Cloud Cruiser
 | This section contains promotional content. (July 2022) |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | service management, cost management software, cloud financial management |
| Founded | January 2010 |
| Founders | David Zabrowski, Gregory Howard |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa |
| Products | Cloud Cruiser Enterprise 4, Cloud Cruiser Express |
| Parent | Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
| Website | www |
Cloud Cruiser is a cloud-based financial management company based in Silicon Valley.[1] Founded in January 2010 by David Zabrowski and Gregory Howard,[2] Cloud Cruiser has offices in Roseville and San Jose, California, and the Netherlands.[3][4]
History
[edit]Cloud Cruiser was founded in January 2010 by Zabrowski and Howard.[2][5] Zabrowski was a general manager at Hewlett-Packard. He also became CEO of Neterion in 2002 and was Entrepreneur in Residence at Wavepoint Ventures.[2][4][5][6] Howard was a software developer and later the development director for CIMS Lab.[4][5] He also worked for IBM Corporation and the Computer Task Group.[4]
Cloud Cruiser partnered companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, VMware, Amazon Marketplace and Cisco.[5] In July 2010, Wavepoint Ventures led Cloud Cruiser's first round of funding.[7] It included investments from Roger Akers of Akers Capital and other San Francisco Bay Area angel investors.[4] In March 2011, Cloud Cruiser came out of stealth mode and released its eponymous software later that year.[8]
In June 2012, the company raised an additional $6 million in series B funding, led by ONSET Ventures.[5][9] In 2013, Cloud Cruiser became available for Windows Server 2012 R2 through Microsoft Azure.[10]
In February 2014, the company's software was made available to OpenStack users through Rackspace.[11] Cloud Cruiser started offering OpenStack integration in 2011.[12] In October 2014, Cloud Cruiser 4 was released.[13]
In 2017, Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquired the company.[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cohn, John (30 March 2015). "Startup Cloud Cruiser Provides Cloud Financial Management Tools for Hybrid IT". IT Specialist. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ a b c Timothy Prickett Morgan (14 March 2011). "Cloud Cruiser: Bean counting in the heavens". The Register. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ Mark Anderson (9 September 2011). "Roseville computing startup signs deal with cloud provider". Sacramento Business Journal. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Mark Anderson (27 September 2011). "Roseville software startup lands first round of funding". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Ryan Lawler (13 June 2012). "Cloud Cruiser Raises $6M From ONSET Ventures To Help Companies Get Their Cloud Costs Under Control". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ Stephen Lawson (19 August 2002). "Former HP Exec Now CEO Of Networking Start-up S2io". Computer World. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ Elizabeth White (30 August 2010). "Cloud Cruiser Announces Funding for Cloud Computing Management". Cloud Expo. Archived from the original on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Mark Anderson (18 March 2011). "'Cloud' computing startup prepares to launch this summer". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ "Cloud Cruiser Raises $6 Million". Pando Daily. 13 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Liz Cole (10 October 2013). "Cloud Cruiser For Windows Server 2012 R2 Brings Cloud Financial Management". Eye on Windows. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Serdar Yegulalp (20 February 2014). "Rackspace adds much-needed budget management tools to OpenStack". Info World. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ Andrew R. Hickey (17 August 2011). "Cloud Cruiser Shines Light On OpenStack Cloud Costs". CRN. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ "Cloud Cruiser 4 Provides Cloud Cost Insights". iNet Interactive. Retrieved 2 January 2015.[dead link]
- Charles Babcock (15 October 2014). "How is Flash Transforming Data Centers?". Information Week. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2023. - ^ Chris Preimesberger (24 January 201). "HPE Acquires Cloud Cruiser for Cloud Metering, Billing". eWeek. Retrieved 26 September 2021.