Stackdriver

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Google Stackdriver
Google Stackdriver logo.svg
Type of site
Systems management
Owner Google
URL cloud.google.com/stackdriver
CommercialYes (terms of service)
RegistrationRequired
LaunchedMay 1, 2014;9 years ago (2014-05-01)
Current statusActive

Google Stackdriver was a cloud computing systems management service offered by Google. It provided performance and diagnostics data (in the form of monitoring, logging, tracing, error reporting, and alerting) to public cloud users. Stackdriver was a multi-cloud solution, providing support for both Google Cloud and AWS cloud environments.

Google ended use of the Stackdriver brand in February 2020. [1]

History

Stackdriver the company was created in 2012 by founders Dan Belcher and Izzy Azeri. [2] The company's goal was to provide consistent monitoring across cloud computing's multiple service layers, using a single SaaS solution.[ buzzword ] [3]

Stackdriver secured US$5 million funding from Bain Capital Ventures in July 2012. A beta version of the product became publicly available on April 30, 2013.

In May 2014, the Stackdriver company was acquired by Google. [4] An expanded version of the product (adding support for logs analysis, hybrid cloud support, and deep integration with Google Cloud) was rebranded as Google Stackdriver and was launched to general availability in October, 2016. [5]

As of October 2020, the name Stackdriver has been deprecated to Google Cloud Operations.

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References

  1. "Cloud operations grows with monitoring, logging, more". Google Cloud Blog. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. "VMware vets launch Stackdriver, raise $5M from Bain Capital Ventures". The Business Journals . September 21, 2012.
  3. Morgan, Timothy Prickett (2 May 2013). "Stackdriver fluffs up cloudy management tool". The Register.
  4. Lardinois, Frederic (7 May 2014). "Google Acquires Cloud Monitoring Service Stackdriver". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. "Google Stackdriver is now generally available for hybrid cloud monitoring, logging and diagnostics". googleblog.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.