Pivotal Labs
| Company type | Division of Pivotal Software |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software development |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Key people | Drew McManus, VP |
| Products | Pivotal Tracker |
| Website | pivotal |
Pivotal Labs is an agile software development consulting firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company develops Pivotal Tracker workflow software. It is a division of Pivotal Software.
History
The company was founded in 1989 by Rob Mee and Sherry Erskine.[1] In 2008 Pivotal Labs released Pivotal Tracker, which is used as their internal project management and collaboration software. That year, Pivotal Tracker won the Jolt Product Excellence Award in the Project Management category.[2] EMC acquired Pivotal Labs, and in March 2013, Pivotal Software was formed after spinning out of EMC and VMware. [3]
In October 2013, Pivotal acquired Toronto-based Xtreme Labs, a mobile app development company.[4]
Products and Services
The company will use pair programming while doing its software development and also consults to other companies to help them use the method.[3] The company has provided consulting programming for several large technology companies in San Francisco.[5]
References
- ^ "Pivotal Labs Team". Pivotal Labs.
- ^ "Pivotal Labs Wins Prestigious 2008 Jolt Award". newsblaze.com. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ a b Metz, Cade (2013-11-12). "This Company Believes You Should Never Hack Alone". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ Swisher, Kara. "In a Big Mobile Move, Pivotal Buys Xtreme Labs for $65 Million in Cash". AllThingsD.com. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
- ^ "Twitter brings in big guns from Pivotal Labs to help rebuild its troubled infrastructure". VentureBeat. 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
