Cloud Cruiser is a
cloud-based financial management company based in
Silicon Valley
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.
The company's software manages the finances of
cloud computing
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and traditional IT environments.
It was founded in January 2015 by David Zabrowski and Gregory Howard.
Cloud Cruiser has offices in
Roseville, California,
San Jose, California
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, and the
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History
Cloud Cruiser was founded in January 2010 by David Zabrowski and Gregory Howard.
general manager
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of Hewlett-Packard
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company. He also became CEO
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of Neterion in 2002 and was Entrepreneur in Residence at Wavepoint Ventures.software developer
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and then the development director for CIMS Lab.[ He also worked for IBM Corporation and the Computer Task Group.][
Cloud Cruiser partnered with companies such as HP, ]Microsoft
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, VMware
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VMware's desktop software ru ...
, Amazon Marketplace, and Cisco
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.[ In July 2010, Wavepoint Ventures led Cloud Cruiser's first round of funding.]San Francisco Bay Area
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angel investor
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s.[ In March 2011, Cloud Cruiser came out of ]stealth mode
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When an entire company is in stealth mode it may attempt to ...
and released its eponymous software later that year.series B funding
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, led by ONSET Ventures.Microsoft Azure
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.Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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HPE was founded on November 1, 2015, in Palo Alto, California, as part of the splitting of the H ...
acquired the company.
See also
*Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage ( cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Large clouds often have functions distributed over mul ...
* Financial management
References
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External links
Internal HPE site
Companies based in San Jose, California
Companies based in Roseville, California
Software companies established in 2010
Cloud computing providers
Financial software companies
Hewlett-Packard acquisitions
2017 mergers and acquisitions
Software companies of the United States