Comparing VKS and OpenShift: K8s Practitioner Experiences

What does it take to build, manage, and scale Kubernetes in the enterprise?

Recorded live at VMware Explore 2026, this episode of the Virtually Speaking podcast welcomes Adam Tucker and May Large from MomentumAI to share their real-world experiences with enterprise Kubernetes, platform engineering, and VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS).

Drawing on their experience with Red Hat OpenShift and large-scale application environments, they discuss the operational challenges of managing Kubernetes at scale, the importance of declarative automation with Cluster API (CAPI), and the considerations involved in evaluating and adopting new platforms.

The conversation also explores practical approaches to migrating containerized workloads, simplifying Kubernetes operations, and enabling infrastructure and platform engineering teams to work more effectively together.

Whether you’re exploring VKS, modernizing your Kubernetes environment, or building a platform engineering strategy, this episode offers practical insights and lessons learned from the field.