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 Machine
s (KVM) on servers, linked with their SPICE
protocol. The company is also the creator, maintainer and global sponsor of the KVM open source hypervisor
.
the company made waves with the rapid acceptance of KVM
into the Linux
kernel, and their Solid ICE desktop virtualization
platform has received serious attention.
On September 4, 2008, Qumranet was acquired by Red Hat, Inc
for $107 million USD.
Desktop virtualization
Desktop virtualization , as a concept, separates a personal computer desktop environment from a physical machine using the client–server model of computing....
platform based on hosted desktops in Kernel-based Virtual Machine
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
Kernel-based Virtual Machine is a virtualization infrastructure for the Linux kernel. KVM supports native virtualization on processors with hardware virtualization extensions....
s (KVM) on servers, linked with their SPICE
SPICE (protocol)
In computing, SPICE is a remote-display system built for virtual environments which allows users to view a computing "desktop" environment - not only on its compute-server machine, but also from anywhere on the Internet and using a wide variety of machine architectures.Qumranet originally...
protocol. The company is also the creator, maintainer and global sponsor of the KVM open source hypervisor
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
Kernel-based Virtual Machine is a virtualization infrastructure for the Linux kernel. KVM supports native virtualization on processors with hardware virtualization extensions....
.
History
From a low-profile Israeli startupthe company made waves with the rapid acceptance of KVM
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
Kernel-based Virtual Machine is a virtualization infrastructure for the Linux kernel. KVM supports native virtualization on processors with hardware virtualization extensions....
into the Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
kernel, and their Solid ICE desktop virtualization
Desktop virtualization
Desktop virtualization , as a concept, separates a personal computer desktop environment from a physical machine using the client–server model of computing....
platform has received serious attention.
On September 4, 2008, Qumranet was acquired by Red Hat, Inc
Red Hat
Red Hat, Inc. is an S&P 500 company in the free and open source software sector, and a major Linux distribution vendor. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina with satellite offices worldwide....
for $107 million USD.
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
- Shmil Levy, Board Member, Sequoia CapitalSequoia CapitalSequoia Capital is a Californian venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. The Wall Street Journal has called Sequoia Capital "one of the highest-caliber venture firms", and noted that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms"...
- Vab Goel, Board Member, Norwest Venture PartnersNorwest venture partnersNorwest Venture Partners is a global, multi-stage investment firm focused on investments in early to late stage venture and growth equity investments in U.S...
External links
- http://www.qumranet.com/ (archived version)