Cloud Cruiser

Cloud Cruiser is a cloud-based financial management company based in Silicon Valley.[1] Founded in January 2015 by David Zabrowski and Gregory Howard,[2] Cloud Cruiser has offices in Roseville, California, San Jose, California, and the Netherlands.[3][4]

Cloud Cruiser
TypeSubsidiary
Industryservice management, cost management software, cloud financial management
FoundedJanuary 2010
FoundersDavid Zabrowski, Gregory Howard
Headquarters
Roseville, California
San Jose, California
,
United States
Area served
Americas & EMEA
ProductsCloud Cruiser Enterprise 4, Cloud Cruiser Express
ParentHewlett Packard Enterprise
Websitewww.hpe.com/us/en/services/cloud-cost-management.html

History

Cloud Cruiser was founded in January 2010 by David Zabrowski and Gregory Howard.[2][5] Zabrowski was a general manager at Hewlett-Packard company. 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 served as the development director for CIMS Lab.[4][5] He also worked for IBM Corporation and the Computer Task Group.[4]

Cloud Cruiser partnered with companies such as HP, 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][14] In 2017, Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquired the company.[15]

See also

References
  1. Cohn, John (March 30, 2015). "Startup Cloud Cruiser Provides Cloud Financial Management Tools for Hybrid IT". itspecialist.com. IT Specialist. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  2. "Cloud Cruiser: Bean counting in the heavens". The Register. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  3. "Roseville computing startup signs deal with cloud provider". American City Business Journals. September 9, 2011. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  4. "Roseville software startup lands first round of funding". American City Business Journals. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  5. "Cloud Cruiser Raises $6M From ONSET Ventures To Help Companies Get Their Cloud Costs Under Control". AOL Inc. 13 June 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  6. "Former HP Exec Now CEO Of Networking Start-up S2io". Computer World, Inc. 19 August 2002. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  7. "Cloud Cruiser Announces Funding for Cloud Computing Management". Cloud Expo Inc. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  8. "'Cloud' computing startup prepares to launch this summer". American City Business Journals. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  9. "Cloud Cruiser Raises $6 Million". Pando Daily. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  10. "CLOUD CRUISER FOR WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2 BRINGS CLOUD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT". Nnigma Inc. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  11. "Rackspace adds much-needed budget management tools to OpenStack". Info World, Inc. 20 February 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  12. "Cloud Cruiser Shines Light On OpenStack Cloud Costs". The Channel Company. 17 August 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  13. "Cloud Cruiser 4 Provides Cloud Cost Insights". iNet Interactive. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  14. "How is Flash Transforming Data Centers?". San Disk Corporation. 15 October 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  15. Chris Preimesberger (January 24, 201). "HPE Acquires Cloud Cruiser for Cloud Metering, Billing". eWeek. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
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