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Proxmox is making a major expansion to its enterprise operations, moving to 24/7 global support beginning October 19, 2026, while establishing a new North American subsidiary in Kingston, Ontario. The new support covers Proxmox Virtual Environment, Proxmox Backup Server, and Proxmox Datacenter Manager, giving enterprise customers direct access to Proxmox engineers at any time of day. The move also addresses an important consideration for organizations evaluating Proxmox as an alternative virtualization platform, particularly those that require around-the-clock support for production environments. The company now has more than 2.3 million active Proxmox Virtual Environment servers worldwide, with deployments spanning cloud, healthcare, government, finance, education, and other enterprise environments. The new support structure extends Proxmox’s existing engineering and support operations outside its traditional Austrian business hours. Proxmox North America Inc. will serve customers and partners in the United States and Canada, providing local sales, account management, contract administration, procurement assistance, and business-hours technical support. Its Kingston team will cover Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones while working within the company’s global support and engineering organization. Proxmox 24/7 Enterprise Support Premium subscribers will receive 24/7 coverage beginning October 19, in addition to their existing plan. Premium includes unlimited support tickets, a two-hour prioritized response for critical requests, remote support through SSH, offline updates and key activation, and SLA-backed escalation workflows for production outages and other critical issues. Standard subscribers will gain access to 24/7 support during a later onboarding window in Q4 2026. The existing Basic SLA remains unchanged, though Proxmox is extending its global support operations beyond Austrian business hours and will use local teams to address non-critical cases during their respective business hours. The expanded coverage also includes offline updates and subscription key activation for regulated and air-gapped environments. Support is delivered through Proxmox’s global engineering organization across Proxmox Virtual Environment, Proxmox Backup Server, and Proxmox Datacenter Manager. Current Proxmox Virtual Environment subscription pricing starts at €370 per CPU socket annually for Basic, with Standard priced at €550 and Premium at €1,100 per CPU socket annually. Premium and Standard include remote SSH support and offline subscription key activation, while ticket allowances and response times vary by tier. Proxmox North America Opens in Kingston, Ontario Proxmox North America Inc. gives US and Canadian customers a local entity for sales, contracts, invoicing, and procurement. Transactions can be handled in USD and CAD under a common-law legal framework, while the local team will also support certified resellers, joint pre-sales engagements, local service delivery, training, and technical guidance. Bill Hughes has been appointed CEO of Proxmox North America Inc. Hughes has more than a decade of experience in open-source infrastructure and enterprise IT, including work with large-scale virtualization deployments. Core product development and engineering will continue at Proxmox’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The Kingston operation will work within the existing global organization while focusing on commercial and support activities that benefit from a North American presence. Existing contracts will continue without changes. North American customers will have the option to transfer their contracts to Proxmox North America Inc. upon renewal in 2027, with no immediate action required. Proxmox also plans to increase investment in its certified reseller network across North America. The expansion is intended to give regional partners additional options for procuring Proxmox support subscriptions and combining them with locally delivered services. Proxmox 24/7 Enterprise Support Availability The move to 24/7 support is a significant step for Proxmox as it continues expanding its presence in enterprise virtualization. For organizations considering Proxmox as an alternative to VMware, having around-the-clock support removes one of the biggest concerns that can come with moving production workloads to a different platform. The new North American operation also gives customers in the region more direct access to local sales, account support, and business-hours technical help. Global 24/7 enterprise support begins October 19, 2026, for Premium subscribers. Standard subscribers will be added during a subsequent Q4 2026 onboarding window, while the existing Basic support SLA will continue unchanged.
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