ClearCube

{{short description|Computer systems manufacturer in Austin, Texas, U.S.A.}}

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| founder = Andrew Heller and Barry Thornton

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| location_city = Cedar Park, Texas

| location_country = USA

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| industry = Information Technology

| products = Computer hardware, software and services

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ClearCube is a computer systems manufacturer based in Austin, Texas, owned by parent company ClearCube Holdings. The company became known for its blade PC products;Ashlee Vance, (26th May 2004) [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/26/clearcube_cc_four/ ClearCube puts bells and whistles on blade PC], El RegChina Marten (November 14, 2005) [http://www.infoworld.com/d/hardware/ibm-clearcube-extend-relationship-164 IBM, ClearCube to extend relationship], InfoWorld it has since expanded its offerings to include desktop virtualization and VDI. It was founded in 1997 by Andrew Heller (former IBM Fellow) and Barry Thornton as Vicinity Systems.Deni Connor, (July 18, 2005) [http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/servers/2005/0718server1.html Lenovo deal gives ClearCube a boost. PC blade maker ClearCube gets major reseller deal], Network WorldLarry Greenemeier, (January 9, 2003) [https://archive.today/20130127081458/http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=6500219 ClearCube Lands Another $20 Million In Funding. New money will support the company's blade desktop-computing technology.], InformationWeek

In 2005, ClearCube derived about a third of its revenue from virtual infrastructure products sold into the financial services sector,Darrell Dunn, (January 30, 2006) [https://archive.today/20130126135316/http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177105248 ClearCube, DataSynapse Add Grid-Enabled PC Blade Platform], InformationWeek with the majority of the rest of the revenue coming from customers in the health-care and government sectors. Since 2005, ClearCube has continued to focus on virtualization-capable hardware and management software, which has led to strong revenue growth. In 2011, the company announced 50% year-over-year revenue growth due to the strong performance of its virtual desktop products.{{cite web | url=http://www.clearcube.com/centralized-computing-virtual-desktop-innovators-news-revenuegrowth.html | title=ClearCube Technology Achieves 50 Percent Revenue Growth on Strong Sales of Virtual Desktop Products and Blade PCs | accessdate=June 5, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 2011, ClearCube acquired Dallas-based Network Elites.{{cite web | url=http://www.clearcube.com/centralized-computing-virtual-desktop-innovators-news-NE.html | title=ClearCube Technology Acquires Cloud Computing Provider Network Elites, Launches Public Cloud Service Offering and Expands Private Cloud Service Offering | accessdate=June 5, 2012 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20111209062113/http://www.clearcube.com/centralized-computing-virtual-desktop-innovators-news-NE.html | archive-date=December 9, 2011 | url-status=dead }} The acquisition brought roughly 25 additional employees to the company and expanded ClearCube's Cloud services capabilities.