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Foundry Studio  ·  VM to Container

Take your VMs.
Turn them into containers.
See how much you save.

Foundry Studio takes a VM image in, walks you through configuration, and produces a container image out. No rewrite. No rebuild. Just a guided, repeatable path from VM to container.

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Up to 60%*
Compute cost reduction
No rewrite
Applications move as-is
VM in, container out
Guided conversion

*Based on published AWS EC2 pricing and IBM / 451 Research documented container vs VM compute efficiency studies. Conservative estimate. Actual savings depend on workload, utilisation, and target runtime.

The Studio workflow

VM in. Container out.

A guided conversion pipeline designed for infrastructure teams who need to act on cloud migration business cases, not re-engineer applications from scratch.

Foundry Studio interface

The hidden cost of VM sprawl.

Enterprises running server workloads on VMs are overspending on compute, storage, and licensing. Everyone knows containers are cheaper, but the migration path has been manual, risky, and slow.

Cloud migration business cases assume containerisation savings that teams struggle to deliver at pace. The gap between knowing you should containerise and actually doing it is where cost piles up, quarter after quarter.

  • 01

    VMs bill 24/7, whether used or not

    Containers scale to zero when idle. On AWS, that utilisation gap compounds into tens or hundreds of thousands annually.

  • 02

    Broadcom licensing has redrawn the maths

    Post-acquisition price increases have pushed VMware TCO to a point where containerisation is no longer optional for large estates.

  • 03

    Manual conversion takes months per workload

    Writing Dockerfiles by hand, testing, debugging, and tuning resource limits stalls migration programmes before they scale.

  • 04

    Container skills are scarce and expensive

    Hiring or retraining for Kubernetes expertise is a multi-year effort. Most infrastructure teams do not have the headcount to wait.

How Foundry Studio works

A guided, repeatable path from VM to container. Built for teams managing hundreds or thousands of server workloads.

VM image in
Configuration prompts
Container image out
Cost saving figure
STEP 01

Upload your VM image

Point Studio at a VM image from vSphere, AWS, Azure, or on-prem. No agents, no infrastructure changes required.

STEP 02

See projected savings

Studio calculates the cost delta between running the workload as a VM versus an equivalent container on AWS.

STEP 03

Guided configuration

Answer a handful of configuration prompts. Studio applies best-practice defaults for resource limits, networking, and storage.

STEP 04

Production-ready container

Studio produces a container image with recommended resource sizing. Deploy to ECS, EKS, or the runtime of your choice.

Built for the teams carrying the migration

Three audiences with three different angles on the same problem. Foundry Studio speaks to each of them.

Infrastructure Architects / Cloud Leads

You know containerisation is the direction. Studio gets you there.

Foundry Studio gives you a guided, repeatable path to containerisation without rewriting applications or retraining teams. Point it at a VM image, walk through configuration, ship a container image.

CTOs / IT Directors

Every VM on AWS costs more than it should.

Studio shows you the savings and gives your team a way to act on them, starting this quarter. Turn the business-case promise into a defensible number, then a deliverable.

AWS Solutions Architects

A simple onramp for VM-heavy customer estates.

Guided conversion, no specialist container skills required, clear cost justification built in. Studio gives your customers a concrete first step into modern AWS compute.

Key capabilities

Built for enterprise estates. Designed for teams who need to ship savings this quarter, not next year.

Guided VM-to-Container Conversion

Upload a VM image. Studio walks you through configuration prompts and produces a container image with best-practice defaults. No specialist container skills required.

Cost Savings Visibility

See projected savings before you commit. Studio calculates the cost difference between running VMs and equivalent containers on AWS, based on published pricing.

No Rewrite Required

Existing applications move as they are. No code changes, no re-architecture, no extended project timelines or vendor dependency.

Repeatable and Scalable

Once the process is proven on one VM, apply it across the estate. Designed for teams managing hundreds or thousands of server workloads.

Turn your estate into a number.

Use the VM-to-Container Cost Savings Calculator to see what containerisation could save you, based on your own inventory and AWS pricing. Bring the result to the board, or to us, to plan the next step.

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