Turbonomic
Turbonomic (previously VMTurbo) is a U.S.-based enterprise software company.[3] The company changed its name to Turbonomic in August 2017.[4] The company headquarters are in Boston.[5] The company's product was launched in 2010 and updated in 2017 for use with cloud computing platforms.[6] The product simulates supply and demand forces in order to efficiently allocate resources such as computing, database, memory and storage.[7] Turbonomic holds 18 patents (with 9 pending) related to its supply and demand abstraction.[8] In 2011, Gartner named Turbonomic as a Cool Vendor in Cloud Management.[9] In 2016, Turbonomic was listed as the top product for Virtualization Management in a report by IDG and IT Central Station.[10] Turbonomic has made five appearances to the Inc. 5000,[11] and made the Forbes Cloud 100 four times.[12] In 2020, Fast Company named Turbonomic to their Best Workplaces for Innovators List.[13] The company was also deemed a Vendor to Watch in AIOps by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) for its combination of abstraction, analytics, and automation engine that continually assures performance of a customer’s applications.[14]
Type | Private |
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Industry | Virtualization information technology |
Founded | 2008[1] |
Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts , United States |
Products | Virtualization management software |
Number of employees | 553 [2] |
Subsidiaries |
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Website | turbonomic |
To scale Turbonomic's Application Resource Management solution, the company has formed alliance partnerships with technology giants like Cisco[15] and IBM,[16] entering into OEM agreements to bring Application Resource Management to a larger customer base.
Since its founding in 2009,[17] Turbonomic had raised more than $150M from venture capital firms including Bain Capital Ventures and Highland Capital Partners.[18]
In January 2017, Turbonomic announced that it closed a $50 million financing round led by former GE Chief Information Officer Gary Reiner.[19]
Turbonomic acquired ParkMyCloud and SevOne in 2019 to further the company's goal of building the future of application performance. As of November 2020, the company has acquired over 3,000 customers, and 33% of the Fortune 500.
References
- "VMTurbo's Tripling Revenues Are IBM's Loss". Forbes. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- https://growjo.com/company/Turbonomic
- "Sources: VMware Sets Sights On Startup VMTurbo As Cloud Management Battle Heats Up". CRN.
- "Why VMturbo becomes Turbonomic? - ESX Virtualization". 18 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- Bernard, GIllis (February 11, 2014). "VMTurbo Will Move to Back Bay & Bulk Up Team in 2014". BostInno. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- "Startup's New Software Tells Your Tech Where to Go". June 6, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- "Company Overview of VMTurbo, Inc". Bloomberg L. P. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- Morgan, Timothy Prickett (May 1, 2013). "VMTurbo trousers $7.5m to bring Adam Smith's hand to more clouds". The Register.
- Milind Govekar; Cameron Haight; Donna Scott (11 April 2011). "Cool Vendors in Cloud Management, 2011". Gartner. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- Top Rated Enterprise Technology 2016 report
- "Turbonomic Named to the Inc. 5000 List of America's Fast-Growing Private Companies for the Fifth Time". www.turbonomic.com. 2020-08-19. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- McGaughey, Katryn. "Turbonomic Named to the Forbes Cloud 100 for Fourth Consecutive Year". blog.turbonomic.com. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- Company, Fast (2020-07-29). "Best Workplaces for Innovators 2020". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- "Turbonomic Named an Enterprise Management Associates Vendor to Watch". www.businesswire.com. 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- Kuchipudi, Bali. "Cisco Announces Intersight Workload Optimizer". blog.turbonomic.com. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- "IBM to OEM Turbonomic's Application Resource Management". www.businesswire.com. 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- "Boston Startup Has Raised $150 Million To Date To Supercharge Apps Running In The Cloud". Forbes. February 21, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- "VMTurbo #52 on Forbes America's Most Promising Companies". Forbes.
- "Former GE Exec Leads $50M Round for Turbonomic". BostInno. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
Further reading
- Borchers, Callum (September 25, 2013). "VMTurbo names Bain Capital Ventures partner Benjamin Nye new CEO". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
- Borchers, Callum (January 22, 2014). "uTest leads 7 Massachusetts businesses on Forbes list of most promising companies". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- Morgan, Timothy Prickett (February 18, 2013). "VMTurbo 'invisible hand' control freak grabs more virty servers". The Register. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- Peter Cohan (29 January 2014). "Growing At 100% VMTurbo Takes Share And Talent From IBM". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
- Burke, Steve. "2014 Data Center 100: 20 Virtualization Providers". CRN. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- CRN Staff (August 13, 2013). "Emerging Vendors 2013: Virtualization Vendors". CRN. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
External links
- "VMTurbo: Number 344 on the 2015 Inc. 5000". Inc.com. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
- Boslet, Mark (2013-05-01). "VMTurbo Raises Series C In Deal Led By Globespan – PE HUB". The PE Hub Network. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
- "Products of the Year 2011: Virtualization management". TechTarget – SearchServerVirtualization. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "The Intelligent Edge. Cloud Management – A new service-centric paradigm in enterprise IT management" (PDF). Hermes Advisors. 2013. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
- O'Brien, Ellen; Wilson, Sarah (February 14, 2014). "VMTurbo Inc. VMTurbo Operations Manager 4.1 and Storage Extension". TechTarget -- SearchVirtualStorage. Retrieved 2014-03-07.