RapidFort Awarded Nutanix Cloud Native Partner of the Year at Nutanix’s .NEXT Event

Nutanix recognizes RapidFort for advancing secure, cloud-native application delivery with near-zero vulnerability software supply chain security

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RapidFort, the leading software supply chain security platform delivering near-zero CVE container images and continuous vulnerability remediation, announced today during Nutanix’s .NEXT conference that it has been awarded the Nutanix Cloud Native Partner of the Year Award.

Nutanix recognized RapidFort as the recipient of a 2026 partner award for its innovation in helping customers secure and optimize cloud-native applications across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. RapidFort was recognized for enabling organizations to dramatically reduce their attack surface through automated container image hardening, continuous vulnerability removal, and compliance assurance, helping enterprises deploy and run applications on Nutanix infrastructure.

Through its partnership with Nutanix, RapidFort empowers joint customers to accelerate secure application delivery by combining the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform with RapidFort’s end-to-end software supply chain security capabilities. This includes real-time vulnerability remediation, generation of SBOMs and RBOMs, and access to a curated catalog of near-zero CVE container images, allowing customers to build and operate secure, compliant, and production-ready applications faster.

“We are proud to have honored RapidFort at .NEXT this year for their outstanding efforts in enabling customer success with Nutanix,” said Tarkan Maner, President and Chief Commercial Officer at Nutanix. “At a time when Enterprise AI, cloud-native, and hybrid cloud technologies are reshaping industries, RapidFort’s commitment to the Nutanix vision ensures that our customers can truly ‘Run Anything, Anywhere’ on a secure, future-proof platform.”

“Winning the Nutanix Partner of the Year Award is a strong validation of our shared mission to help enterprises build and run secure, cloud-native applications without compromise,” said George Manuelian, Co-Founder and CSO of RapidFort. “Together with Nutanix, we are enabling organizations to eliminate vulnerabilities at the source, reduce operational risk, and accelerate innovation across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.”

RapidFort and Nutanix continue to collaborate to deliver integrated solutions that simplify security across the software lifecycle, from build through production, while ensuring compliance with frameworks such as FedRAMP and CMMC. This partnership enables organizations, including those in highly regulated sectors, to confidently deploy modern applications with reduced risk and increased operational efficiency.

About RapidFort

RapidFort is the industry’s leading software supply chain security platform, built to help organizations quickly ship safer software with less overhead across any operating system. RapidFort automates vulnerability remediation at scale, eliminating up to 95% of vulnerabilities without requiring code changes. Operating system–agnostic and vendor-neutral by design, the platform enables organizations to secure software across container environments without platform or vendor lock-in.

With a free tier and hardened community images, RapidFort makes secure development accessible to teams of any size. Learn more at rapidfort.com.