Platform9 in the News

This week the OpenStack Podcast’s guest rockstar was Sirish Raghuram. He’s the co-founder and CEO of Platform9 (www.platform9.com), and he’s also a former long-term VMware employee.

I have to be honest, Platform9 caught me by surprise at VFD4 with what seemed to be their answer for an AWS like offering.

For many data centers the most appealing part of the public cloud is the automated provisioning. Users or application owners simply define the type and amount of compute and storage they need and the public cloud automatically provisions the exact resources. Platform9 promises to deliver a public-cloud type of provisioning onto in-house infrastructure for authorized users, while satisfying IT/Ops policies.

You are at your desk when your CIO can be heard descending down from the marble floored, nicely painted floor above you. They stop and ask for an update on the private cloud initiatives. As you begin laying out all your options they quickly intervene quoting several articles they read in the in flight magazine on their return trip from Hawaii. The end of the conversation caps off with an “OpenStack, it’s all the rage, and we need to be doing it, so, do it!”

Platform9, which many people have taken note of as a virtualization-focused startup, is making news this week after it announced the availability of Platform9 Managed OpenStack, a SaaS solution that leverages an organization’s existing servers into an AWS-like agile, self-service private cloud.

Platform9, the cloud startup that emerged form stealth mode last August, unveiled its “Managed OpenStack” platform this week, a software-as-a-service offering aimed at quickly turning existing cloud infrastructure like servers into private clouds.

With the pace of change in the IT industry, it seems as if you can be left behind overnight. New features and updates from established vendors are enough to keep IT pros on their toes.

Platform9, the cloud startup that emerged form stealth mode last August, unveiled its “Managed OpenStack” platform this week, a software-as-a-service offering aimed at quickly turning existing cloud infrastructure like servers into private clouds.

With the pace of change in the IT industry, it seems as if you can be left behind overnight. New features and updates from established vendors are enough to keep IT pros on their toes. But the truth is that some of the most innovative ideas and technologies originate from startups.

With OpenStack finally making the inroads its proponents have hoped for, the next big questions are where and how to run it, as well as how to keep it fresh.

Platform9 suggests OpenStack act as SUPERFREAK for vSphere control freak

A couple of months ago I introduced you to this new company founded by 4 former VMware employees called Platform9.