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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. VMware environments typically use vCenters for high-level separation, and Virtual Data Centers (vDCs) as

Damian Karlson · March 11, 2025 · 5 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

A colorful illustration of an advanced network of systems representing the migration off of VMware

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

FinOps: Applying Earned Value Management to maximize ROI

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

Chris Jones · June 18, 2024 · 8 min read

VMware vs OpenStack: Why OpenStack is the better VMware alternative in 2024

In this blog post, we will cover the following OpenStack vs VMware topics: Why now is the time to look for VMware alternatives? Common alternatives to VMware: A quick comparison of Proxmox, Nutanix, and Hyper-V Reasons why OpenStack faced challenges in initial enterprise adoption OpenStack has become a mature and enterprise-ready VMware alternative solution today

Kamesh Pemmaraju · May 20, 2024 · 8 min read

Mastering the operational model challenge for distributed AI infrastructure

Mastering the operational model challenge for distributed AI/ML infrastructure

The NVIDIA GTC event has concluded. I recently returned from this event in San Jose, still buzzing with excitement from the incredible announcements and palpable energy throughout the conference. The rapid pace of innovation in the AI/ML infrastructure space was clear, with NVIDIA leading the way. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivered an awe-inspiring keynote, revealing

Kamesh Pemmaraju · March 26, 2024 · 7 min read

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