Platform9 Selected as One of the Coolest Virtualization Startups for the Second Consecutive Year
Sunnyvale, CA – December 14, 2015 – Platform9, the company making private clouds easy, today announced that it has been named one of the 10 coolest virtualization startups of 2015 by CRN. Other companies who made this year’s list include… Read more
Platform9 Named One of the Coolest Cloud Companies
Sunnyvale, CA – November 23, 2015 – Platform9, the company making private clouds easy, today announced that it has been named one of 15 cool cloud companies by CRN. This is the eighth major accolade Platform9 has received since launching… Read more
Platform9 Expands Private Cloud Management Capabilities with Dynamic Network Provisioning for VMware vSphere and KVM
New release of SaaS-based offering includes beta support for OpenStack Neutron Sunnyvale, CA – November 18, 2015 – Platform9, the company making private clouds easy, today announced beta support for OpenStack Neutron, providing customers with a turnkey solution for dynamically… Read more
Platform9 Expands Its Executive Ranks With Two Strategic Hires
Sunnyvale, Calif. – October 6, 2015 – Platform9, the company making private clouds easy, today announced that Melinda Wilken has joined as vice president of marketing and that Adam Ulfers has joined as vice president of sales. These newly created… Read more
Platform9 and SolidFire Deliver Drastically Simplified OpenStack Experience
San Francisco, CA – August 31, 2015 – VMware’s VMworld 2015 – Platform9, the company making private clouds easy, and SolidFire, the leader in all-flash storage systems built for the Next Generation Data Center, today announced that they have partnered… Read more
Platform9 Raises $10 Million in Funding From Menlo and Redpoint Ventures to Meet Accelerating Demand for OpenStack Private Clouds
Sunnyvale, CA – August 18, 2015 – Platform9, the company making private clouds easy, today announced that it has secured $10 million in Series B funding, bringing the funding total to $14.5 million. Menlo Ventures led the round, and previous investor… Read more
Platform9 Makes Self-Service Private Clouds Easy for VMware Customers; Releases Managed OpenStack for vSphere
1st Solution to Enable 100% Interoperability of OpenStack with VMware vSphere; Accelerates OpenStack Adoption Amongst VMware Customers Sunnyvale, CA − August 18, 2015 − Platform9, the company making private clouds easy, today announced general availability of Platform9 Managed OpenStack for… Read more
Platform9 Named One of the Coolest Cloud Startups of 2015
Sunnyvale, CA – July 27, 2015 – Platform9, the company making private clouds easy, today announced that it has been named one of the 10 coolest cloud startups of 2015 so far for “doing innovative, exciting things with technologies at… Read more
Platform9 Continues to Be Recognized for Its Innovation, Named to the Virtualization 50
Sunnyvale, CA – May 12, 2015 – Platform9, the company making private clouds easy, today announced that it has been named to The Channel Company’s 2015 CRN® Virtualization 50. The annual list recognizes channel-friendly companies that provide some of the… Read more
Platform9 in the News
Platform9 Launches New Channel Partner Program with Up to 30% Margins
Platform9 Featured in Computing: “Life Beyond VMware: What Are the Options?”
VMblog Q&A: What CSPs and MSPs Can Do After VDDK
Platform9 Positioned as a Major Player in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Private Cloud Infrastructure Software Platforms 2026-2027 Vendor Assessment
Platform9 Named a Visionary in 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Server Virtualization Platforms
From the Platform9 Blog
VMware Express: A Way to Stay, or a Way to Stall?
VMware Migration After VDDK: Three Data Paths with vJailbreak
What’s New in Private Cloud Director: August 2026 Release
Broadcom Cut Public Access of Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) Overnight
Platform9 Takes On the Risk of Leaving VMware, So You Don’t Have To