Azul Systems
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, United States |
| Key people | Scott Sellers CEO, President, and Co-Founder Shyam Pillalamarri, Vice President of Software Engineering, Co-Founder |
| Industry | Diversified computer systems |
| Products | Computer servers |
| Website | http://www.azulsystems.com/ |
Azul Systems, Inc., a privately held company, manufactures computer appliances for executing Java-based applications. Founded in March of 2002, Azul Systems is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in Slough, United Kingdom; Tokyo, Japan and Bangalore, India.[1]
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[edit] Production
Azul compute appliances operate in unison with conventional servers to provide computational power and memory allocation for consumer and business to business transaction applications on the Java platform. The individual appliances were conceived as an alternative to traditional multi-server architecture. Applications that originate on the server are fed via proxy to the outboard compute appliance when CPU processing is required, thereby offloading the computational responsibilities of the server.[2]
[edit] Company History
Azul Systems was founded by Scott Sellers (President & CEO), Shyam Pillalamarri (VP Software), and Gil Tene (CTO). The first compute appliances, offered in April of 2005, were the 960, 1920 and 3840, consisting of 96, 192 and 384 processor cores, respectively.[3]
[edit] Legal Issues
Azul Systems was approached in 2005 by Sun Microsystems, who offered a licensing deal for patents it claimed Azul had violated.[4] In March, 2006, Azul Systems sued Sun Microsystems, asking a U.S. District Court in northern California to rule on the issue of patent infringement. In May of 2006, Sun Microsystems sued Azul Systems in federal court in San Jose, Calif., claiming patent infringement and violation of a non-competitive agreement with former Azul Chief Executive Stephen DeWitt, also a former Sun employee. Both parties agreed to the terms of an undisclosed settlement in June of 2007 prior to either suit going to trial.[5]
[edit] Finances
Based on public filings[6], Azul has raised more than $178M in financing to date.
| Date | Type | Amount |
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| 2003-01-22 | Series A | $7,000,000 |
| 2003-03-04 | Series A | $1,027,162 |
| 2003-05-29 | Series B | $13,572,021 |
| 2004-05-19 | Series C | $34,999,994.89 |
| 2005-02-16 | Series D | $29,473,400.64 |
| 2006-01-13 | Series E | $42,189,628.08 |
| 2007-05-31 | Bridge | $10,016,758.25 |
| 2007-08-30 | Series F | $40,552,043.84 |
Major investors include Accel Partners, Austin Ventures, Credit Suisse, Meritech Capital Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Velocity Interactive Group, and Worldview Technology Partners.[7] ComVentures and JVax Investment Group have also invested in Azul.[8]
[edit] Current Production
Azul Systems released the Vega 3 7300 Series in May of 2008. The 7300 series contains up to 864 processing cores with 768 GB of memory and two 10 gigabit network adapters.[9]
Azul Systems released the Vega 2 7200 Series, in June of 2007. The 7200 series contains up to 768 processing cores on 16 processor chips with 768 GB of memory. Azul designed the 48 core Vega 2 processor chip. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) fabricated the Vega 2 processor.[10] Notable companies utilizing the 7200 series include Credit Suisse, Wachovia, British Telecom, and TransUnion.
[edit] References
- ^ Company Locations. Azul Systems.
- ^ High Availability Architectures: Technology Trends - TechITEasy, November 9, 2007
- ^ Azul takes wraps off Java compute appliance - NetworkWorld.com, 04/18/05
- ^ Azul CEO accuses Sun of "exorbitant" licensing demands – CBR, 16th March 2006
- ^ Sun Microsystems Settle Patent Disputes With Azul - InformationWeek, June 20, 2007
- ^ Cal-EASI Database
- ^ Azul Systems Investors. Azul Systems.
- ^ Azul Financing Press Release. Azul Systems.
- ^ Azul Compute Appliances. Azul Systems. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
- ^ Java-Crunching Monsters – The Chiplist, June 14, 2007
[edit] External links
- Azul Systems - Official site.
- Azul Launches Vega 2 Devices – Byte and Switch, June 14, 2007
