DynamicOps

DynamicOps was an American private software company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. Backed by Credit Suisse, Intel Capital, Sierra Ventures, and Next World Capital, DynamicOps developed cloud automation and management solutions. These solutions were designed to help enterprise IT organizations create scalable private, public, and desktop cloud services from their existing technology systems and processes. It was acquired by VMware in 2012.

DynamicOps
IndustryPrivate and public cloud computing
Founded2008
Headquarters
Burlington, Massachusetts
,
United States
ProductsDynamicOps Cloud Suite, DynamicOps Cloud Development Kit
Websitewww.dynamicops.com

History

DynamicOps' establishment is connected to Credit Suisse. Its original software was initially developed inside Credit Suisse’s Global Research and Development Group in 2005 to help the company address the operational and governance challenges of rolling out virtualization technology. In 2008, after having deployed and used the software to manage its virtual machines, Credit Suisse Ventures decided to form a company based on the technology. They recruited Rich Krueger to form and lead a new company—DynamicOps. DynamicOps was incorporated on January 31, 2008, and publicly launched later that spring[1]—to further develop and market the product. Leslie Muller, who led the development effort at Credit Suisse, became the founder and CTO of DynamicOps. The company had raised a total of $27M in venture funding from Credit Suisse, Intel Capital,[2][3] Sierra Ventures,[4] and Next World Capital. Additionally, DynamicOps had a multi-year licensing and distribution agreement with Dell,[5] in which DynamicOps software was a component of Virtual Integrated System solution.

In July 2012, DynamicOps was acquired by VMware for a price ranging from $100 to $150 million.[6]

Technology and products

DynamicOps used Operations Virtualization, a foundational technology for its cloud offerings.[7] Operations Virtualization is an abstraction layer between the multiple management systems that make up cloud infrastructure and its consumers. It allows IT, staff, to apply management to the layers below without the layers above needing to know how or why.

DynamicOps offered two products, DynamicOps Cloud Suite and DynamicOps Cloud Development Kit.

DynamicOps Cloud Suite is a cloud-enablement suite that includes the DynamicOps Cloud Automation Center, the DynamicOps Platform, and the DynamicOps Design Center. It combines automated IT service delivery with unified governance and control across servers and desktops, virtual and physical, and private and public cloud deployments, as well as a graphical editor for visually modifying activities and workflow logic. Additionally, it uses Operations Virtualization technology to enable IT staff to centrally define cloud services and make them available across a global infrastructure.

DynamicOps Cloud Development Kit represents a set of tools and documentation used by developers who have deployed DynamicOps-generated cloud environments, for defining new cloud services.

Recognition

During its course of existence, DynamicOps won several awards and recognitions, including:

  • UP 2011 Overall Most Innovative Cloud Provider: Audience Choice[8]
  • Gartner Cool Vendor in Cloud Management 2011[9]
  • CRN Virtualization 100 List[10]
  • CIO Magazine’s “Top 10 Virtualization Companies to Watch 2010”[11]

See also

References
  1. "Credit Suisse Launches Virtual Infrastructure Management Software Company". Business Insider. 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  2. "DynamicOps Secures $5 Million in Funding from Intel Capital" (PDF). Intel. 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  3. "DynamicOps reveals Intel led its Aug. $5M round". Mass High Tech. Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  4. "DynamicOps Clears $5 Million VC Financing". Sierra Ventures. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  5. "DynamicOps Announces OEM Deal with Dell". PR Newswire. 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  6. McLaughlin, Kevin (2012-07-02). "VMware Adds To Cloud Management Arsenal With DynamicOps Buy". CRN. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  7. "Operations Virtualization™: The Key to Cloud Computing". DynamicOps. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  8. "DynamicOps Wins Innovator Award at UP 2011 Cloud Conference". PR Newswire. 2011-12-12.
  9. "Five cool vendors in cloud management". Network World. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  10. McLaughlin, Kevin (2011-05-23). "CRN's Virtualization 100: Part 1". CRN. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  11. Fogarty, Kevin (2010-01-07). "DynamicOps Named One of Top '10 Virtualization Vendors to Watch in 2010'". CIO magazine. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
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