Many IT teams are watching the unfolding VMware situation and feeling that it looks less like change and more like a reckoning. Enterprises are facing steep licensing changes, skyrocketing costs, and a creeping sense that control is slipping away. Organizations have thousands of virtualized hosts that need to find a new home. That’s why we […]
· August 12, 2025 · 4 min read
A new partnership brings together Platform9’s modern private cloud experience and Commvault’s proven cyber resilience, delivering backup, DR, and workload protection for enterprises. As a Chief Technology Officer at Platform9, I’ve had countless conversations with enterprise IT leaders who all echo the same concern: how can we modernize our infrastructure without sacrificing security or operational
· July 9, 2025 · 4 min read
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
· June 18, 2025 · 7 min read
Summary Looking for enterprise VMware alternatives? Understand the difference between hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and disaggregated architectures. Learn why disaggregation offers greater flexibility, how VMware originally enabled this model, and how modern private clouds like Platform9 Private Cloud Director continue this open, ecosystem-friendly, hardware-agnostic path. Introduction: Why look beyond VMware? With Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, enterprises
· May 6, 2025 · 3 min read
Wouldn’t it be nice to use a storage array’s tools to manage a virtual machine’s storage, especially if it was as easy as connecting it to your virtual machine (VM) using an API? That’s exactly how the Platform9 Private Cloud Director, the best VMware alternative, approaches storage. Let’s review what we’ve always done with VMware,
· April 24, 2025 · 6 min read
One of the greatest strengths of FinOps is its ability to focus on driving business value. However, many teams, especially engineering teams, struggle to directly connect their work and their use of cloud services to the associated business outcome. When cloud financial management was in its infancy (circa 2015) the driving focus was the price
· June 18, 2024 · 8 min read
Kubernetes, the leading container orchestration platform, is now an essential component of modern application development and deployment. However, its management can be complex and intimidating, especially given the rapid pace of updates, security challenges, and the need for high availability. Businesses require a solution that not only simplifies Kubernetes management but also ensures that their
· November 29, 2023 · 5 min read
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America in Chicago has come and gone, but the Platform9 team is still buzzing from the event, brimming with newfound knowledge and innovative ideas. The conference provided an excellent platform for education and networking, attracting a global gathering of cloud-native technology experts from well-known open-source projects. Keynote speeches and panel discussions
· November 14, 2023 · 4 min read
This blog is part 2 of our introduction to Flux. In part 1, we walked through the history of Flux, its graduation as a CNCF project, and dove into the core features of Flux as they fit into the evaluation criteria. In this blog, we’ll take a deeper look at some of Flux’s unique capabilities,
· September 21, 2023 · 9 min read
In a recent video interview with SiliconAngle’s theCUBE, Madhura Maskasky, Platform9 co-founder and VP of Product, discussed the vision and exciting new features in the latest product release 5.8. This blog summarizes key points from that interview. You can watch the full video here: How can enterprises save costs by migrating out of legacy virtualization
· July 25, 2023 · 3 min read
Platform9 has a long history of stellar customer service, including a 100% CSAT rating for four years running. That dedication to customers shows in the Summer 2023 reports from G2, including two badges that reflect our high level of customer support. The G2 quarterly Grid and category reports are based on verified, authentic reviews from
· July 7, 2023 · 2 min read
In the first 3 parts of this series, we’ve taken a look at what is required to move your legacy virtual machines – like those on VMware – to Kubernetes and KubeVirt. In this final post, we’ll examine how Platform9’s proven solution, incorporating KubeVirt as part of its open-source stack, can bring your organization significant
· June 15, 2023 · 4 min read