Stratavia

Stratavia Corp.
TypeNow owned by Hewlett-Packard Company
IndustrySoftware
Founded2001
Headquarters
Key peopleThor Culverhouse, CEO
Venkat Devraj, CTO
Rainier Luistro, Co-CTO
Jennifer Panning, CFO
Mike Puterbaugh, VP, Marketing
ProductsHP Database and Middleware Automation software (formerly called Data Palette Data Center Automation Platform)
WebsiteHP Software website

Stratavia, formerly known as ExtraQuest, was a software company that specialized in enterprise Database and Data Center Automation, and private cloud computing enablement. Stratavia was founded by Venkat Devraj and Rainier Luistro in 2001.

The company held two patents for automating standard operating procedures in database administration, and was included in the analyst firm Gartner's list of Cool Vendors for 2009.

The company received venture funding from Vista Ventures, Asset Management Company and Adams Street Partners and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices in San Francisco, New York City, Atlanta, Boston and London, United Kingdom. In Aug. 2010, HP announced the acquisition of Stratavia to bolster its cloud computing and automation software portfolio.

HP Software Division planned to integrate Stratavia technology into its cloud computing portfolio, including HP Cloud Service Automation Software.

References

  1. ↑ eWeek: “ExtraQuest renamed Stratavia.” July 17, 2006.
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  7. ↑ Denver Business Journal: “Hewlett-Packard buys Denver database firm Stratavia.” August 27, 2010.
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