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06/17/2026

Ports and terminals are accelerating digital transformation and exploring autonomous terminal operations. Behind these innovations, resilient and agile IT infrastructure has become mission-critical.

In our latest blog, we share how SmartX ECP supports ports, terminals, and solution providers in modernizing infrastructure while keeping core production workloads stable.

⚓️Zhanjiang Port Group: replacing vSphere with SmartX native virtualization and advancing ITAI transformation on Hygon C86, while using SKS to host its containerized BTOS system with RPO=0 and fast recovery capabilities.
🚢A deep-water terminal in the Yangtze River Delta: migrating 200+ VMware VMs to SmartX ELF and reducing hardware procurement costs by over 30%.
🚚Utopilot: building a VM-container converged infrastructure to support port autonomous driving services, improving FMS launch speed from hours to minutes.

Read the full article to see how SmartX helps port industry customers host core systems, replace legacy virtualization platforms, strengthen virtual network security, and support next-generation smart terminal applications 👉 https://www.smartx.com/blog/2026/06/smartx-in-ports-and-terminals-en/

The SmartX blog features technical articles written by SmartX engineers to share technical knowledge about IT infrastructure with customers and technology enthusiasts.

06/10/2026

Enterprise Kubernetes deployment often stumbles due to complex YAML files, rigid compliance requirements, and intricate production networking.

To address these challenges, SmartX has officially released SMTX Kubernetes Service (SKS) 1.6, introducing several major enhancements:

📊 Enhanced Management: Replaces complex YAML with form-based UI management to accelerate application rollout and troubleshooting.
🇨🇳 Full-Stack ITAI: Expands full-stack domestic IT innovation support with Kylin OS, TencentOS, and native support for Huawei Ascend NPU resources.
🌐 Optimized Networking: Isolates management networks from service networks and supports multi-NIC Pods to boost throughput by ~20%.

Read the full release overview to see how enterprises in finance and healthcare are putting SKS into production: https://www.smartx.com/blog/2026/06/sks-1-6-release-en/

06/09/2026

Large-scale VM operations often hide high costs in repetitive manual work, configuration inconsistency, and troubleshooting complexity.

With SmartX ECP 6.3, we are introducing four new capabilities designed to make enterprise VM O&M more automated, standardized, and efficient:
✅ One-click batch VMTools upgrades
✅ Unified SSH service port modification across clusters
✅ GUI-based NTP governance with anomaly diagnostics
✅ Multi-level VM groups for clearer resource organization

Learn more about how these enhancements can boost your confidence in large-scale VM O&M 👉 https://www.smartx.com/blog/2026/06/ecp-6-3-four-features-for-vm-operations-en/

06/04/2026

Jiangsu Su Merchants Bank has been working with SmartX for more than 5 years to modernize its IT infrastructure with SmartX ECP for data-driven innovations.

✅ A scenario-driven, step-by-step rollout from pilot validation to full-scale implementation.
✅ A 600+ node cloud infrastructure supporting production, dev/test, OA, O&M, and DR.
✅ Hardware-software decoupling to reuse existing hardware and form heterogeneous clusters, reducing TCO.
✅ Elastic scalability to support core transactions, big data, AI, and future business innovation.

Learn how a lightweight cloud strategy can help banks reduce infrastructure complexity while strengthening business continuity and agility 👉 https://www.smartx.com/hk-mo/success-story/smb-case-study-en

06/02/2026

Stop overprovisioning hardware. Let software efficiency do the work.

SmartX ECP 6.3 delivers a landmark performance across Intel, Hygon, and Kunpeng platforms—matching Tier-1 hardware SAN speeds through 4 core breakthroughs:

🏷️ Kernel-Level IO_uring: Slashing system calls and CPU overhead.
⚡ Intel DSA Hardware Offloading: Moving data relocation to specialized devices.
🛣️ Multi-Link Aggregation: Transforming single links into a multi-lane highway.
🏢 Multi-Instance Architecture: Running parallel disk pools to break process limits.

📈 The Real-World Proof:
Intel Platform: 11M+ IOPS, 130+ GiB/s bandwidth, with

05/28/2026

6 enterprises beat server price hikes through hardware reuse!

With hardware prices staying high, our latest blog shares how six enterprises fully reused their existing servers with SmartX ECP to upgrade infrastructure, replace VMware, and drive massive cost efficiency.

🏥 A leading hospital reuses legacy vSAN servers to build a heterogeneous cluster with a 60% reuse rate.
💾 A semiconductor provider repurposes domestic servers, avoiding the purchase of 100+ memory modules.
📈 A leading securities firm builds a 40-node offsite DR center, cutting hardware costs by 50%.

Discover all 6 real-world hardware reuse stories 👉https://www.smartx.com/blog/2026/05/smartx-hardware-reuse-en/

05/21/2026

From DR to ITAI to Core Production: GF Futures’ 3-Phase Cloud Journey with SmartX 🚀

Faced with fragmented IT architecture and demands for compliance & cloud upgrade, GF Futures modernized its IT foundation with SmartX ECP to build a multi-site unified private cloud in three phases:

1️⃣ Disaster Recovery Center: Replaced 40+ aging servers with SmartX ECP to host core CTP disaster recovery operations.
2️⃣ ITAI Phase: Built an ITAI resource pool in one day, hosting 50+ systems including CTP multicast and post-market query services, covering 80%+ ITAI workloads.
3️⃣ Production Expansion: Migrated CTP production components and FEMAS 3.0, integrating DR, ITAI, and production systems for big data analytics and automated O&M.

The results❓Achieving 80% cost reduction, 70% space saving, 31% lower energy consumption, and 80% reduced O&M workload.

👀 Read the full success story here 👇 https://www.smartx.com/hk-mo/success-story/guangfa-futures

05/20/2026

SmartX & Hygon Debut Chip-Native Encryption with Virtualization HA 🎉

We jointly launched a solution combining Hygon HCT with SmartX ECP, enabling encrypted VMs to auto-recover across nodes with high performance and security.

🔒 Chip-Native Encryption: SM2/SM3/SM4 run directly on Hygon CPUs, eliminating external HSMs.
⚡️ Virtualization Passthrough: Near-native VM performance with low latency.
💪 High Availability: Device tagging ensures encrypted VMs auto-rebuild across nodes.
💰 Cost Optimization: Reduced hardware investment, improved resource efficiency.

Delivering secure, resilient, and high-performance infrastructure for finance and regulated industries. Learn more 👉 https://www.smartx.com/blog/2026/05/smartx-hygon-joint-solution-en/

05/14/2026

🏥 Huashan Hospital Replaced VMware with SmartX: 40% Better Performance and 60% Hardware Reuse

As one of China’s leading hospitals, Huashan Hospital successfully modernized its core infrastructure while achieving remarkable results:

✅ Seamless vSphere & vSAN Replacement: Safely transitioned core systems (PACS) to an enterprise-grade, resilient HCI platform.
✅ Efficient Migration: Leveraged SMTX Migration Tool to migrate 2TB VMs in just 15 minutes—ensuring zero disruption.
✅ High Cost-Efficiency: Achieved a 60% hardware reuse rate, maximizing existing IT investments and breaking vendor lock-in.
✅ Significant Performance Boost: Delivered 40% higher storage performance compared to the original vSAN architecture.

By partnering with SmartX, Huashan Hospital has built a faster, leaner, and more reliable digital foundation for its 20,000+ daily outpatients. 📖 Read the full success story here: https://www.smartx.com/hk-mo/success-story/huashan-case-study

05/12/2026

Recognized by Gartner for AI-ready Kubernetes Services 🎉
SmartX has been named a representative vendor in Gartner’s Market Guide for Container Management Platforms in China — highlighting our unified platform for Kubernetes, VMs, and AI workloads.

Here’s how SmartX SKS addresses the demands of AI-native infrastructure:
⚡ AI-driven GPU resource management — including vGPU, MIG, MPS, time-slicing, and GPU node auto-scaling.
☸️ AI-native Kubernetes infrastructure — with VM HA, node auto-replacement, and upcoming active-active cluster support for AI Agents and LLM services.
🛡️ Sovereign IT & ecosystem compatibility — supporting domestic chipsets and operating systems for regulated industries.

Together, these capabilities help HKMO enterprises modernize beyond VMware, build lightweight end-to-end AI infrastructure, and support heterogeneous AI environments on a unified platform.

👀 Read why Gartner recognized SmartX 👉 https://www.smartx.com/blog/2026/05/smartx-gartner-container-management-en/