Egenera Explained

Egenera, Inc.
Industry:cloud software
automation
Predecessor:Fort Technologies
Founded:March 2000
Founder:Vern Brownell
Hq Location:Boxborough, Massachusetts
Area Served:United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Hong Kong
Products:Egenera BladeFrame
PAN Manager
Egenera Cloud Suite
Num Employees:110

Egenera, Inc. is a multinational cloud manager and data center infrastructure automation company with corporate headquarters in Boxborough, Massachusetts in the United States. It is a privately held company with approximately 110 employees. Founded in March 2000, the company was named by Network World as one of the top 10 startups to watch in 2002[1] and was a winner in the annual "Red Herring 100 North America" award given by Red Herring magazine in 2006.

Egenera maintains overseas headquarters in the United Kingdom, Japan and Hong Kong.[2]

History

Egenera was founded by Vern Brownell in March 2000.[3]

The company launched its first product, the Egenera BladeFrame, in October, 2001.[4]

In October 2006, Egenera announced its plan to create a separate line of business in order to make its virtualization management software, called PAN Manager, available under OEM agreement to other server vendors.[5]

In December 2012, Egenera acquired Fort Technologies [6] who was a developer of cloud management software.

OEM partners

As of 2013, Egenera has OEM agreements with the following vendors:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 10 Start-ups to watch . Network World . April 29, 2002 . 2008-09-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080927211106/http://www.networkworld.com/nw200/2002/egenera.html . 2008-09-27 .
  2. Web site: Brodkin . Jon . 2008-11-10 . Egenera lays off 87 workers, refocuses on software . 2022-12-21 . Network World . en.
  3. Web site: Q&A: Vern Brownell, founder and CTO of Egenera. SearchDataCenter.com. April 28, 2005. 2008-09-16. 2008-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20080927225314/http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid80_gci1083942,00.html. dead.
  4. Web site: EGENERA COMPANY HISTORY TIMELINE . 27 August 2020 .
  5. Web site: Egenera to Carve Out Space in Software Market. ServerWatch. November 1, 2007. 2008-09-17.
  6. News: Egenera Acquires Fort Technology. https://web.archive.org/web/20130104144042/http://www.zdnet.com/egenera-acquires-fort-technologies-cloud-management-7000008358/. dead. January 4, 2013. zdnet. December 5, 2012.
  7. Web site: Dell and Egenera Partnering to Simplify Data Center Management. Dell. March 25, 2008. 2008-09-17.
  8. Web site: Egenera bags new OEM agreement with Fujitsu. The Register. March 28, 2012. 2013-05-07.
  9. Web site: Egenera and HP Collaborate on PAN Manager Software for HP. HP. April 7, 2011. 2011-04-07.
  10. Web site: Egenera Management Software Certified for IBM BladeCenter. Talkin Cloud. May 11, 2012. 2013-05-06.
  11. News: NEC, Egenera tag team on cloudy infrastructure freakage . The Register . September 6, 2012 . 2013-05-06 .