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Escaping VMware: 5 Takeaways from Our vJailbreak Migration Webinar

We recently hosted a live webinar where we walked through a real VM migration from vCenter to Private Cloud Director using vJailbreak, and the response was overwhelming. Not just in attendance, but in the quality of questions and the post-event survey data. The audience wasn’t just browsing. They were planning. In this post, I’d like […]

VMware Alternative Cost Comparison What to Measure

VMware Alternative Cost Comparison: What to Measure

VMware exits are turning into finance problems as often as they are infrastructure problems. After recent VMware licensing changes, many teams can agree on the direction, but still struggle to defend the numbers. In a January 2026 CloudBolt survey of North American enterprise IT decision-makers, 59% said their VMware costs increased by more than 25%

Reimagining Virtualization for the Enterprise Private Cloud Era

Enterprise infrastructure teams are at a pivotal moment. Private clouds have never been more important for organizations, as new workloads demand on-premises deployment. At the same time, VMware’s licensing and business model changes under Broadcom are forcing many organizations to evaluate alternatives for a private cloud foundation. The immediate need is clear: a reliable, enterprise-grade

Beginner’s Guide to Private Cloud Director Community Edition

Beginner’s Guide to Private Cloud Director Community Edition

Hey everyone! 👋 So, you’re curious about setting up your own little cloud haven? I’ve got you covered with this simple guide to getting started with Private Cloud Director Community Edition. Think of it as your friendly “let’s build something cool together” walkthrough. What’s Community Edition? This version of Private Cloud Director is awesome for

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Evaluating VMware migration: PivotNine’s independent assessment of Platform9’s vJailbreak

For organizations evaluating VMware alternatives, a recent report by PivotNine offers valuable insights into migrating to Platform9 Private Cloud Director. This report details a hands-on assessment of Platform9’s vJailbreak tool, providing a fact-based look at the migration process. “Instead of a complex and tedious migration, customers can use Platform9’s tools to automate the bulk of

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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.

Essential components for a modern private cloud

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

Why choose Platform9 for your Private Cloud Needs?

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

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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

VMware migrations will be long, expensive, risky,” Gartner warns

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

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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

Exploring Platform9's OpenStack Management as a Modern Virtualization Alternative

Exploring Platform9 Managed OpenStack as a modern virtualization alternative

OpenStack has always been viewed as an open-source innovation in the cloud computing world, offering a comprehensive suite of features for scalable cloud infrastructure and proven capabilities to replace VMware in the data center. However, OpenStack’s extensive functionality comes at the expense of complexity, with complex components such as Nova, Cinder, Neutron, and others making

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