Platform9 in the News

Computing’s latest analysis asks what life after VMware really looks like, and lands on a useful conclusion: there’s no single replacement, and that may be a good thing. Platform9 co-founder and former VMware engineer Sirish Raghuram contributed a grounded take, the workloads still on VMware are there for a reason, and the strongest cases to migrate tend to appear when a cost increase, a hardware refresh, a contract renewal, and workloads that don’t depend on VMware-specific features all line up. Read the full analysis on Computing.

With Broadcom pulling public access to VMware’s VDDK, VMblog sat down with Platform9 co-founder and Chief Growth Officer Sirish Raghuram to unpack what it means for cloud service providers and MSPs. His take: losing VDDK removes just one migration method, and not the best one, while newer approaches are faster and open up opportunity in Kubernetes, private AI, and disaster recovery. Read the full Q&A on VMblog.

Platform9 has been positioned as a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Private Cloud Infrastructure Software Platforms 2026–2027 Vendor Assessment. The recognition reflects Platform9’s approach to helping enterprises and service providers modernize private cloud infrastructure, without proprietary hardware, disruptive replatforming, or extensive retraining, and comes amid growing demand for a flexible, sovereignty-minded alternative for virtualized and Kubernetes workloads.

Platform9 has been positioned as a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Private and Hybrid Cloud Management with Automation 2026 Vendor Assessment. The report evaluates vendors on both current capabilities and forward strategy across virtualization management, Kubernetes operations, automation, and infrastructure modernization. For teams weighing a modern alternative to legacy virtualization, the recognition points to Platform9 Private Cloud Director as a way to run virtual machines and Kubernetes through a familiar cloud operating model, without replacing hardware or retraining staff.

Platform9 today announced the Platform9 Cloud Solution Provider Program (PCSP), a new initiative designed to help cloud service providers transition from VMware-based environments ahead of the VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) program sunset in March 2027. The program introduces predictable, per-region pricing and 90-day unlimited-core pricing to help providers absorb migration costs while transitioning customer environments.

Platform9 announced Platform9 OS, a turnkey KVM-ready Linux distribution shipping with Private Cloud Director. The update removes the Linux administration barrier for enterprises exiting VMware—so VMware administrators can deploy and operate an enterprise-grade private cloud without traditional Linux systems administration overhead.

As AI and distributed applications drive up infrastructure cost and complexity, Tintri highlights adaptive tiering as a smarter way to improve efficiency and control spend.