Qumranet
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Qumranet, Inc is an enterprise software company offering a desktop virtualization platform based on hosted desktops in Kernel-based Virtual Machines (KVM) on servers, linked with their SPICE protocol. The company is also the creator, maintainer and global sponsor of the KVM open source hypervisor.
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[edit] History
From a low-profile Israeli startup [1] the company made waves with the rapid acceptance of KVM into the Linux kernel,[2] and their Solid ICE desktop virtualization platform has received serious attention.[3] [4]
On September 4, 2008, Qumranet was acquired by Red Hat, Inc for $107 million USD.[5]
[edit] Key executives
- Benny Schnaider, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director
- Rami Tamir, Co-Founder, President and Director
- Moshe Bar Ph.D. Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
- Giora Yaron Ph.D, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board[6]
- Shmil Levy, Board Member, Sequoia Capital
- Vab Goel, Board Member, Norwest Venture Partners
[edit] References
- ^ Businessweek.com, "Sequoia, Norwest, Storm Fund Israeli Startups"
- ^ Heise.de, "Virtualization solution KVM will be in the next version of Linux"
- ^ ITbusinessedge.com, "Barbarians at the VMware Gate"
- ^ "Skating on Solid ICE Desktop Virtualization"
- ^ "Red Hat Advances Virtualization Leadership with Qumranet, Inc. Acquisition" (Red Hat press release)
- ^ Businessweek.com "Qumranet, Inc."
