Egenera, Inc. is a multinational cloud manager and data center infrastructure automation company with corporate headquarters in Boxborough, Massachusetts in the United States. It is a privately held company with approximately 110 employees. Founded in March 2000, the company was named by Network World as one of the top 10 startups to watch in 2002[1] and was a winner in the annual "Red Herring 100 North America" award given by Red Herring magazine in 2006.
Industry | cloud software automation |
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Predecessor | Fort Technologies |
Founded | March 2000 |
Founder | Vern Brownell |
Headquarters | Boxborough, Massachusetts |
Area served | United States United Kingdom Japan Hong Kong |
Products | Egenera BladeFrame PAN Manager Egenera Cloud Suite |
Number of employees | 110 |
Website | www |
Egenera maintains overseas headquarters in the United Kingdom, Japan and Hong Kong.[2]
History
editEgenera was founded by Vern Brownell in March 2000.[3]
The company launched its first product, the Egenera BladeFrame, in October, 2001.[4]
In October 2006, Egenera announced its plan to create a separate line of business in order to make its virtualization management software, called PAN Manager, available under OEM agreement to other server vendors.[5]
In December 2012, Egenera acquired Fort Technologies [6] who was a developer of cloud management software.
OEM partners
editAs of 2013, Egenera has OEM agreements with the following vendors:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "10 Start-ups to watch". Network World. April 29, 2002. Archived from the original on 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ^ Brodkin, Jon (2008-11-10). "Egenera lays off 87 workers, refocuses on software". Network World. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
- ^ "Q&A: Vern Brownell, founder and CTO of Egenera". SearchDataCenter.com. April 28, 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "EGENERA COMPANY HISTORY TIMELINE". 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Egenera to Carve Out Space in Software Market". ServerWatch. November 1, 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ^ "Egenera Acquires Fort Technology". zdnet. December 5, 2012. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013.
- ^ "Dell and Egenera Partnering to Simplify Data Center Management". Dell. March 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ^ "Egenera bags new OEM agreement with Fujitsu". The Register. March 28, 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
- ^ "Egenera and HP Collaborate on PAN Manager Software for HP". HP. April 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
- ^ "Egenera Management Software Certified for IBM BladeCenter". Talkin Cloud. May 11, 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
- ^ "NEC, Egenera tag team on cloudy infrastructure freakage". The Register. September 6, 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-06.[permanent dead link ]