Marathon Technologies
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Marathon Technologies Corp. was founded by senior executives and engineers responsible for developing Digital Equipment Corporation
's VAXft
fault-tolerant systems. The team used this experience to create the first software and networking technology that allowed multiple Windows
/Intel servers to operate as a single fault-tolerant system.
Marathon Technologies migrated its technology in 2004 to a software-only product named everRun that works with standard off-the-shelf x86 Intel and AMD servers with Windows Server 2003
and unmodified Windows applications. In 2007, Marathon Technologies announced its v-Available product initiative, designed to fill the gap in the market for effective high availability
software for server virtualization. In the spring of 2008 the company released everRun VM for Citrix Xen
Server the first in the series of v-Available products from Marathon Technologies that provides fault-tolerant high availability and disaster recovery
protection.
Marathon Technologies is headquartered in Littleton, MA
, USA with additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Marathon Technologies has taken venture funding from Atlas Venture
, Longworth Venture Partners and venture capital firm Sierra Ventures.
Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation was a major American company in the computer industry and a leading vendor of computer systems, software and peripherals from the 1960s to the 1990s...
's VAXft
VAXft
The VAXft was a family of fault-tolerant minicomputers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation using processors implementing the VAX instruction set architecture . "VAXft" stood for "Virtual Address Extension, fault tolerant". These systems ran the OpenVMS operating system, and...
fault-tolerant systems. The team used this experience to create the first software and networking technology that allowed multiple Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
/Intel servers to operate as a single fault-tolerant system.
Marathon Technologies migrated its technology in 2004 to a software-only product named everRun that works with standard off-the-shelf x86 Intel and AMD servers with Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 is a server operating system produced by Microsoft, introduced on 24 April 2003. An updated version, Windows Server 2003 R2, was released to manufacturing on 6 December 2005...
and unmodified Windows applications. In 2007, Marathon Technologies announced its v-Available product initiative, designed to fill the gap in the market for effective high availability
High availability
High availability is a system design approach and associated service implementation that ensures a prearranged level of operational performance will be met during a contractual measurement period....
software for server virtualization. In the spring of 2008 the company released everRun VM for Citrix Xen
Xen
Xen is a virtual-machine monitor providing services that allow multiple computer operating systems to execute on the same computer hardware concurrently....
Server the first in the series of v-Available products from Marathon Technologies that provides fault-tolerant high availability and disaster recovery
Disaster recovery
Disaster recovery is the process, policies and procedures related to preparing for recovery or continuation of technology infrastructure critical to an organization after a natural or human-induced disaster. Disaster recovery is a subset of business continuity...
protection.
Marathon Technologies is headquartered in Littleton, MA
Littleton, Massachusetts
Littleton is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,924 at the 2010 census....
, USA with additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Marathon Technologies has taken venture funding from Atlas Venture
Atlas Venture
Atlas Venture is an international early-stage venture capital firm that invests in communications, information technology, and life sciences companies. From the late 1990s through the mid-2000s the firm was leading investor in startup companies in both the U.S. and Europe...
, Longworth Venture Partners and venture capital firm Sierra Ventures.