If you’re evaluating VMware alternatives in 2026, you’re not alone. Broadcom-era licensing shifts, renewal pressure, and operational risk have pushed virtualization teams into a forced decision cycle: replace VMware fast enough to reduce uncertainty, but thoughtfully enough to avoid trading one set of constraints for another. And the shift is showing up in analyst outlooks: […]
· January 23, 2026 · 12 min read
Las Vegas is a fitting place for the final Gartner IOCS conference of 2025. Because for IT leaders everywhere, the odds have changed and the future of their virtualization strategy is suddenly on the line. For the first time in more than two decades, enterprises are being forced to confront a question most never considered:
· December 12, 2025 · 4 min read
Well, I missed an opportunity to talk about Private Cloud Director, Community Edition. Mea culpa. Mea culpa. But the saying is “better late than never”, so here we are. Last month we released our latest version of Community Edition (CE). It’s 2025.8, known as “August” in our Slack. We released at the end of August,
· October 14, 2025 · 3 min read
The lights always shine bright in Vegas, but forget the neon—the brightest signal from Omnissa ONE 2025 was Horizon VDI running on Platform9. Shining like a beacon for users looking to rehome their Horizon VDI solution, Omnissa’s big reveal at this year’s event was a shift from being a VMware-only VDI platform to supporting multiple
· October 8, 2025 · 4 min read
Motivation Enterprise IT teams working in manufacturing or regulated industries require the ability to review, approve and customize workload provisioning requests being made by a broad range of self-service users. These requests may be reviewed to ensure conformance, resource availability or to satisfy custom provisioning requests. Previously, Enterprise IT teams were able to use VMware
· August 21, 2025 · 6 min read
Organizations searching for the private cloud solution in a post-VMware world can’t compromise on functionality. Private Cloud Director’s latest release adds more enterprise level capabilities to make replacing VMware easy, without losing critical functionality or requiring staff retraining. The newest release adds new AI hardware support and feature integration addressing top IT requirements for modern
· August 12, 2025 · 4 min read
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
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
· May 21, 2025 · 8 min read
SummaryLooking for a VMware migration tool to exit VMware? For many IT teams, it’s no longer a question of if they should migrate VMware workloads to another platform but of carefully choosing the right migration tool that can help them do it safely, efficiently, and affordably . Not all tools are created equal. When evaluating
· May 12, 2025 · 3 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
