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Author: Madhura Maskasky

Before co-founding Platform9, Madhura spent 7 years at VMware Engineering, where she grew to be technical lead for several key products including vCloud Director, Update Manager and Config Control.

Madhura helped spearhead vSphere’s transformation into a policy driven product suite, working broadly across groups to pull together the vision. Madhura holds a M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University, specializing in databases and distributed systems.

The Rise of Cloud-Managed Data Centers

My co-founder and CEO Sirish Raghuram recently posted Platform9’s 2015 Predictions on VMBlog. We think the topic is important enough that it deserves its own blog post. 2014 marked the year when Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) became a common term in the dictionary of enterprise IT. When first coined as a term by VMware and published during

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On Standardization of Containers

Last week was a big one for Docker and the container space. Docker made some exciting product announcements at DockerCon Europe. Simultaneously, CoreOS announced it’s effort to define an Open Container Format in the form of ‘App Containers’ and Rocket. The community responded with a strong reaction. Some raised questions about the benefit of alternate container engine

Take Platform9 on a Test Drive at VMworld 2014

At Platform9, we believe that managing your datacenter should be as simple and elegant as using a Nest Thermostat. Our simple, intuitive web interface lets you set up your private cloud and then monitor and use it in minutes, with our SaaS platform doing all the heavy lifting. We’re so confident about our model that

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