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Cloud Cruiser

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

Cloud Cruiser was founded in January 2010 by David Zabrowski and Gregory Howard.[2][5][6]

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]

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References

  1. John Cohn. Startup Cloud Cruiser Provides Cloud Financial Management Tools for Hybrid IT IT Specialist, March 30, 2015, retrieved June 17, 2015^
  2. Timothy Prickett Morgan. Cloud Cruiser: Bean counting in the heavens The Register, 14 March 2011, retrieved January 2, 2015^
  3. Mark Anderson. Roseville computing startup signs deal with cloud provider Sacramento Business Journal, September 9, 2011, retrieved September 26, 2021^
  4. Mark Anderson. Roseville software startup lands first round of funding Sacramento Business Journal, September 27, 2011, retrieved January 2, 2015^
  5. Ryan Lawler. Cloud Cruiser Raises $6M From ONSET Ventures To Help Companies Get Their Cloud Costs Under Control TechCrunch, June 13, 2012, retrieved January 2, 2015^
  6. Stephen Lawson. Former HP Exec Now CEO Of Networking Start-up S2io Computer World, 19 August 2002, retrieved January 2, 2015^
  7. Elizabeth White. Cloud Cruiser Announces Funding for Cloud Computing Management Cloud Expo, August 30, 2010, retrieved December 28, 2023^
  8. Mark Anderson. 'Cloud' computing startup prepares to launch this summer Sacramento Business Journal, March 18, 2011, retrieved January 2, 2015^
  9. Cloud Cruiser Raises $6 Million Pando Daily, June 13, 2012, retrieved December 28, 2023^
  10. Liz Cole. Cloud Cruiser For Windows Server 2012 R2 Brings Cloud Financial Management Eye on Windows, October 10, 2013, retrieved December 28, 2023^
  11. Serdar Yegulalp. Rackspace adds much-needed budget management tools to OpenStack Info World, 20 February 2014, retrieved January 2, 2015^
  12. Andrew R. Hickey. Cloud Cruiser Shines Light On OpenStack Cloud Costs CRN, 17 August 2011, retrieved January 2, 2015^
  13. - Cloud Cruiser 4 Provides Cloud Cost Insights iNet Interactive, retrieved January 2, 2015 Charles Babcock. How is Flash Transforming Data Centers? Information Week, 15 October 2014, retrieved 28 January 2023^
  14. Chris Preimesberger. HPE Acquires Cloud Cruiser for Cloud Metering, Billing eWeek, January 24, 2017, retrieved September 26, 2021^