According to Wikibon, true private cloud (on-premise and hosted together) is expected to grow from $7 billion in 2015 to $201 billion in 2026 (36% CAGR) and be 31% of infrastructure spend. At last month’s OpenStack Summit, the OpenStack Foundation said half of the Fortune 100 use OpenStack. Wal-Mart, AT&T, SAP and Wells Fargo all spoke about how they’re using open source code to build their private clouds.
As trusted partners, channel partners want to offer their customers alternatives that leverage open source technology to reduce lock-in, help them avoid the VMware or AWS “tax” but are still enterprise-ready to support their data center needs. Platform9 Managed OpenStack turns organization’s existing servers into an AWS-like agile, self-service private cloud within minutes — enabling organizations small or large to run their private clouds efficiently, at scale, while leveraging latest open source innovations.
“Our new channel program helps our partners capitalize on the significant business opportunity surrounding customers’ cloud transformation needs. Platform9’s unique SaaS-based OpenStack solution enables partners to deliver immediate value to their customers while enhancing their status as a private cloud ‘trusted advisor,'” said Adam Ulfers, Platform9 vice president of sales. “Most importantly, we can help increase our partners’ share of cloud spending by extending their solutions and services as they build out their customers’ data center ecosystems.”
“With growing concerns about runaway costs and data lock-in with the public cloud, many customers are pursuing hybrid cloud strategy, with IT as internal service providers,” said Alvin Chu, senior director of cloud practice at channel partner FusionStorm. “With Platform9’s private-cloud-as-a-service, we can transform our customers’ existing data center resources into flexible, enterprise-grade private cloud infrastructure in just minutes — all backed by an operational SLA. Platform9 accelerates the time to value for our customers and for our business as well.”
