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. Support tiers were stripped. The relationship between vendor and customer fundamentally broke down.
We looked at the alternatives. Proxmox is excellent for the technically adventurous, but our customers, mid-market IT teams, infrastructure managers, operations people, needed something that felt familiar, was production-ready out of the box, 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. Made in Melbourne.
Timeline
Both founders begin careers in enterprise virtualisation with VMware VI3
Combined experience grows across vSphere design and large-scale implementation
Broadcom acquires VMware. Licence costs skyrocket. Netframe planning begins.
Neon Dynamics Pty Ltd incorporated in Melbourne, Australia
Netframe Core alpha released to select partners
Netframe 1.0 GA, Core, Manager, and Converter available for download
Netframe Backup released. Growing customer base across Australia and APAC.
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.