The Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform delivers a complete IT infrastructure with the agility, scalability, and simplicity of the cloud and the security, performance, and cost predictability of a traditional on-premises infrastructure. The architecture is a scale-out virtual computing platform leveraging web-scale engineering principles innovated by leading cloud companies such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon. The highly distributed architecture creates a fully integrated compute, virtualization, and storage environment that is 100% software-defined. This integration eliminates the complexity of traditional SAN and NAS environments, as well as their reliance on costly, special-purpose hardware that commonly requires IT personnel with specialized skill sets.