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Award recognizes 100 private companies in North America that drive the technology industry's future
Mountain View, CA, May 11, 2005 — Electric Cloud, the
software build infrastructure company, today announced that it has
been named one of the Red Herring 100 Private Companies of North
America.
“Five years after the dot-com bubble burst, innovation and
entrepreneurship is thriving in companies like Electric Cloud. All
the companies on this list are proof,” said Red Herring editor-in-chief
Joel Dreyfuss.
"We are honored to have been selected as a Red Herring 100
Private Company," said John Ousterhout, Electric Cloud Chief
Executive. "This award highlights the ever-present importance
of improving software development; Electric Cloud is one of only
a few companies that can offer significant new improvements in quality
and time-to-market for software development organizations."
Electric Cloud Accelerates Builds
Electric Cloud 2.2 is for medium-to-large software development teams
unhappy with ever-increasing build times. Electric Cloud 2.2 accelerates
builds 10 – 20 times by distributing the software build in
parallel across scalable clusters of inexpensive, industry-standard
servers.
At the core of Electric Cloud 2.2 is Electric Make, which is compatible
with existing Make-based build infrastructures so it can be rapidly
deployed with little or no change to existing tools or environments.
In order to ensure that parallel builds will not break, Electric
Cloud has developed a patent-pending dependency management system
that captures perfect dependency information by monitoring all files
accessed during a build. Electric Cloud 2.2 records and re-uses
build dependency information, minimizing the Makefile maintenance
required to achieve and maintain build performance.
Red Herring’s lists of private companies are an important
part of the magazine’s tradition of identifying new and innovative
technology companies and entrepreneurs. Companies like Google and
eBay were spotted in their early days by Red Herring editors as
those that would change the way we live and work.
Red Herring’s editorial staff rigorously evaluated more than
900 private companies through a careful analysis of financial data
and subjective criteria, including quality of management, execution
of strategy, and dedication to research and development. Red Herring
100 companies will be presenting their business model and strategy
at the Red Herring Spring conference. Red Herring Spring will take
place May 17-19 at the Monterey Plaza Hotel in Monterey, California.
About Electric Cloud
Electric Cloud is a software build infrastructure company pioneering
technologies that shorten time-to-market, increase productivity,
and improve quality and customer satisfaction. Electric Cloud addresses
the build related frustrations, delays and resource scheduling nightmares
that every software development team endures. The company's products
are in use by leading organizations in telecommunications, automotive,
software, networking and high-technology. Based in Mountain View,
California, Electric Cloud is funded by top-tier venture firms,
Mayfield, U.S. Venture Partners and RRE Ventures. For customer inquiries
please contact Electric Cloud at (650) 968-2950 or www.electric-cloud.com.
About Red Herring Spring
Red Herring Spring is an invitation-only event for CEOs, select
senior executives, and Venture Capitalists. Themed ‘The Dynamics
of Disruptions’, Red Herring Spring 2005 will bring together
executives from mostly private companies. These executives will
be joined by senior executives from public companies and Venture
Capitalists. Please contact Sean Raman at 650.428.2900 or email
sraman@redherring.com if you would like to request an invitation
to Red Herring Spring.
About Red Herring
Red Herring is the weekly magazine technology entrepreneurs, investors
and industry observers read to stay ahead of the curve and to be
better informed about the global marketplace. Red Herring covers
technology, innovation, financial strategies, important personalities
and trends that are transforming the world of business with unique
insight, opinion and forward-looking analysis. Readers turn to Red
Herring for knowledge to make strategic decisions, build companies
and create a competitive advantage for their businesses. Red Herring
articles, blogs, research and event information can be found online
at www.redherring.com.
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reserved. Electric Cloud and Electric Make are trademarks of Electric
Cloud, Inc. All other names are used for identification purposes
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companies.
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