# Fourth Cloud — On-prem control plane assessment

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On-prem control planes assessed against the Fourth Cloud operational model: VMware Cloud Foundation, IBM / Red Hat OpenShift, Nutanix Cloud Platform, and Oxide Cloud Computer.


## Vendors

| Vendor | Status | Identity plane | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) | complete | siloed (1) | https://fourthcloud-23ae5.web.app/assessment/vmware-vcf-fourthcloud |
| Red Hat OpenShift | complete | federated (3) | https://fourthcloud-23ae5.web.app/assessment/redhat-openshift-fourthcloud |
| Nutanix Cloud Platform | complete | partial (2) | https://fourthcloud-23ae5.web.app/assessment/nutanix-fourthcloud |
| Oxide Computer | complete | partial (2) | https://fourthcloud-23ae5.web.app/assessment/oxide-fourthcloud |

## Layers

- **FC-0** Physical & Virtual Substrate — does the control plane lifecycle hardware?
- **FC-1** Distributed Data & Context Fabric — is metadata queryable by a reasoning plane?
- **FC-2A** Infrastructure Orchestration — does one scheduler see all workload types?
- **FC-2B** Execution & Runtime — is runtime unified across all workload types?
- **FC-2C** The Reasoning Plane — does policy derive placement from live metadata?
- **FC-3** Application Distribution and Governance — is the catalog governed?
- **FC-4** Integration Fabric — is there a managed event/API/workflow/connector layer?