Turbonomic
Turbonomic (previously VMTurbo) is a U.S.-based enterprise software company.[3] The company changed name to Turbonomic in August 2017.[4] The company headquarters are in Boston.[5] The company's product was launched in 2010 and updated in 2017 for use with cloud computing platforms.[6] The product simulates supply and demand forces in order to efficiently allocate resources such as computing, database, memory and storage.[7] Turbonomic holds 12 patents related to its supply and demand abstraction.[8] In 2011 Gartner named Turbonomic as a 'Cool Vendor, Cloud Management' category.[9] In 2016, Turbonomic was listed as the top product for Virtualisation Management in a report by IDG and IT Central Station.[10] In 2018, Forrester ranked Turbonomic as a leader in cloud cost monitoring and optimization.[11]
Private | |
Industry | Virtualization information technology |
Founded | 2008[1] |
Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts , United States |
Products | Virtualization management software |
Number of employees | 553 [2] |
Website | turbonomic |
Since its founding in 2009,[12] Turbonomic had raised more than $150M from venture capital firms including Bain Capital Ventures and Highland Capital Partners.[13]
In January 2017, Turbonomic announced that it closed a $50 million financing round led by former GE Chief Information Officer Gary Reiner.[14]
References
- "VMTurbo's Tripling Revenues Are IBM's Loss". Forbes. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- https://growjo.com/company/Turbonomic
- "Sources: VMware Sets Sights On Startup VMTurbo As Cloud Management Battle Heats Up". CRN.
- "Why VMturbo becomes Turbonomic? - ESX Virtualization". 18 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- Bernard, GIllis (February 11, 2014). "VMTurbo Will Move to Back Bay & Bulk Up Team in 2014". BostInno. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- "Startup's New Software Tells Your Tech Where to Go". June 6, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- "Company Overview of VMTurbo, Inc". Bloomberg L. P. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- Morgan, Timothy Prickett (May 1, 2013). "VMTurbo trousers $7.5m to bring Adam Smith's hand to more clouds". The Register.
- Milind Govekar; Cameron Haight; Donna Scott (11 April 2011). "Cool Vendors in Cloud Management, 2011". Gartner. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- Top Rated Enterprise Technology 2016 report
- "The Forrester Wave: Cloud Cost Monitoring and Optimization, Q2 2018". May 30, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- "Boston Startup Has Raised $150 Million To Date To Supercharge Apps Running In The Cloud". Forbes. February 21, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- "VMTurbo #52 on Forbes America's Most Promising Companies". Forbes.
- "Former GE Exec Leads $50M Round for Turbonomic". BostInno. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
Further reading
- Borchers, Callum (September 25, 2013). "VMTurbo names Bain Capital Ventures partner Benjamin Nye new CEO". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
- Borchers, Callum (January 22, 2014). "uTest leads 7 Massachusetts businesses on Forbes list of most promising companies". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- Morgan, Timothy Prickett (February 18, 2013). "VMTurbo 'invisible hand' control freak grabs more virty servers". The Register. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- Peter Cohan (29 January 2014). "Growing At 100% VMTurbo Takes Share And Talent From IBM". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
- Burke, Steve. "2014 Data Center 100: 20 Virtualization Providers". CRN. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- CRN Staff (August 13, 2013). "Emerging Vendors 2013: Virtualization Vendors". CRN. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
External links
- "VMTurbo: Number 344 on the 2015 Inc. 5000". Inc.com. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
- Boslet, Mark (2013-05-01). "VMTurbo Raises Series C In Deal Led By Globespan – PE HUB". The PE Hub Network. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
- "Products of the Year 2011: Virtualization management". TechTarget – SearchServerVirtualization. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "The Intelligent Edge. Cloud Management – A new service-centric paradigm in enterprise IT management" (PDF). Hermes Advisors. 2013. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- O'Brien, Ellen; Wilson, Sarah (February 14, 2014). "VMTurbo Inc. VMTurbo Operations Manager 4.1 and Storage Extension". TechTarget -- SearchVirtualStorage. Retrieved 2014-03-07.