Stratavia Corp. Company type Now owned byHewlett-Packard Company Industry Software Founded 2001 Headquarters Key people
Thor Culverhouse, CEO Venkat Devraj, CTO Rainier Luistro, Co-CTO Jennifer Panning, CFO Mike Puterbaugh, VP, Marketing Products HP Database and Middleware Automation software (formerly calledData Palette Data Center Automation Platform) Website HP Software website
Stratavia , formerly known as ExtraQuest,[ 1] was a software company that specialized in enterprise Database and Data Center Automation, and private cloud computing enablement.[ 2] Stratavia was founded by Venkat Devraj and Rainier Luistro in 2001.[ 3]
The company held two patents for automating standard operating procedures in database administration,[ 4] and was included in the analyst firm Gartner's list of Cool Vendors for 2009.[ 5]
The company received venture funding from Vista Ventures, Asset Management Company andAdams Street Partners [ 6] and is headquartered inDenver, Colorado , with offices inSan Francisco ,New York City ,Atlanta ,Boston andLondon , United Kingdom.[ 7] In Aug. 2010, HP announced the acquisition of Stratavia to bolster itscloud computing and automation software portfolio.[ 8] [ 9]
HP Software Division planned to integrate Stratavia technology into itscloud computing portfolio, includingHP Cloud Service Automation Software .[ 10]
^ eWeek: “ExtraQuest renamed Stratavia.” July 17, 2006. ^ Bloomberg Businessweek. Stratavia Corporation. ^ The Register: “HP builds out cloudy wares with Stratavia buy.” August 26, 2010. ^ Data Center Knowledge: “Stratavia Gets Patents for Database.” September 21, 2009. ^ EPR Computer News: Gartner, Inc. Has Named Stratavia A “Cool Vendor”, in 2009, in the “Cool Vendors in IT Operations, 2009” Report. April 8, 2009. ^ Business Insider: “HP Buys VC-Backed Stratavia.” August 26, 2010. ^ Denver Business Journal: “Hewlett-Packard buys Denver database firm Stratavia.” August 27, 2010. ^ HP news release: HP Acquires Stratavia, Helping Clients Simplify and Optimize Software Application Deployment in Hybrid IT Environments. August 2010 ^ Mercury News. HP buys Denver software maker Stratavia to simplify 'cloud computing' August 2010 ^ HP News Release: “HP Acquires Stratavia, Helping Clients Simplify and Optimize Software Application Deployment in Hybrid IT Environments.” Aug. 2010.
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