Ridge Cloud

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Ridge Cloud
TypePrivately held company
Industry Web service, cloud computing
Founded2018;5 years ago (2018)
Headquarters Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Key people
  • Jonathan Seelig (co-founder & executive chair)
  • Nir Sheffi (co-founder & co-CEO & CTO)
  • Mati Lerner (co-founder & co-CEO)
  • Gigi Levy-Weiss (chair)
ProductsManaged kubernetes (rks)
container orchestration (rcs)
object storage (ros)
compute (ris)
Number of employees
50 (2022)
Website ridge.co

Ridge (previously known as Tectonic Labs) is a cloud provider based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company provides a computing platform for users who want to run workloads with Kubernetes-based architectures in various locations. [1] Ridge's distributed cloud architecture offers an alternative to large public cloud providers, allowing users to deploy and manage cloud-native workloads in proximity to their end users. [2]

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Ridge partners with data centers and managed service providers to offer managed cloud native services.[ citation needed ] These services allow data centers to use their existing infrastructure without the need for additional capital investment. [3] In 2022, Ridge was recognized as a Cool Vendor in Cloud-Native Computing by Gartner [4] and its cloud platform and Kubernetes managed services were evaluated by 451 Research, a division of S&P Global Research, for their ability to serve as an alternative to centralized public cloud services. [5]

In 2018, Ridge raised $10 million in seed funding in a round led by NFX, Mayfield, and Viola. In 2021, Ridge raised an additional $12 million in a Series A funding round led by Chartered Group. [6]

History

Ridge was founded in 2018 as Tectonic Labs by Jonathan Seelig, co-founder of Akamai Technologies, [7] Nir Sheffi, and Mati Lerner. In 2020, the company officially changed its name to Ridge. In 2021, Ridge was recognized as one of the 20 best Boston-based cloud infrastructure startups. [8]

In 2022, Ridge entered into a partnership with Hivelocity, a bare metal platform, which allowed Ridge to provide its cloud-native services to Hivelocity's bare metal customers in regions where major cloud infrastructure providers do not have server infrastructure. [9]

Ridge's platform includes VPN and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) capabilities, which promote interoperability with any hybrid or multi-cloud architecture. This allows enterprises to run cloud-native applications on top of their existing IT architecture. The company's platform has been certified by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) as a Kubernetes host platform. [10]

The Ridge platform is implemented through a single API that can be overlaid onto existing infrastructure, including on-premises and colocated servers and local data centers. [11]

Products

Ridge offers several cloud-based products including:

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References

  1. ↑ "Ridge's edge cloud rides digital transformation wave as enterprises seek solutions to hyperscale cloud shortcomings | Edge Industry Review". www.edgeir.com. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  2. ↑ "4 things you need to understand about edge computing". VentureBeat. March 29, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Stealth startup Ridge.co aims to build edge cloud offering with the help of data center providers | Edge Industry Review". www.edgeir.com. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  4. ↑ PRNewswire. "Ridge Cloud Recognized as a 2022 Gartner® Cool Vendor in Cloud-Native Computing". Benzinga. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Ridge aims to help enterprises jump to Kubernetes with edge cloud platform" (PDF).
  6. ↑ Orbach, Meir (January 25, 2022). "Ridge raises $12 million Series A for flexible cloud architecture". CTECH - www.calcalistech.com. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Akamai Company History".
  8. ↑ "20 Best Boston Cloud Infrastructure Startups – Cloud Infrastructure Solutions – The Startup Pill". September 23, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  9. ↑ Vizard, Mike (April 4, 2022). "Ridge, Hivelocity Ally on Managed Bare-Metal Service". Container Journal. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Certified Kubernetes Software Conformance". Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  11. ↑ Strathern, Fin (July 9, 2021). "Ridge is bringing full public cloud capabilities to local data centres". Cloud Computing News. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  12. ↑ Sharma, Ray. "Startup Ridge Launches Hybrid Cloud to Accelerate Cloud Native Deployments". www.thefastmode.com. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Ridge launches hybrid cloud to speed up deployments from cloud to edge".
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