Why UC Santa Barbara Professor started a Cloud Computing Company
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Eucalyptus is an Open Source project that allows users to create and manage 'Private Clouds', and is API-compatible with Amazon's EC2. The founding professor, Rich Wokski, recently launched a company, backed by $5.5M in venture capital. Here's why he did so.
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"Companies were coming to me and saying 'we're running Eucalyptus in our data center, and we'd like to pay you' for help," Wolski told OStatic. When asked what companies are doing with Eucalyputs, Wolski said: "They're doing a variety of things, but a lot of them are basically interested in Eucalyptus for doing the same kinds of things they're doing in Amazon AWS, such as business logic applications, where part of the attraction of Eucalyptus is that they can use it as a platform for seamlessly running their public cloud applications and their on-premise cloud apps."
While Eucalyptus Systems will focus initially on support and consulting for Eucalyptus, the company's goal is to develop follow-on products and form partnerships. Full Story |
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