OpenStack-powered Platform9 announced today it created a simplified approach to self-service private clouds for VMware customers through Platform9 Managed OpenStack for VMware vSphere environments. 
Platform9 now fully supports VMware vSphere environments through a VMware specific virtual appliance available to integrate OpenStack controller services with vSphere resources.
“Platform9’s mission is to make private clouds easy to deploy and manage for the enterprise. By fully supporting VMware vSphere, we are enabling every VMware customer to instantly derive greater value and infrastructure agility from existing virtualized infrastructure,” said Sirish Raghuram, co-founder and CEO of Platform9. “Customers no longer need to choose between the world’s leading private cloud platform (OpenStack) and the world’s leading virtualization platform (VMware vSphere): Platform9 Managed OpenStack is 100% interoperable with VMware vSphere, allowing customers to integrate OpenStack and vSphere seamlessly. Developers can have self-service provisioning using OpenStack while at the same time, IT Operations manages the underlying infrastructure using vSphere.”
More information, including availability and pricing, are available here.
