Metafor Software
| Type | Private Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Anomaly detection |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Key people | Toufic Boubez, Jenny Yang |
| Website | http://metaforsoftware.com |
Metafor Software is an Anomaly detection and Predictive analytics company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company focuses on performance troubleshooting, application diagnostics, and monitoring server configuration drift across cloud environments as well as inside the data center. Using machine learning techniques inspired by how the human brain works, Metafor detects unexpected changes and behavioral anomalies in the underlying software and infrastructure, and sends alerts when systems start deviating from the observed norm.[1] They are building their software to watch servers and detect when they go out of sync both from the configuration, and behavior perspective.[2]
Metafor Software have developed advanced algorithms that will quickly distinguish server drifts. By quickly locating inconsistencies, Metafor can replace manual troubleshooting with automated diagnostics. [3] In April 2013 Metafor started providing its software as a service (SaaS) based anomaly detection engine as a free Beta.[4]
In August 2013 Metafor announced integration with Puppet and Puppet Enterprise configuration management solutions. The integration aims to enhance Puppet; making it easier to verify the actual state of servers; keep dev, QA, and production environments in sync; keep cluster environments uniform; and extend Puppet to monitor for drift across the entire infrastructure, not just what is on the manifest. [5]
History
Metafor Software was founded in 2010 by Toufic Boubez and Jenny Yang who currently act as the company's CTO and CEO respectively. Toufic previously co-founded Layer 7 Technologies, which was acquired by CA Technologies in 2013.[6] In 2010 Metafor won the Generator Challenge - a competition created to recognize Vancouver’s most promising early-stage technology companies – and were awarded free workspace at the Discovery Parks campus.[7] Metafor Software was named to the 2013 ICT Emerging Rockets list as part of the Ready to Rocket recognition program. [8]
References
- ↑ "http://www.crunchbase.com/company/metafor-software". CrunchBase.
- ↑ Smolaks, Max. "Metafor Software: Using Machine Learning To Predict Server Issues". TechWeek europe.
- ↑ Chan, Elliot. "Metafor Software: Detecting Unexpected Changes in Your Computers". TECHVIBES.
- ↑ "Metafor Software Solves Server Configuration Drift – Announces Environment Anomaly Detection Engine". Vanedge Capital.
- ↑ "Metafor Software Announces Integration with Puppet and Puppet Enterprise Configuration Management Solutions". SFGate.
- ↑ Shaw, Gilian. "Layer 7 sale to CA Technologies creates new millionaires in Vancouver’s tech sector". Vancouver Sun.
- ↑ Knowlton, Thomas. "Vancouver awards eight innovative startups free tech space—is the next HootSuite or EA among them?". TECHVIBES.
- ↑ "Metafor Software Named to the 2013 ICT Emerging Rockets List". PRWeb.