Why Choose Wind River
Cloud Platform?
BUILT FOR TODAY’S INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES
Enterprise IT teams are rethinking how they operate workloads across private, hybrid, and edge environments. Rising cloud costs, rigid licensing, operational complexity, and vendor lock-in are prompting organizations to seek more flexible, efficient, and scalable solutions.
Wind River® Cloud Platform provides a better way. It’s an enterprise-grade, commercially supported solution based on open source technologies such as StarlingX, OpenStack, and Kubernetes — and it’s proven in some of the world’s largest and most mission-critical cloud deployments.
KEY ADVANTAGES
Lower Total Cost of Ownership
• Simplified node-based licensing — there’s no complex virtual machine (VM) or core count pricing.
• A compact footprint reduces hardware requirements and capital expenditures (CapEx).
• Efficient platform core usage (1–2 CPU cores/ node) increases workload density and lowers energy consumption.
Unified Workload Management
• Manage VMs and containers on a single platform.
• Support any workload — legacy, cloud-native, or mixed — with high performance and scalability.
• Discover an ideal solution for private, hybrid, and edge environments.
Streamlined Operations and Automated Lifecycle Management
• Automated Day 0–Day 2 operations with built-in orchestration tools
• Self-healing capabilities for networkingand infrastructure
• Remote deployment and management via a centralized controller
• Fewer manual steps and reduced human error for lower operating expenses (OpEx
Freedom from Vendor Lock-In
• Built on open source technology, fully supported by Wind River
• Commercial-grade support without the limitations of proprietary stacks
• The flexibility to develop your infrastructure on your terms
Mission-Critical Reliability at Scale
• Delivers up to six-nines (99.9999%) uptime, equating to less than 32 seconds of downtime per year
• Proven in large-scale deployments (for example, 50,000+ nodes with zero outages)
• Real-time performance and carrier-grade features including SR-IOV, DPDK, and TSN
Built-in Security and Compliance
• End-to-end security: Secure boot, RBAC, encrypted communications, and vulnerability management
• Designed to meet stringent compliance standards, including NEBS and PCI DSS
PLATFORM COMPONENTS
