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Platform9 Private Cloud Director: The private cloud platform that makes sense and cents

Recently, our competitor has raised their minimum licensing from 16 to 72 cores and introduced late renewal penalties. This significantly increases virtualization pricing for small businesses relying on their software (up to 4.5X more) and reduces profitability for channel partners. While these moves may boost their revenue, they lack true value and a customer-centered philosophy. […]

Platform9 · April 2, 2025 · 2 min read

Essential components for a modern private cloud

Many companies started their journey with cloud computing through the purchase of public cloud services. But as processes matured and their internal teams grew more sophisticated, many wondered if transitioning their workloads to a modern private cloud might be a better fit. This blog post explores the core features required for a truly modern private

Platform9 · March 31, 2025 · 5 min read

Why choose Platform9 for your private cloud needs?

The IT landscape is rapidly evolving, and enterprises realize that private cloud solutions are required to unlock greater operational agility, cost-efficiency, and control over their infrastructure. However, disruptive changes to enterprise cloud solution providers have IT teams challenged with vendor lock-in, skyrocketing costs, and capability gaps for desired private cloud agility. That’s where Platform9 Private

Damian Karlson · March 24, 2025 · 4 min read

From VMware to Private Cloud Director: Mastering Multi-Tenancy with Identity and Domains

For VMware administrators, managing multiple teams, departments, or customers in a private cloud has always required careful planning and extra licensing. The challenge you wanted to solve is finding a balance between isolation and flexibility without adding operational complexity or costs. vSphere has no native equivalent for true multi-tenancy. vCenter folders and resource pools provide

Damian Karlson · March 11, 2025 · 7 min read

Private Cloud Director: DNSaaS & LBaaS

Hey everyone, just wanted to share a couple of highlights from the February 2025 release of Private Cloud Director. Before we jump into that, I thought it would be helpful to provide some context. Private Cloud Director is a leading VMware alternative that offers the enterprise virtualization features you trust alongside native Kubernetes workloads on

Damian Karlson · March 10, 2025 · 2 min read

The evolving landscape of private cloud: Navigating the post-VMware era

Listen to the episode Our co-founder, Madhura Maskasky, joined AMD Tech Talk host Jim Greene for a discussion on the evolving enterprise private cloud landscape and how enterprises can navigate the post-VMware era. This episode explores the challenges and opportunities businesses face as they modernize their cloud environments. We appreciate AMD Tech Talk for the

Platform9 · February 25, 2025 · 3 min read

The Register reports:“VMware migrations will be long, expensive, risky, Gartner warns”

Gartner just published a research note titled “Estimating a Large-Scale VMware Migrations” that details the burdens expected for large-sized companies moving off of VMware. The Register’s Simon Sharwood wrote an article on this research note. He highlighted the concerns tens of thousands of VMware customers are facing that large-scale migrations are daunting, often taking

Madhura Maskasky · January 30, 2025 · 3 min read

7 Reasons Platform9 is the Future-proof VMware Alternative

As enterprises seek cost-effective, flexible, and future-ready virtualization solutions, many are re-evaluating their reliance on VMware. With increasing licensing costs and vendor lock-in concerns, the need for a robust alternative has never been greater. Platform9’s Private Cloud Director emerges as the best VMware alternative for organizations seeking to move beyond VMware while maintaining enterprise-grade virtualization

Kamesh Pemmaraju · January 20, 2025 · 4 min read

Why Platform9 Private Cloud Director is the complete VMware alternative

In our earlier blog, VMware vs OpenStack: Why OpenStack is the better VMware alternative in 2024, we explored how OpenStack offers a compelling alternative to VMware for building private clouds. That post covered OpenStack’s advantages in cost efficiency, flexibility, and vendor neutrality, making it a good choice for enterprises looking to move away from VMware.

Kamesh Pemmaraju · January 13, 2025 · 6 min read

Navigating the future of enterprise IT: The rise of developer-friendly private clouds

Imagine a world where developers no longer wait hours or days for the resources they need. Instead, they deploy, test, and scale applications in real time while IT teams maintain control and manage costs. This isn’t a distant dream; it’s the reality enabled by developer-friendly and cost-effective private clouds that are revolutionizing enterprise IT. For

Platform9 · December 17, 2024 · 4 min read

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Top 5 considerations for migrating off VMware

Migrations are complex, time-consuming, and costly. When deciding to leave VMware due to Broadcom price increases and their cancellation of perpetual licensing, the cost associated with the act of migration should be the second most important item. This blog will touch on the top 5 considerations for migrating from VMware to any alternate hypervisor for

Chris Jones · September 20, 2024 · 4 min read

What are the 4 trends shaping infrastructure and operations in 2023?

While recent days have provided some glimmer of hope as far as a recovering economy is concerned, many of us are still dealing with the implications and impacts of the downturn. One area that has been affected has been infrastructure and operations within enterprises, who have, out of necessity, started looking at their projects and

Dawn Hoefferle · June 29, 2023 · 5 min read

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