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Running Platform9 on Platform9

By Platform9

Can we have our cake and eat it too? After months of development from conception to full production use, that is a question we’ve been asking ourselves of our own... Read More

A Dream Realized: Announcing General Availability for KVM

By Sirish Raghuram

15 months ago, we founded Platform9 because we had a dream. A dream that private clouds could be simple, and easy, and inexpensive for all organizations. That the customizability, control and features available... Read More

The Rise of Cloud-Managed Data Centers

By Madhura Maskasky

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... Read More

On Standardization of Containers

By Madhura Maskasky

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... Read More

The Melting Pot In Virtualized Datacenters

By Platform9

The time when IT used one virtualization platform for server consolidation seems long past. Cost and performance tradeoffs have led to IT Administrators deploying multiple virtualization technologies, some for production and some... Read More

Take Platform9 on a Test Drive at VMworld 2014

By Madhura Maskasky

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... Read More

Re-Imagining Private Clouds

By Roopak Parikh

Hello, world! Welcome to Platform9, where we are re-imagining the private cloud experience. Genesis Platform9’s genesis goes back to our founding team’s experience as early engineers at VMware, our alma... Read More

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