CloudBolt Software
CloudBolt is a hybrid cloud management platform developed by CloudBolt Software for deploying and managing virtual machines (VMs), applications, and other IT resources, both in public clouds (ex. AWS, Azure) and in private data centers (ex. VMware, OpenStack). IT admins configure the CloudBolt to be a self-service portal for end users to request VMs and other resources. CloudBolt admins can automate builds of these resources, manages them through their lifecycle, and handle their expiration and clean up.
History[edit]
The platform was developed by Auggy da Rocha and Bernard Sanders. Auggy began work on a prototype of the platform in 2010, calling it SmartCloud 1.0. Together they created a generalized solution, which was released in August of 2011 as SmartCloud 2.0. The early version focused on simple installs and upgrades of virtual machines, and building an extensible product that customers could use as a platform for integrating with other technologies.
In 2012, they renamed their company to CloudBolt Software (to avoid a name conflict with an IBM offering), and released version CloudBolt Command and Control 3.0. In 2014, the product name "CloudBolt Command and Control (C2)" was simplified to "CloudBolt".
Product Timeline:
- 2011 - 2.0 released, with support only for VMware & HP Server Automation (formerly Opsware)
- 2012 - 3.0 released, rebranded as CloudBolt with support for AWS & OpenStack added
- 2013 - 4.0 released, support for Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Infoblox, vCO (now vRO), and HP Operations Orchestration, Cobbler
- 2014 - 4.5 released, including integration with Puppet & Chef, ServiceNow
- 2015 - 5.0 released with support for Kubernetes container orchestrator and Razor bare metal provisioning
- 2016 - 6.0 released, with support for Azure ARM, Ansible, Oracle Public Cloud
- 2017 - 7.0 released, with 18 total public clouds and private virtualization systems supported, 4 configuration managers, and 2 external orchestrators
- 2018 - 8.0 released, with everything-as-a-service (XaaS), enhanced containerization and Kubernetes support
The company received Series A funding from Insight Venture Partners in July 2018
Industry Recognition[edit]
- Gartner Cool Vendor Award, 2014[1]
- RedHerring's top 100 companies, 2015[2]
- Tech Target's Impact award for best private and hybrid cloud management product, 2016[3][4]
- WhatMatrix for CloudManagement, 2017[5], 2018[6]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Cool Vendors in Cloud Management, 2014". gartner.com. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
- ↑ "2015 Top 100 North America: Winners". Red Herring. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
- ↑ "CloudBolt tops Impact Awards for private cloud management". TechTarget. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
- ↑ "CloudBolt clears up muddied private, hybrid cloud field". TechTarget. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
- ↑ "And the Community Award for Best CMP goes to..." WhatMatrix. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
- ↑ "The WhatMatrix CMP Landscape Report Q3 2018 is here! | Technology Comparisons and Reports". www.whatmatrix.com. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
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