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VMOps was founded by [[Sheng Liang]], Shannon Williams, [[Alex Huang]], Will Chan, and Chiradeep Vittal in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2530517/data-center/start-up-vmops-aims-to-ease-cloud-deployments.html |title=Start-up VMOps aims to ease cloud deployments |work=Network World |date= January 28, 2009 |author= John Fontana |access-date=June 1, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Company Overview |work= VMOps web site |url= http://vmops.com/corporate/company.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date= January 22, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090122055748/http://vmops.com/corporate/company.shtml |access-date=June 1, 2013 }}</ref>
The company raised a total of $17.6M in venture funding<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gigaom.com/2010/02/18/vmops |title=More Cash for Hot New Cloud Startup, VMOps |publisher=Gigaom.com |date=February 18, 2010 |access-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref> from [[Redpoint Ventures]], Nexus Ventures and [[Index Ventures]] (Redpoint and Nexus led the initial Series A funding round). The company changed its name from VMOps to Cloud.com on May 4, 2010, when it emerged from [[stealth mode]] by announcing its product.<ref>{{Cite press release |url= http://cloud.com/main/company/press-release/cloud.com-launches-extends-leadership-team-and-announces-new-funding |title= Cloud.com Launches, Extends Leadership Team and Announces New Funding |publisher=Cloud.com |date= May 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919000924/http://cloud.com/main/company/press-release/cloud.com-launches-extends-leadership-team-and-announces-new-funding |archive-date=September 19, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="the-channel"/><ref>{{cite web |author= Dave Rosenberg |url= http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-20004051-62.html |title= Cloud.com software stack goes open source |work= Software, Interrupted |publisher= CNET News |date= May 4, 2010 |access-date= June 18, 2012 |archive-date= October 26, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121026021503/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-20004051-62.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> Cloud.com was based in [[Cupertino]], [[California]].
In May 2010, Cloud.com released most of CloudStack as [[free software]] under the [[GNU General Public License]], version 3 (GPLv3).<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://cloud.com/main/company/blog/vmops-becomes-cloud|title=Cloud.com launches, announces funding, open source|date=May 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918220452/http://cloud.com/main/company/blog/vmops-becomes-cloud|archive-date=September 18, 2010}}</ref> They kept about 5% proprietary.<ref name="cloudstack process changes">{{cite web | url=http://cloudstack.org/blog/125-cloudstack-process-changes-working-the-apache-way.html | title=CloudStack Process Changes: Working the Apache Way | publisher=CloudStack | date=April 17, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429140346/http://cloudstack.org/blog/125-cloudstack-process-changes-working-the-apache-way.html |archive-date=April 29, 2012}}</ref> Cloud.com and Citrix both supported [[OpenStack]], another Apache-licensed cloud computing program, at its announcement in July 2010.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/19/nasa_rackspace_openstack/ | title=NASA and Rackspace open source cloud fluffer | work=The Register | date=July 19, 2010 | access-date=May 27, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= http://openstack.com/blog/2010/07/you-are-now-free-to-move-about-in-the-cloud/ |title= You Are Now Free to Move About in the Cloud |author= Peder Ulander |work= OpenStack blog |date=July 22, 2010 |access-date= June 1, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Clark |first=Jack |url=http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/cloud/2010/07/19/nasa-rackspace-launch-openstack-cloud-interoperability-scheme-40089574/ |title=Nasa, Rackspace launch OpenStack cloud interoperability scheme {{pipe}} Cloud {{pipe}} ZDNet UK |publisher=Zdnet.co.uk |date=July 19, 2010 |access-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref>
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