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GreenButton
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryCloud computing
FoundedWellington, New Zealand (2006 (2006))
FounderScott Houston
Defunct2 May 2014 (2014-05-02)
FateAcquired by Microsoft
Headquarters
Wellington, New Zealand
,
New Zealand
Revenue$1.5 million (2011)[1]
ParentMicrosoft
Websitewww.greenbutton.com

GreenButton was a software company based in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 2006 and it helped independent software vendors (ISVs) and enterprises transition to cloud computing. GreenButton operated additional offices in Palo Alto, California, and Seattle. On 2 May 2014, the company was acquired by Microsoft. Following the acquisition, GreenButton's technologies were incorporated into Microsoft's Azure cloud service.

History

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GreenButton was founded as InterGrid in 2006 in Wellington, New Zealand, to provide small-scale customers access to job processors.[2] The company helped software vendors use cloud computing, offering a service called GreenButton in July 2010.[3][4]

In 2011, the company was renamed GreenButton, and joined the Microsoft Partner Network.[5] In 2011, GreenButton was declared as Microsoft Corp's Windows Azure ISV Partner of the Year.[6] In May 2011, GreenButton allied with Microsoft.[7][8] It included an investment reported at more than US$1 million, and adding Mark Canepa to its board of directors.[9]

In December 2011, GreenButton opened two offices in the United States, the US headquarters in Palo Alto, California, and a sales office in Seattle.[7]

GreenButton partnered with the Pixar Animation Studios and Microsoft's cloud computing platform Windows Azure, on a rendering service for RenderMan image-generating software announced in January 2012.[10] The service enhances the RenderMan Interface Specification.[11]

In June 2012, GreenButton announced a partnership with the GNS Science of New Zealand and American based Stillwater Group for cloud computing during seismic processing.[6][12] In 2012 GreenButton entered into a partnership with Numerix, an American company that develops software for risk analysis of financial derivatives.[13][14]

On 2 May 2014, GreenButton announced its acquisition by Microsoft with its technology integrated into Microsoft Azure.[15] After its acquisition GreenButton operates under Microsoft Azure product line as Azure Batch.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Cloud computing 'lifts small firms' firepower'". Business Day. Stuff. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Firm creates one cloud to compute them all". ZDNet. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  3. ^ "InterGrid GreenButton: GreenButton Super Computing Power in the Cloud". Azure case study. Microsoft. 20 March 2011. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  4. ^ Innovative Kiwi Companies will bring home Gold at Global Partner Awards – Microsoft New Zealand Press Release
  5. ^ "Software Developer Delivers On-Demand Computing, Doubles Revenue in 18 Months". Microsoft Case Study. 10 July 2011. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  6. ^ a b "GreenButton Announces Strategic Partnerships with GNS Science and Stillwater Group - Yahoo! News".
  7. ^ a b "GreenButton opening Seattle office after Azure alliance deal". Puget Sound Business Journal. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Seven Questions for Doug Hauger, Head of Microsoft's Azure Cloud Platform".
  9. ^ "Microsoft decides to push GreenButton". Business Day. Stuff. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Pixar Launches RenderMan On Demand". Press release. Pixar. 19 January 2012. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  11. ^ Pixar Partners With Microsoft and GreenButton to Deliver A New Rendering Service in the Cloud, by Kyle Brown, Curator | CloudInvestor.com | The Cloud Computing Revolution Star...
  12. ^ "GreenButton Announces Strategic Partnerships with GNS Science and Stillwater Group – SFGate".
  13. ^ Numerix and GreenButton Partner to Accelerate Financial Services Firms` Cloud Enablement of Derivatives Valuation and Risk Calculations | Reuters
  14. ^ "Yahoo Search - Web Search". in.search.yahoo.com.
  15. ^ Kepes, Ben. "Microsoft Acquires GreenButton To Deliver Big Compute". Forbes. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Microsoft makes available public preview of new Azure Batch service". ZDNET.
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