Oracle buys 2011 start-up Ravello for $500m

clock • 2 min read

Oracle buys start-up specialising in nested virtualisation in the cloud

Software giant Oracle has made another cloud-computing acquisition with the $500m purchase of Ravello Systems - a company only founded in 2011. Ravello specialises in nested virtualisation, prov...

To continue reading this article...

Join Computing

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
  • Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
  • Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
  • Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
  • Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders

Join now

 

Already a Computing member?

Login

You may also like
Cloud encryption rates are disastrously low, research

Security

Come on in, the door's open

clock 05 June 2024 • 2 min read
Nutanix: We're staying true to open source

Open Source

HCI vendor promises to support CNCF projects 'across all environments'

clock 23 May 2024 • 4 min read
University IT chief: 'We count ourselves lucky we're not on VMware'

Business Software

Nutanix .Next event saw customers looking for alternatives

clock 22 May 2024 • 5 min read
Most read
01

Avis notifies customers of data breach

10 September 2024 • 3 min read
03

Apple says iPhone 16 can challenge high-end PCs

10 September 2024 • 4 min read
04

In the North Sea, data really is the new oil

10 September 2024 • 5 min read
05

Sign up to our newsletter

The best news, stories, features and photos from the day in one perfectly formed email.

More on Cloud and Infrastructure

Interview: Worldline UK&I, Cloud Excellence Awards finalist

Interview: Worldline UK&I, Cloud Excellence Awards finalist

'There is significant interest in AI'

clock 06 September 2024 • 4 min read
Improving the user experience through cloud innovation: DLGs shift to Azure Virtual Desktop

Improving the user experience through cloud innovation: DLGs shift to Azure Virtual Desktop

As an organisation with a mission to be brilliant for customers every day, it’s important to provide best-in-class IT services that enable this. So, in a significant move towards enhancing its technological infrastructure and removing legacy technology,...

Richard Higgins
clock 04 September 2024 • 2 min read
Sensors and Sensibility - Ctrl Alt Lead podcast

Sensors and Sensibility - Ctrl Alt Lead podcast

Bringing connectivity to forests, farms and fields

Tom Allen
clock 27 August 2024 • 1 min read