<s>
Apcera	B-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
American	O
cloud	O
infrastructure	O
company	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
container	O
management	O
platform	O
to	O
deploy	O
,	O
orchestrate	O
and	O
govern	O
containers	O
and	O
applications	O
across	O
on-premises	O
and	O
cloud-based	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apcera	B-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2012	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
by	O
Derek	O
Collison	O
,	O
previously	O
a	O
technology	O
leader	O
at	O
Google	O
,	O
TIBCO	O
and	O
VMware	O
(	O
where	O
he	O
designed	O
the	O
first	O
open	O
Platform-as-a-Service	O
(	O
PaaS	O
)	O
,	O
Cloud	B-General_Concept
Foundry	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apcera	B-General_Concept
’s	O
primary	O
offering	O
,	O
the	O
Apcera	B-General_Concept
Cloud	O
Platform	O
,	O
provides	O
IT	O
governance	O
and	O
security	O
through	O
a	O
policy	O
driven	O
model	O
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
the	O
safe	O
deployment	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
cloud-native	O
applications	O
,	O
microservices	O
,	O
legacy	O
applications	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
IT	O
resources	O
,	O
network	O
and	O
services	O
access	O
,	O
and	O
user	O
permissions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
Ericsson	O
acquired	O
a	O
majority	O
stake	O
in	O
Apcera	B-General_Concept
for	O
cloud	O
policy	O
compliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apcera	B-General_Concept
Cloud	O
Platform	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
two	O
forms	O
:	O
a	O
and	O
an	O
Enterprise	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apcera	B-General_Concept
Cloud	O
Platform	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
rules	O
to	O
control	O
available	O
resources	O
at	O
a	O
container	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apcera	B-General_Concept
also	O
develops	O
and	O
provides	O
support	O
for	O
several	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
projects	O
,	O
including	O
NATS	B-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
cloud-native	O
enterprise	O
messaging	O
system	O
,	O
,	O
a	O
container	O
runtime	O
with	O
extensibility	O
and	O
flexibility	O
,	O
and	O
Libretto	O
,	O
a	O
Golang	B-Application
virtual	O
machine	O
provisioning	O
library	O
for	O
public	O
and	O
private	O
clouds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DateEventMarch	O
4	O
,	O
2012Derek	O
Collison	O
writes	O
the	O
original	O
code	O
of	O
the	O
Apcera	B-General_Concept
PlatformJune	O
18	O
,	O
2012Meeting	O
at	O
True	O
Ventures	O
(	O
Official	O
Anniversary	O
of	O
Apcera	B-General_Concept
)	O
July	O
13	O
,	O
2013Series	O
A	O
funding	O
closesMay	O
14	O
,	O
2014First	O
orchestrator	O
deployed	O
.	O
</s>
