Emerging Vendors 2011: Cloud Vendors
Gaining A Foothold In The Cloud Market
The Emerging Vendors 2011 list comprises companies from every discipline and technology facet. The only rules: They must have been established or have undergone a major transformation in 2005 or later and have a strategy to leverage the channel to go to market. Each of these companies brings something different to the table, and each has a fresh perspective. And some are already gaining a foothold in the bustling IT marketplace. They represent new partnership and go-to-market opportunities for solution providers looking to separate the wheat from the chaff in an IT market that is becoming increasingly more crowded and noisy.
Abiquo
Location: Redwood City, Calif.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: Open source cloud management solutions
Cloud Cruiser
Location: Roseville, Calif.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: Cloud Optimizer cloud cost optimization tool
CloudEngines
Location: San Francisco
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: PogoPlug software for cloud storage/streaming
CloudOptix
Location: Boca Raton, Fla.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: MeghaWare cloud virtualization software unifies public and private clouds into a custom hybrid cloud environment
CloudPassage
Location: San Francisco
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: Halo architecture, cloud server security platform
CloudShare
Location: San Mateo, Calif.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: CloudShare Enterprise IT environment replication, sharing
CloudSwitch
Location: Burlington, Mass.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: CloudSwitch Enterprise enables enterprises to run applications in the cloud simply and securely, without rearchitecting the application or changing management tools and policies
Cloupia
Location: Santa Clara, Calif.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: Cloupia Unified Infrastructure Controller
Cumulux
Location: Chicago
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: Manage Axis cloud monitoring and management
enStratus
Location: Minneapolis
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: enStratus cloud infrastructure management platform
Eucalyptus Systems
Location: Santa Barbara, Calif.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: Eucalyptus Enterprise Edition cloud software platform
Evolve IP
Location: Wayne, Pa.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: Evolve IP offers a comprehensive suite of cloud-based applications, infrastructure and security
Fordela
Location: San Francisco
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: Fordela Media Platform
Morphlabs
Location: Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: mCloud Controller cloud platform
NephoScale
Location: San Jose, Calif.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: NephoScale Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Nimbula
Location: Mountain View, Calif.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: Infrastructure-as-a-Service software
OS33
Location: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform for MSPs
Oxygen Cloud
Location: Redwood City, Calif.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: Oxygen Universal Cloud Drive
AppFog (Formerly PHP Fog)
Location: Portland, Ore.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: N-Tier PHP System
Skydera
Location: Palo Alto, Calif.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: Skydera Cloud Automation Platform
SOASTA
Location: Mountain View, Calif.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: SOASTA makes cloud-based applications that test the performance of cloud, Web and mobile applications
Soonr
Location: Campbell, Calif.
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: Soonr Workplace documents and file sharing
Spanning Cloud Apps
Location: Austin, Texas
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: Spanning Backup for Google Apps
TrackVia
Location: Denver
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: TrackVia Cloud Database
Zencoder
Location: San Francisco
Category: Cloud Computing
Product Line: Zencoder Cloud-Based Video Encoding