Platform9 in the News

Rackspace is moving some of its back-office workloads off VMware and onto a platform called Private Cloud Director offered by cloud infrastructure outfit Platform9.

Elastic Machine Pools for EKS Clusters: A Cost-Optimization Layer Built on Proven VM Technology

Platform9 aims to help companies cut costs and foster innovation with its Elastic Machine Pool, a new compute engine for running Kubernetes in the public cloud.

Looking to the future of any industry through the lens of its foundational technology is very exciting. Yet getting from the idealistic vision to a workable reality requires a major leap – an operational management layer.

With this release, Platform9 can help enterprises migrate 100s and even 1000s of virtual machines from legacy virtualization products, driving down costs in several ways…

Platform9 earns top ranking among 13 leading managed Kubernetes solutions for its flexible approach to managed Kubernetes, empowering enterprises with support expertise, multiple deployment options, and industry-leading feature set.

Peter Fray, field chief technology officer and head of field engineering at Platform9 spoke with John Furrier, industry analyst for theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming video studio, and they discussed key trends in the evolution of Kubernetes as a critical solution for enterprise IT.

Platform9, which bills itself as an “open distributed cloud company,” today announced that it closed a $26 million funding round led by Celesta Capital with participation from Cota Capital, NGP Capital and other investors. CEO Bhaskar Gorti said that the new cash will be used to drive Platform9’s go-to-market strategy and product research and development, particularly as the company seeks out larger-scale enterprise deployments.

Cloud company Platform9 has hired Bhaskar Gorti, formerly of Oracle and Nokia, as CEO. Gorti (pictured) will be based at the Platform9 headquarters at Mountain View, California. Gorti said: “The market opportunity for our products and technologies is extraordinary. Having created a new category, open distributed cloud, we are uniquely positioned to democratize cloud computing.”

Bhaskar Gorti, the former President of Nokia Software, has boarded the cloud native train with a new job as CEO at cloud management specialist Platform9. The move puts Gorti right at the heart of telco cloud developments.

Platform9 announced that Bhaskar Gorti has joined as its new Chief Executive Officer. Bhaskar Gorti is a global software executive who brings decades of experience in building innovative and passionate teams focused on accelerating growth through customer-centricity, digitalization, and automation. He has previously held top industry positions including Senior Vice President at Oracle Corporation and President of Nokia Software and Chief Digital Officer.