Levanta raises $8M for Linux data center automation
[Update: Previous backer Morgenthaler Ventures did not participate in the latest round, according to a report by Dow Jones.]
Levanta, a San Mateo, Calif. provider of Linux data center automation, has raised $8 million in new VC funding from Levensohn Venture Partners, vSpring and Walden International.
Here’s a copy of the statement.
Here’s a snippet:
Specialists in Linux data center automation, Levanta marries virtualization technology with comprehensive Linux life-cycle management. Levanta’s Linux data center automation solutions offer system monitoring, a configurable policy engine and automated change control, delivering dramatically faster and more flexible control of Linux on both physical and virtual machines. Levanta’s turnkey solutions drastically reduce time to implementation, enable your business to be more agile and responsive to change, automatically allocate resources, roll-out new applications faster, increase application availability, improve service levels, and reduce TCO. Levanta’s customers include industry leaders in e-Commerce, New Media, ISPs/ASPs/MSPs, financial services, education, and government. Levanta has partnerships with IBM, HP, Novell, and Red Hat.
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