Stackdriver
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Type of site | systems management |
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| URL | cloud |
| Commercial | Yes (terms of service) |
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Google Stackdriver is a freemium cloud computing systems management service offered by Google. It provides performance and diagnostics data (in the form of monitoring, logging, tracing, error reporting, and alerting) to public cloud users. Stackdriver is a hybrid cloud solution, providing support for both Google Cloud and AWS cloud environments.
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.[1] 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.[2]
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).[3] 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.[4] A beta version of the product became publicly available on April 30, 2013.
In May 2014, the Stackdriver company was acquired by Google.[5] A much-expanded version of the product (adding support for logs analysis, hybrid cloud support, and deep integration with Google Cloud) was rebranded as Google Stackdriver and was launched to general availability in October, 2016.[6]
Features
Stackdriver's goal 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. It supports multi-cloud environments, and provides a single pane of glass into users' cloud services. It provides views into the logs that are generated, and allows users to generate metrics from those logs. It allows users to receive alerts when metrics breach normal levels.
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.