Pertino was a

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based in

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. In December 2015, Pertino was acquired by Boise, Idaho-based networking company

Cradlepoint Cradlepoint is a Boise, Idaho-based technology company that develops cloud-managed wireless edge networking equipment. The company was founded in 2006. Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson completed its acquisition of the company in Novem ...

History

Pertino was a

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-based

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founded by Craig Elliott and Scott Hankins. It derived its name from its city of origin,

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. Elliott was a former Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) executive who later served as CEO at

Packeteer Packeteer, Inc., founded in 1996 by Robert Packer, Brett Galloway and Bob Luxenberg was an I.T. company based in Cupertino, California that was listed on the NASDAQ. Networking appliances focus on Application Traffic Management and optimization ...

Networks, where he led the company through its acquisition by

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in 2008. Co-founder and CTO Hankins was the former Director of Engineering at

, where he led the software integration of PacketShaper technology into the onboard flight systems of the

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drone. Other founding members include Andrew Mastracci (Architect) and Michael Cartsonis (Former VP of Product and Business Development). In October 2012, Pertino released a private

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of its Cloud Network Engine in the

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online IT community. Also in October, Pertino raised

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8.5 million in

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from

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and

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, as well as a number of

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. Pertino secured B-round financing five months later with a $20 million investment from

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. Pertino introduced its network-as-a-service (NaaS) in February 2013. In October 2013, Pertino announced its Fall release at the Spiceworld IT conference in Austin, Texas. The release included a redesigned web management dashboard and AppScape, reportedly the industry's first cloud network app store for network services. The company also released its beta version of Pertino for Android, giving visibility to Android devices, in addition to Windows and Mac machines. In December 2015, Pertino was acquired by Boise, Idaho-based networking company Cradlepoint.

Products

The company developed technology known as a Cloud Network Engine, which combined software-defined networking (SDN) technology with wide-area network (WAN) virtualization, a field now known as

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. The network engine was hosted in data centers around the world such as

Amazon Web Services Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Amazon that provides Software as a service, on-demand cloud computing computing platform, platforms and Application programming interface, APIs to individuals, companies, and gover ...

Rackspace Rackspace Technology, Inc. is an American cloud computing company based in Windcrest, Texas, an inner suburb of San Antonio, Texas. The company also has offices in Blacksburg, Virginia, and Austin, Texas, as well as in Australia, Canada, United ...

, and

Linode Linode, LLC () is an American cloud hosting provider that focuses on providing Linux powered virtual machines to support a wide range of applications. It was acquired by Akamai Technologies on March 21, 2022. Back in 2003, at the time of its la ...

. Users could deploy a cloud-based network by downloading and installing Pertino's software, and then invite others to join. Users installed software on office resources including file servers, application servers, local printers, or desktops to enable remote connectivity.

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