RightScale

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| foundation = 2006

| founder = Thorsten von Eicken
Michael Crandell
Rafael H. Saavedra

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| location = Santa Barbara, California

| key_people = Michael Crandell, CEO
Raphael Simon, CTO
Steve Morrison, CFO
Josh Fraser, SVP Sales & Business Development
Kim Weins, VP Marketing and Cloud Cost Strategy
Bailey Caldwell, VP Customer Success
Ryan Williamson, VP Engineering
Ryan O'Leary, VP Product|

| industry = Software as a service

| products = RightScale Cloud Management Platform (CMP), RightScale Optima

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| homepage = {{URL|www.rightscale.com}}

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RightScale was a company that sold software as a service for cloud computing management for multiple providers.{{cite web|url=http://gigaom.com/2008/09/17/rightscale-makes-multiple-clouds-work/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919222907/http://gigaom.com/2008/09/17/rightscale-makes-multiple-clouds-work/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 19, 2008 |title=RightScale Makes Multiple Clouds Work |publisher=Gigaom.com |date=2008-09-17 |access-date=2013-06-27}} The company was based in Santa Barbara, California. It was acquired by Flexera Software in 2018.{{cite news |url=https://siliconangle.com/2018/09/26/flexera-acquires-cloud-management-cost-optimization-firm-rightscale/ |title=Flexera acquires cloud management and cost optimization firm RightScale |last=Wheatley |first=Mike |publisher=SiliconANGLE |date=2018-05-26 |accessdate=2024-08-11}}

History

Thorsten von Eicken, a former professor of computer science at Cornell University, left to manage systems architecture for Expertcity, the startup company that became Citrix Online.{{cite web|last=Greathouse |first=John |url=http://infochachkie.com/thorsten/ |title=Interview: Thorsten von Eicken of RightScale |publisher=Infochachkie.com |access-date=2013-06-27}} He was joined by RightScale CEO Michael Crandell,{{cite web|url=http://gigaom.com/cloud/how-to-design-your-service-for-failures-in-the-cloud/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713081710/http://gigaom.com/cloud/how-to-design-your-service-for-failures-in-the-cloud/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |title=How to Ensure Business Continuity in the Cloud |publisher=Gigaom.com |date=2011-05-29 |access-date=2013-06-27}} and RightScale Vice President of Engineering Rafael H. Saavedra.{{cite web|url=https://www.informationweek.com/cloud-computing/infrastructure/9-more-cloud-computing-pioneers/240151032?pgno=7/ |title=9 More Cloud Computing Pioneers |publisher=Informationweek.com |date=2013-03-19 |access-date=2013-06-27}}

RightScale received $4.5 million in venture capital in April 2008,{{cite web|author=Mary Hayes Weier |url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/web2.0/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207401919 |title= Cloud Computing Startup Gets $4.5M Venture Funding |publisher= Informationweek.com |date= 2008-04-24 |access-date= 2013-06-27}} $13 million in December 2008,{{cite web|url=http://www.betanews.com/article/Cloud-Expo-RightScale-adds-RackSpace-Eucalyptus-to-its-hybrid-clouds/1238701208 |title=Cloud Expo: RightScale adds RackSpace, Eucalyptus to its hybrid clouds |publisher=Betanews.com |date=2013-06-20 |access-date=2013-06-27}} and $25 million in September 2010{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/tag/rightscale |title=Cloud Management Platform RightScale Raises $25 Million |publisher=Techcrunch.com |access-date=2013-06-27}} at a valuation of $100-$125 million.{{cite web |last1=Malik |first1=Om |title=Cloud Startup Values Are Getting Insane |url=https://gigaom.com/2010/09/24/cloud-startup-values-are-getting-insane-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126210535/http://gigaom.com/2010/09/24/cloud-startup-values-are-getting-insane-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |website=GigaOm.com |publisher=GigaOm |date=2010-09-24}}

On November 5, 2012, RightScale announced it was expanding its existing relationship with cloud hosting provider Rackspace to integrate with OpenStack.{{cite web |url=https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/11/05/rightscale-rackspace-expand-cloud-partnership/ |title=RightScale, Rackspace Expand Cloud Partnership |last=Verge |first=Jason |date=2012-11-05 |website=DataCenter Knowledge |publisher=Informa |access-date=2021-01-11}}

On July 18, 2012, RightScale announced its acquisition of the Scotland-based PlanForCloud.com (formerly ShopForCloud.com), which provides a free cloud cost forecasting service.{{cite web|url=http://www.rightscale.com/news_events/press_releases/2012/rightscale-introduces-cloud-cost-forecasting-with-launch-of-planforcloud.php |title=RightScale acquires PlanForCloud - press release |publisher=Rightscale.com |date=2012-07-18 |access-date=2013-06-27}}

In February 2013, RightScale became the first cloud management company to resell Google Compute Engine public cloud services.

{{cite web |url=http://gigaom.com/2013/02/25/exclusive-rightscale-is-first-to-resell-support-google-compute-engine/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411003143/http://gigaom.com/2013/02/25/exclusive-rightscale-is-first-to-resell-support-google-compute-engine/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |title=Exclusive: RightScale Is First to Resell, Support Google Compute Engine |last=Darrow |first=Barb |date=2013-02-25 |publisher=Gigaom |access-date=2021-01-11}}

RightScale introduced the Cloud Maturity Model with the release of its second annual State of the Cloud Report on April 25, 2013.{{cite web|last=King |first=Rachel |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/rightscale-survey-points-toward-preference-for-multi-cloud-deployments/ |title=RightScale survey points toward preference for 'multi-cloud' deployments |publisher=Zdnet.com |date=2013-04-25 |access-date=2013-06-27}} The report findings are based on a RightScale survey of 625 IT decision makers and categorized according to the Cloud Maturity Model, which is an analysis and segmentation of companies based on their varying degrees of cloud adoption.

On September 26, 2018, Flexera Software acquired RightScale for an undisclosed amount.

References

Notes

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|title=Technology: When the Forecast Calls for Clouds — Is cloud computing right for your company?

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|first=Michael

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{{cite web

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213013536/http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=417

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=December 13, 2007

|title=RightScale makes EC2 a better fit for SaaS

|publisher=ZDNet

|access-date=2007-11-20

|last=Wainewright

|first=Phil

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{{cite web

|url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/enterprisealley/?p=193

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626164416/http://blogs.zdnet.com/enterprisealley/?p=193

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=June 26, 2008

|title=RightScale cloud management extends to MySQL

|publisher=ZDNet | Enterprise Alley

|access-date=2008-06-28

|last=Howlett

|first=Dennis

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{{cite web

|url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/RightScale-Eases-Developing-on-Amazon-EC2/1/

|title=Page 2 - RightScale Eases Developing on Amazon EC2

|publisher=www.eweek.com

|access-date=2008-10-21

|last=Cogswell

|first=Jeff

|date=21 October 2008

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{{cite web

|url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/cloud-computing/infrastructure/229900165

|title=RightScale Launches App Store For Infrastructure

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|access-date=2011-06-03

|last=Babcock

|first=Charles

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{{cite web

|url=https://www.informationweek.com/cloud-computing/infrastructure/9-more-cloud-computing-pioneers/240151032?pgno=7

|title=9 More Cloud Computing Pioneers

|publisher=www.informationweek.com

|access-date=2013-03-19

|last=Babcock

|first=Charles

}}

{{cite web

|url=http://gigaom.com/2013/02/25/exclusive-rightscale-is-first-to-resell-support-google-compute-engine

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227045059/http://gigaom.com/2013/02/25/exclusive-rightscale-is-first-to-resell-support-google-compute-engine/

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=February 27, 2013

|title=Exclusive: RightScale Is First to Resell, Support Google Compute Engine

|publisher=www.gigaom.com

|access-date=2013-02-25

|last=Darrow

|first=Barb

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