Engine Yard
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software industry |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco |
| Key people | John Dillon, Alan Cyron, Tom Mornini |
| Products | Engine Yard AppCloud, Engine Yard Platform, |
| Website | www.engineyard.com |
Engine Yard is a San Francisco, California based company focused on Ruby on Rails deployment and management.[1]
Contents |
[edit] Software development
One of Engine Yard's four founders, Ezra Zygmuntowicz, was the creator of the Merb project[2][3], and the company continued supporting the project by hiring Yehuda Katz to work on the project full time.[4] In December 2008, the Merb and Ruby on Rails projects merged [5][6] and Katz was added to the Rails Core Team.[7]
Engine Yard also sponsors a number of other open-source projects, including Rubinius (an alternate implementation of the Ruby runtime)[8] and JRuby.[9]
[edit] Awards & recognitions
In May 2010, Engine Yard was recognized as one of the “2010 Hottest San Francisco Companies” by Lead411.[10]
In June 2010, Engine Yard received Cloud Computing World Series Awards 2010.[11]
In July 2010, Engine Yard was named to SD Times 100 List.[12]
[edit] Funding
In January 2008, Engine Yard received an investment of $3.5 million from Benchmark Capital. Some industry monitors interpreted this as an investment in Ruby on Rails.[13]
In July of the same year, Engine Yard secured an additional $15 million from a combination of Benchmark Capital, New Enterprise Associates, and Amazon.[citation needed]
In October 2009 Engine Yard announced an additional $19 million in funding from a combination of Benchmark Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Amazon, Bay Partners, Presidio Ventures and DAG Ventures,[14] for a total of $37.5 million in funding.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Engine Yard, Inc.". Engine Yard'. http://www.engineyard.com/company/. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "Ezra Zygmuntowicz on Engine Yard and Rails Deployment". infoq.com. 2007-04-15. http://www.infoq.com/interviews/Ezra-Zygmuntowicz-Rails-deployment. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ Ezra Zygmuntowicz (October 2006). "Merb, Mongrel+Erb - msg#00105". osdir.com. http://osdir.com/ml/lang.ruby.mongrel.general/2006-10/msg00105.html. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ http://brainspl.at/articles/2008/01/14/on-the-road-to-merb-1-0
- ^ http://rubyonrails.org/merb
- ^ http://yehudakatz.com/2008/12/23/rails-and-merb-merge/
- ^ http://rubyonrails.org/core
- ^ http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/12/engine-yard-bets-big-rubinius
- ^ http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135958/Sun_s_JRuby_team_jumps_ship_to_Engine_Yard
- ^ Lead411 launches "Hottest Companies in San Francisco" awards
- ^ Cloud Computing World Series Awards Announces Short List
- ^ The SD Times 100, 2010: A Noble Gathering of Leaders
- ^ http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/11/benchmark-bets-on-ruby-on-rails-with-35-million-investment-in-engine-yard/
- ^ http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/engine-yard-raises-19m-for-expansion/
[edit] External links
|
||||||||||||||||||||
