Turbonomic

Turbonomic
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVirtualization
information technology
Founded2008
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
,
United States
ProductsVirtualization management software
ParentIBM (2021–present)
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.ibm.com/products/turbonomic
Turbonomic Office

Turbonomic is a resource-simulation software company headquartered in Boston, MA and owned by IBM. The company was originally named VMTurbo.

History

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The company formed partnerships with Cisco[1] and IBM,[2] entering into OEM agreements to bring Application Resource Management to a larger customer base.

Since its founding in 2008[3] or 2009,[4] Turbonomic had raised more than $250M from venture capital firms including Bain Capital Ventures and Highland Capital Partners.[5]

The company's product was updated in 2017 for use with cloud computing platforms.[6]

The company was originally named VMTurbo and changed its name to Turbonomic in August 2017.[7]

Turbonomic acquired ParkMyCloud[8] and SevOne[9] in 2019.

IBM acquired Turbonomic on June 17, 2021.[10][11][12][13] The company's product simulates supply and demand forces in order to efficiently allocate resources such as computing, database, memory and storage.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Kuchipudi, Bali. "Cisco Announces Intersight Workload Optimizer". blog.turbonomic.com. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  2. ^ "IBM to OEM Turbonomic's Application Resource Management". www.businesswire.com. 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  3. ^ "VMTurbo's Tripling Revenues Are IBM's Loss". Forbes. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Boston Startup Has Raised $150 Million To Date To Supercharge Apps Running In The Cloud". Forbes. February 21, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "VMTurbo #52 on Forbes America's Most Promising Companies". Forbes.
  6. ^ "Startup's New Software Tells Your Tech Where to Go". June 6, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  7. ^ "Why VMturbo becomes Turbonomic? - ESX Virtualization". 18 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  8. ^ Medici, Andy (May 10, 2019). "ParkMyCloud has been bought by a well-funded Boston firm". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  9. ^ "Turbonomic Acquires SevOne" (Press release). BusinessWire. November 4, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  10. ^ "IBM to Acquire Turbonomic Building Industry's Most Comprehensive AIOps Capabilities for Hybrid Cloud".
  11. ^ "IBM Closes Acquisition of Turbonomic to Deliver Comprehensive AIOps Capabilities for Hybrid Cloud".
  12. ^ Bernard, GIllis (February 11, 2014). "VMTurbo Will Move to Back Bay & Bulk Up Team in 2014". BostInno. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  13. ^ "Sources: VMware Sets Sights On Startup VMTurbo As Cloud Management Battle Heats Up". CRN. 30 October 2015.
  14. ^ "Company Overview of VMTurbo, Inc". Bloomberg L. P. Retrieved 2016-08-08.

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