Platform Computing Inc


Building on its core competency of unifying dynamic resource pools (both in HPC and corporate data centers) and sharing them for production applications, Platform Computing, with its Platform Computing ISF product, has emerged as a major provider of cloud management software. Platform Computing offers a comprehensive set of capabilities spanning virtual, physical, and external clouds with an open architecture to work in very heterogeneous environments.

For instance, in its report entitled “Market Overview: Private Cloud Solutions, Q2 2011,” Forrester Research compared 15 cloud vendors. Vendors were scored 0-4 across ten key areas. Platform Computing receiving the highest combined score.

Platform ISF allows you to rapidly transform your internal IT data centers into dynamic private clouds (IaaS) from a single solution without lock-in.
  • Build the cloud from multiple hypervisors, provisioning tools, and external clouds without changing your applications
  • Deliver self-service applications to end users in minutes
  • Manage your cloud using a unique admin cockpit that seamlessly connects applications, virtual, and physical domains
  • Delegate cloud management to sub-groups to increase adoption and scale
  • Dynamically flex running applications with policy-based automation for compliance, security, and control



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Platform ISF
Platform ISF creates a shared computing infrastructure from physical and virtual resources to deliver application environments according to workload-aware and resource-aware policies. Platform ISF enables IT to manage workloads across virtual and physical environments and support multiple hypervisors and operating systems, from a single-pane-of-glass.
Article: Market Overview: Private Cloud Solutions, Q2 2011
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Article: Market Overview: Private Cloud Solutions, Q2 2011
In this leading independent analyst report, Forrester Research examines the landscape of vendors providing solutions designed to accelerate the implementation of an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud in a customer’s data center. The report evaluated 15+ vendors across 10 key buying criteria along with customer references, a compulsory demo, and written responses. When all the scores were added up, only one offering garners the most points across all solution types.