Company:Inktank Storage
| Type | Subsidiary of Red Hat;[1] Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer storage |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Sage Weil (Founder and CTO) Bryan Bogensberger (Founder, CEO) |
| Website | www |
Inktank Storage was the lead development contributor and financial sponsor company behind the open source Ceph distributed file system.[2] Inktank was founded by Sage Weil and Bryan Bogensberger and initially funded by DreamHost,[3] Citrix[4] and Mark Shuttleworth.[5]
Red Hat acquired Inktank Storage for $175 Million in April 2014.[6]
History
Inktank was created to offer professional services and support for the open source Ceph storage system. CTO and founder Sage Weil started the open source Ceph project in 2004 for his doctoral dissertation at the University of California, Santa Cruz.[7] In August 2012, Inktank joined the Linux Foundation to further open source technologies such as Ceph.[8] In September 2012, Mark Shuttleworth invested 1 million dollars to help support the progression of Ceph.
Coverage
In July 2012, Inktank was listed in the Infostor 6 Storage Startups to Watch[9] and was listed in CRN The 10 Coolest Storage Startups of 2012.[10]In May 2012, Inktank was listed in CRN 10 Hot Emerging Vendors.[11]
References
- ↑ "Red Hat acquires Inktank". 2014-04-30. http://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-acquire-inktank-provider-ceph.
- ↑ Joseph F. Kovar (4 May 2012). "Startup Inktank Supports Ceph Open-Source Storage Technology". CRN. http://www.crn.com/news/storage/232901497/startup-inktank-supports-ceph-open-source-storage-technology.htm.
- ↑ "DreamHost spins off Inktank, provides professional services for Ceph cloud storage". https://451research.com/report-short?entityId=72305.
- ↑ "Inktank Partners With Citrix to Support Ceph Distributed Storage in CloudPlatform". Marketwired. http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/inktank-partners-with-citrix-to-support-ceph-distributed-storage-in-cloudplatform-1712281.htm.
- ↑ "Open source champ Mark Shuttleworth invests $1M in Ceph storage startup". http://gigaom.com/2012/09/11/open-source-champ-mark-shuttleworth-invests-1m-ceph-storage-startup/.
- ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (2014-04-30). "Red Hat Buys Inktank For $175M In Cash To Beef Up Its Cloud Storage Offerings" (in en-US). https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/30/red-hat-buys-ceph-provider-inktank-for-175m-in-cash-to-beef-up-its-cloud-storage-offerings/.
- ↑ Stephens, Tim. "Red Hat to acquire Inktank, a cloud storage company with UCSC roots" (in en). https://news.ucsc.edu/2014/04/ceph-inktank.html.
- ↑ "Inktank’s Ceph: An Open Source Storage Solution for the Enterprise - Linux Foundation" (in en). https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/blog/inktanks-ceph-an-open-source-storage-solution-for-the-enterprise.
- ↑ "6 Storage Startups to Watch". http://www.infostor.com/storage-management/6-storage-startups-to-watch.html.
- ↑ "The 10 Coolest Storage Startups Of 2012". http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/storage/240003163/the-10-coolest-storage-startups-of-2012-so-far.htm?pgno=5.
- ↑ "10 Hot Emerging Vendors For May 2012". http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/cloud/240000670/10-hot-emerging-vendors-for-may-2012.htm?pgno=6.
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