Stackdriver
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Stackdriver is a cloud computing systems management firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. They aim to help DevOps manage large, distributed applications running in the public cloud. It visualizes application, system and infrastructure metrics and also provides a policy system to alert users when predefined thresholds are breached. Following a $5 million investment by Bain Capital Ventures in 2012, they entered public beta on April 30, 2013.[1] In May 2014, they were acquired by Google.[2] In October 2016, Stackdriver became generally available.[3]
History
Stackdriver was created in 2012, when founders Dan Belcher and Izzy Azeri—former coworkers from VMware—created the concept based on a survey of companies using AWS and Rackspace. The survey results and subsequent interviews highlighted problems that companies encounter when running large, distributed applications on public cloud infrastructure.[4] Belcher and Azeri described the fact that respondents were monitoring their cloud infrastructure and applications using a range of open-source software tools, each covering a different layer. It then became their goal to combine these different levels of monitoring into a single SaaS solution.[5]
Stackdriver's founders secured $5 million funding from Bain Capital Ventures in July 2012 and hired a team (including engineers from Red Hat, Acquia and EMC, as well as StyleFeeder founder Phil Jacob).[6] After opening an office at Downtown Crossing in Boston, development of Stackdriver Intelligent Monitoring began in Fall 2012 and within months the staff had grown to 15.[7] A beta version of the product became publicly available on April 30, 2013.
Features
The aim of Stackdriver Intelligent Monitoring is to improve the performance and availability of large, complex applications running in the public cloud. To that end, it provides metrics detailing every layer of the 'stack' in the form of charts and graphs, while also allowing users to receive alerts when these metrics breach normal levels.
Its features include, but are not limited to:
- Compatible with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud
- Supporting application, system and infrastructure level metrics ('Full Stack Monitoring')
- Interactive colored graphs and charts of data
- Create and customize groups and dashboards
- Input custom metrics
- Receive alerts when there are anomalies
See also
References
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Lardinois, Frederic. "Google Acquires Cloud Monitoring Service Stackdriver". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Google Stackdriver is now generally available for hybrid cloud monitoring, logging and diagnostics". googleblog.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "VMware vets launch Stackdriver, raise $5M from Bain Capital Ventures". The Business Journals. September 21, 2012.
- ^ 17:29, 2 May 2013 at; Prickett Morgan, Timothy. "Stackdriver fluffs up cloudy management tool". The Register. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
{{cite news}}:|last1=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Darrow, Barb (27 September 2012). "Startup Stackdriver snags StyleFeeder founder". gigaom.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ Kirsner, Scott (26 February 2013). "Stackdriver assembling team of tech veterans to take on application management in the cloud". Retrieved 5 May 2017 – via The Boston Globe.