<s>
CloudShare	B-General_Concept
(	O
formerly	O
IT	O
Structures	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
provider	O
founded	O
in	O
2007	O
in	O
Israel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CloudShare	B-General_Concept
combines	O
aspects	O
of	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
,	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
and	O
advanced	O
features	O
to	O
offer	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
Saas	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
virtual	B-Application
lab	I-Application
automation	I-Application
,	O
CloudShare	B-General_Concept
makes	O
full-featured	O
virtual	O
enterprise	O
environments	O
available	O
online	O
and	O
on-demand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Customers	O
can	O
create	O
multi-machine	O
IT	O
environments	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
or	O
upload	O
existing	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
CloudShare	B-General_Concept
supports	O
hypervisors	B-Operating_System
(	O
VMWare	O
,	O
Oracle	O
VirtualBox	O
)	O
and	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
(	O
Windows	O
7	O
,	O
Ubuntu	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
templates	O
for	O
new	O
machines	O
with	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
and	O
even	O
software	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
2010	I-Protocol
,	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
or	O
Ruby	B-Application
on	I-Application
Rails	I-Application
)	O
preinstalled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
environments	O
can	O
consist	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
or	O
multiple	O
networked	O
machines	O
and	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
operate	O
seamlessly	O
with	O
the	O
user	O
’s	O
physical	O
PC	O
or	O
workstation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CloudShare	B-General_Concept
Enterprise	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
enterprise-grade	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
development	O
and	O
testing	O
,	O
virtual	O
training	O
,	O
presales	O
demos	O
,	O
proof	O
of	O
concepts	O
,	O
technical	O
evaluations	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
IT	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
robust	O
and	O
offering	O
greater	O
compute	O
power	O
and	O
storage	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
unlimited	O
machines	O
and	O
sharing	O
,	O
CloudShare	B-General_Concept
Enterprise	O
also	O
includes	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
CloudShare	B-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
in	O
Tel	O
Aviv	O
,	O
Israel	O
in	O
January	O
2007	O
by	O
Avner	O
Rosenan	O
,	O
Ophir	O
Kra-Oz	O
and	O
Zvi	O
Guterman	O
,	O
The	O
company	O
was	O
originally	O
named	O
IT	O
Structures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
CloudShare	B-General_Concept
moved	O
its	O
headquarters	O
to	O
San	O
Mateo	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2009	O
,	O
CloudShare	B-General_Concept
closed	O
its	O
series	O
B	O
round	O
of	O
funding	O
,	O
receiving	O
$10	O
million	O
from	O
Sequoia	O
Capital	O
,	O
Charles	O
River	O
Ventures	O
,	O
and	O
Gemini	O
Capital	O
,	O
bringing	O
total	O
venture	O
capital	O
funding	O
to	O
$16	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
