Why we built Netframe
We'd spent our careers building on VMware. We knew it inside out, the architecture, the tooling, the ecosystem. We'd built vSphere environments for banks, hospitals, governments, and enterprises of every size.
Then Broadcom bought VMware. Overnight, the licensing model changed beyond recognition. Customers we'd helped for years were facing fourfold cost increases. The relationship between vendor and customer fundamentally broke down.
We looked at the alternatives. While options like Proxmox seemed appealing at first glance, our customers, mid-market IT teams, infrastructure managers, operations people, needed something that felt familiar, provided an easy migration pathway, and came with the support and documentation they expected from an enterprise platform.
So we built it. Netframe is what we would have wanted as VMware customers. Honest, capable, well-documented, well-supported virtualisation. Built on proven KVM, priced fairly and proudly made in Melbourne.
Timeline
Both founders begin careers in enterprise virtualisation with VMware VI3.5
Combined experience grows across vSphere design and large-scale implementations
Broadcom acquires VMware. Licence costs skyrocket.
After much deliberation, founders leave their senior roles at major US tech company to build Netframe
Neon Dynamics Pty Ltd incorporated in Melbourne, Australia. Development begins.
Pilot installations of Netframe Core go live
Pilot installations of Core, Manager and production clusters go live
Netframe goes GA
Our values
Transparency
Published pricing, open roadmap, honest communication. No surprises.
Simplicity
Powerful software should be approachable. We obsess over the user experience.
Customer-first
Our support team are our engineers. Real expertise, real accountability.
Australian-built
We're proud of where we come from and who we build for.