robust production governance, including granular permissions, auditing, and monitoring. It offers extensive connectivity to existing tools, APIs, databases, and MCP services.
Crucially for organizations currently navigating infrastructure transitions, the Sangfor Agent Builder can run as a virtual machine on incumbent legacy virtualization platforms. This allows enterprises to deploy advanced AI capabilities and multi-channel publishing on top of their existing environments today, while planning a controlled, phased migration to a modern software-defined infrastructure tomorrow.
To access a complimentary copy of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Server Virtualization Platforms report and gain the latest insights into the evolving server virtualization market, please visit: https://www.sangfor.com/reports/cloud-and-infrastructure/gartner-magic-quadrant-server-virtualization-platforms-2026
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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Server Virtualization Platforms, Tony Harvey, Daniel Bowers, Paul Delory, Tony Iams, Owen Marino, 14 September 2026
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About Sangfor Technologies
Sangfor Technologies is a global leader in cybersecurity, cloud computing, and IT infrastructure, providing fully integrated and AI-driven solutions. Founded in 2000 and publicly listed since 2018 (STOCK CODE: 300454.SZ), Sangfor serves over 100,000 customers worldwide. With over 7,000 employees and more than 70 branch offices across APAC, EMEA, and LATAM, the company is committed to delivering on its mission to Make Your Digital and AI Transformation Simpler and More Secure. For more information, visit www.sangfor.com
