Platform9 in the News

Today Platform9, the enterprise private cloud company, is commemorating the one year anniversary of Private Cloud Director. Private Cloud Director delivers a familiar private cloud experience for VMware users with the critical enterprise-grade features they need and runs on their existing server and storage infrastructure so they can maximize their private cloud investments.

Private cloud platform vendor Platform9 has a new lure for disaffected VMware users: A tool that allows migrations without requiring extra hardware.

This matters because organizations that decide on major software migrations may need to continue using existing hardware, either because they don’t have spare capacity among their server fleet or lack cash to update kit, but can’t overwrite their existing software. Many, therefore, look for “swing capacity” – servers to use during the migration, before moving back to their everyday hardware.

Platform9 launched the latest release of its Private Cloud Director with AI hardware support and enhanced its vJailbreak migration tool so it can convert entire VMware vSphere clusters in place.

The vJailbreak capabilities can speed up VMware migrations from months to weeks at what Platform9 estimates is one tenth of the cost.

In a decisive move to reduce licensing costs and future-proof its IT operations, a Fortune 500 enterprise is migrating more than 40,000 virtual machines (VMs) from VMware to Platform9’s Private Cloud Director (PCD).

The private cloud landscape is shifting with many customers seeking adoption to new and modern tools and vendor relationships built on transparency and trust. Platform9 co-founder Madhura Maskasky shares why it’s time to prioritize the customer in Forbes.

Platform9 announced that it will be showcasing Private Cloud Director’s integration with Cisco Systems, Inc.’s Isovalent Enterprise platform in booth #1910 at Cisco Live, taking place at the San Diego Convention Center, CA.

The arena of tech promises constant change, heady innovation that propels us forward, new entrants delivering solutions that were beyond imagination a few months ago, and of course, era-ending transitions when companies that were foundational pillars somehow collapse.

In the wake of Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, the virtualization landscape has experienced significant upheaval, leading enterprises to seek alternative solutions that offer flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and seamless integration with existing infrastructures.