Why Litefoot Is Moving Clients to VergeIO
The technology industry has drifted into a troubling place. Prices keep climbing, licensing keeps shifting, and many businesses feel backed into a corner. At Litefoot Technology, we’re not fans of the direction things have taken—and we’re certainly not willing to accept it on behalf of our clients.
For years, VMware was the gold standard in virtualization. It earned that position through reliability, performance, and innovation. But today, the landscape looks very different. Renewals are skyrocketing. Support is shrinking. And organizations are being asked to pay dramatically more just to maintain the same capabilities they already have.
At Litefoot, that doesn’t sit right with us. Our responsibility is to protect our clients—not to shrug and go along with an industry that has lost its way.
So we went looking for a better path.
What We Found: VergeIO
VergeIO has emerged as a true, fully capable alternative to VMware—not a downgrade and not a compromise. It offers performance, features, and stability that rival VMware, while completely reshaping the cost structure for both licensing and support.
We’ve put VergeIO through extensive real-world testing across actual client workloads, clusters, and environments. What we’ve seen is impressive.
Where VergeIO Excels:
• Built-in redundancy and intelligent storage handling
• Fast restores using Recipes and ioGuardian
• Unified compute, storage, and networking
• Straightforward management without the licensing maze
Simply put: it works extremely well.
Meanwhile, VMware renewals are coming in at numbers that make no sense for small and mid-sized businesses. Some quotes have doubled. Others have tripled. In multiple cases, the renewal cost exceeds the value of the hardware it runs on.
With VergeIO, we’re seeing:
• Tens of thousands of dollars in annual savings
• Faster performance on existing hardware
• A platform customers actually control
• Predictable pricing that doesn’t change every two years
One real-world example: a client facing an $87,000 VMware renewal migrated to VergeIO for about $26,000—same hosts, same workloads, better performance, and more than 60% savings.
Why Litefoot Is Different:
We have a moral problem across all sections of our culture, and that includes businesses, where it’s little about service and more about the grift. It’s time to stand in the breach and be different. We see a growing shift away from service and toward maximizing profit at the customer’s expense. That’s not how we operate, and it’s not how we ever will.
At Litefoot, we truly care about our clients’ businesses. We treat their environments as if they were our own. We won’t pretend every industry trend is good, and we won’t push products just because big vendors want us to.
Our focus is simple:
Provide solutions that genuinely benefit our customers.
• That’s why we’re investing heavily in VergeIO.
• Not because it’s trendy.
• Not because it’s the “hot new thing.”
• But because it actually solves a real problem.
It restores freedom to businesses that feel trapped by rising costs and shrinking support.
Leading the Shift
We’re proud to lead this change in our region. We believe clients deserve real choices. And we believe innovation should lower costs—not inflate them.
If you’re tired of runaway renewals and confusing, ever-shifting license models, let’s talk. We can show you exactly how VergeIO fits into your environment and what it can save you.
It’s time to start saying no to ever-increasing prices and terrible service. Litefoot is here to give businesses a better way forward.
Vince Brannan
President
Litefoot Technology
We are a Chattanooga-based company, founded in 2014, offering IT solutions to help your business run smoothly. Litefoot specializes in Managed IT Services, along with Managed Security Services. We are experts in Risk Intelligence, SIEM Monitoring, External Vulnerability Scans and Endpoint Detection / Response. Litefoot assures that your company is compliant in HIPAA, NIST and PII standards. We also offer custom Hardware and Software solutions. Litefoot saves your money and reputation by “doing it right” and at a savings.