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Tech TargetEvaluate on-premises vs. SaaS tools for IT systems management
Platform9, supports active administrative tasks across OpenStack, Kubernetes and serverless environments deployed on top of on-premises IT infrastructure.
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Read full article March 13, 2019
451 Research Platform9’s Managed Services Look to Ease Cloud-Native Talent Constraints (Requires Subscription)
Platform9 is now firing on all cylinders, having recently added a Managed Kubernetes offering (PMK) for VMware vSphere to its hybrid cloud portfolio.
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Read full article February 25, 2019
The New StackHow Knative Can Unite Kubernetes and Serverless
Platform9, a company whose primary offering is a managed-Kubernetes service, saw the need for a serverless solution apart from Lambda. It released Fission, an open source serverless framework. Its goal was to provide an easy way for users to get started and manage their applications without having to do any of the plumbing related to containers. Fission is based on native Kubernetes.
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Read full article February 20, 2019
DZoneOrchestrating and Deploying Containers
To understand the current and future state of containers, DZone gathered insights from 33 IT executives, amongst them Bich Le – Platform9 co-founder and chief architect – about the most important elements to orchestrating and deploying containers.
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Read full article February 20, 2019
Tech TargetCompare tools for multi-cloud Kubernetes management
Platform9 Managed Kubernetes is a SaaS approach to hybrid and multi-cloud Kubernetes. It works on all the popular cloud platforms, as well as on an enterprise’s own servers. It’s a “bring-your-own-infrastructure” approach that handles all hosting resources through a central management console and adapts to virtually any hosting environment.
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Read full article February 20, 2019
TFiRPlatform9 launches Fully Managed Kubernetes Service on VMware
Part of the company’s hybrid cloud solution, PMK allows organizations to centrally manage VMs, containers and serverless functions on any environment, with a single pane of glass.
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Read full article February 20, 2019
Hosting JournalistPlatform9 Announces Fully Managed Kubernetes Service on VMware vSphere
Hybrid cloud solution provider Platform9 has announced its fully managed Kubernetes service on VMware vSphere, Platform9 Managed Kubernetes. This managed Kubernetes service would work out-of-the-box on VMware and comes with a 24x7x365 SLA guarantee.
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Read full article February 20, 2019
The New Stack7 Key Considerations for Kubernetes in Production
Bare-bone Kubernetes is never enough for real-world production applications. Here are seven key services you need around bare-bone Kubernetes to enable mission-critical production use.
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February 14, 2019
Jax DevOps5 Predictions for Serverless in 2019
More organizations are riding the wave of Serverless and Kubernetes, and many are starting to see tangible results. Here are five trends in serverless that are sure to impact the way organizations develop and deliver software for years to come.
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Read full article February 13, 2019
451 ResearchPlatform9 Adds Testing and Optimization Features to Fission Serverless Framework
Positioned as an open source alternative to AWS Lambda, Platform9’s Fission uses containers and Kubernetes to underpin its event-based function-as-a-service framework. New features include testing enhancements, automated canary deployments, Prometheus integration and the ability to trade off cost vs. performance with pre-warmed container pools. To build application logic, Fission Workflows (in beta) is a low-code platform for tying multiple functions and triggers together.
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Read full article February 13, 2019
InfoQ4 Techniques Serverless Platforms Use to Balance Performance and Cost
Fission’s Erwin Van Eyk shares the two aspects that have been key to the rapid adoption of serverless computing: the performance and the cost model; the tradeoffs between them, and the opportunity ahead.
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Read full article February 13, 2019
Website Hosting ReviewPlatform9 Announces Fully Managed Kubernetes Service on VMware vSphere
Hybrid cloud solution provider Platform9 has announced its fully managed Kubernetes service on VMware vSphere, Platform9 Managed Kubernetes. This managed Kubernetes service would work out-of-the-box on VMware and comes with a 24x7x365 SLA guarantee.
Platform9 Press Releases
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New Platform9 OS Brings KVM to VMware Admins Without the Linux Shell
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April 2026 Roundup: MSP Summit, Channel Partner Momentum, and What’s Coming in May
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Platform9’s Global Channel Partner Program Doubles in Two Quarters
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Platform9 Technology Ecosystem Expands: Tintri Partnership Featured at KubeCon EU, Storware Adds Native Private Cloud Director Backup Support
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New Technical Bulletin: How KVM and QCOW2 Work Under the Hood in Private Cloud Director
From the Platform9 Blog
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Automating Private Cloud Director: GitOps for Tenant Infrastructure with Terraform
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Governed Self-Service: How to Give Teams Speed Without Losing Control
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Automating Private Cloud Director: Introduction to CI/CD Patterns
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Automating Private Cloud Director: Enterprise Integration Patterns
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Multi-Tenancy Without the Complexity: Enforced Quotas, Self-Service, VM Leases, and SAML 2.0 — All Included