Cloud Cruiser

Cloud Cruiser
Private Company
Founded January 2010
Founders David Zabrowski, Gregory Howard
Headquarters Roseville, California & San Jose, California, United States
Area served
 Americas & EMEA
Key people
  • David Zabrowski, Chief Executive Officer
  • Gregory Howard, Chief Architect and VP Engineering
  • Deirdre Mahon, Chief Marketing Officer[1]
Products Cloud Cruiser Enterprise 4, Cloud Cruiser Express
Website www.cloudcruiser.com

Cloud Cruiser is a cloud-based financial management company based in Silicon Valley.[1] The company's software manages the finances of cloud computing and traditional IT environments.[2][3] It was founded in January 2010 by David Zabrowski and Gregory Howard.[4] Cloud Cruiser has offices in Roseville, California, San Jose, California, and the Netherlands.[5][6]

History

Cloud Cruiser was founded in January 2010 by David Zabrowski and Gregory Howard.[4][7] Zabrowski was the general manager of Hewlett-Packard company. He also became CEO of Neterion in 2002, and was Entrepreneur in Residence at Wavepoint Ventures.[4][6][7][8] Howard is a veteran software developer who was the Director of Development for CIMS Lab.[6][7] He also worked for IBM Corporation and the Computer Task Group.[6]

Cloud Cruiser partners with companies such as HP, Microsoft, VMware, Amazon Marketplace, and Cisco.[7] In July 2010, Wavepoint Ventures led Cloud Cruiser's first round of funding.[9] It included investments from Roger Akers of Akers Capital and other San Francisco Bay Area angel investors.[6] In March 2011, Cloud Cruiser launched out of stealth mode and released its eponymous software later that year.[10]

In June 2012, the company raised an additional $6 million in Series B funding, led by ONSET Ventures.[7][11] In 2013, Cloud Cruiser became available for Windows Server 2012 R2 through Microsoft Azure.[12]

In February 2014, the company's software was made available to OpenStack users through Rackspace Private Cloud.[13] Cloud Cruiser started offering OpenStack integration in 2011.[14] In October 2014, Cloud Cruiser 4 was released.[15][16]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Cohn, John (March 30, 2015). "Startup Cloud Cruiser Provides Cloud Financial Management Tools for Hybrid IT". IT Specialist. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cloud Cruiser software monitors cloud computing costs". American City Business Journals. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Cloud Cruiser Extends Financial Analysis Service to Microsoft Windows Azure Platform". Technology Marketing Corporation. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Cloud Cruiser: Bean counting in the heavens". The Register. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Roseville computing startup signs deal with cloud provider []". American City Business Journals. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Roseville software startup lands first round of funding". American City Business Journals. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cloud Cruiser Raises $6M From ONSET Ventures To Help Companies Get Their Cloud Costs Under Control". AOL Inc. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Former HP Exec Now CEO Of Networking Start-up S2io". Computer World, Inc. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Cloud Cruiser Announces Funding for Cloud Computing Management". Cloud Expo Inc. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ "'Cloud' computing startup prepares to launch this summer". American City Business Journals. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Cloud Cruiser Raises $6 Million". Pando Daily. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ "CLOUD CRUISER FOR WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2 BRINGS CLOUD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT". Nnigma Inc. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Rackspace adds much-needed budget management tools to OpenStack". Info World, Inc. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Cloud Cruiser Shines Light On OpenStack Cloud Costs". The Channel Company. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Cloud Cruiser 4 Provides Cloud Cost Insights". iNet Interactive. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  16. ↑ "How is Flash Transforming Data Centers?". San Disk Corporation. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

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