Platform9 joins Intel’s Open Retail Initiative, introduces solution for retailers
Platform9, the leader in multi-cloud Kubernetes as a service, is joining Intel’s Open Retail Initiative (ORI) and launching a new software-defined store solution.
Designed to help retailers accelerate the rollout of store applications and improve digital experiences for consumers, Platform9's new retail solution enables retailers to centrally manage store IT with a converged infrastructure stack.
Platform9 launched its software-defined store solution designed to help retailers accelerate the deployment and management of the applications that support store consumer digital experiences. The solution now enables retailers to run a converged infrastructure stack in store – transforming each store into a software-defined mini-cloud which then abstracts 1000s of geographically distributed regions and stores into a single shared global cloud.
With the introduction of KubeVirt support (KubeVirt enables VMs to run on Kubernetes), the solution allows retailers to manage both containers and virtual machines with a cloud-native approach. Retailers can also ensure clusters are set up in an identical way across stores with the Platform9 Profile Engine, a new cluster governance and policy management feature. Additionally, retailer DevOps teams are able to leverage CI/CD tooling, APIs, and an app catalog to simplify application management at scale.
Provided as a fully-managed SaaS service, Platform9’s retail offering is backed by cloud experts who offer 24/7 proactive support.
Intel’s Open Retail Initiative (ORI) is a collaborative community of organizations using open-source projects and vendor-proprietary solutions to drive digital transformation in retail. The ORI’s mission is to enable retail transformation using open source, edge/IoT, and ISV ecosystem applications.
“Consumers have come to expect an integrated, omnichannel digital retail experience in stores, at the curbside and online,” said Sirish Raghuram, CEO of Platform9. “Many of these applications must run inside stores, due to latency, bandwidth, or uptime considerations. Running this mix of traditional and modern apps across a store network with a distributed cloud-native architecture is uniquely supported by our technology. And equally important, with Platform9, retailers enjoy a managed solution with 24/7 support.”
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