<s>
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
New	O
Zealandbased	O
software	O
firm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
specialized	O
in	O
moving	O
independent	B-Application
software	I-Application
vendors	I-Application
(	O
ISVs	O
)	O
and	O
enterprises	O
to	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
was	O
based	O
in	O
Wellington	O
,	O
New	O
Zealand	O
,	O
with	O
additional	O
offices	O
in	O
Palo	O
Alto	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
and	O
Seattle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
on	O
2	O
May	O
2014	O
;	O
its	O
technologies	O
were	O
integrated	O
into	O
its	O
Azure	B-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
as	O
InterGrid	O
in	O
2006	O
in	O
Wellington	O
,	O
New	O
Zealand	O
,	O
to	O
provide	O
small-scale	O
customers	O
access	O
to	O
job	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
helped	O
software	O
vendors	O
use	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
offering	O
a	O
service	O
called	O
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
in	O
July	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
they	O
had	O
joined	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Partner	O
Network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
was	O
declared	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
Corp	O
's	O
Windows	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
ISV	O
Partner	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
entered	O
into	O
an	O
alliance	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
won	O
BizSpark	O
Partner	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
and	O
Software	O
Exporter	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
awards	O
from	O
MS	O
New	O
Zealand	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dave	O
Fellows	O
of	O
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
won	O
the	O
Solutions	O
Architect	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
award	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
opened	O
two	O
offices	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
was	O
finalists	O
for	O
the	O
New	O
Zealand	O
Hi-Tech	O
awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
partnered	O
with	O
the	O
Pixar	O
Animation	O
Studios	O
and	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
platform	I-Architecture
Windows	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
,	O
on	O
a	O
rendering	O
service	O
for	O
RenderMan	B-Application
image	O
generating	O
software	O
announced	O
in	O
January	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
enhances	O
the	O
RenderMan	B-Application
Interface	I-Application
Specification	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
the	O
GNS	O
Science	O
of	O
New	O
Zealand	O
and	O
American	O
based	O
Stillwater	O
Group	O
for	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
during	O
seismic	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
promoted	O
software	O
which	O
integrated	O
seismic	O
processing	O
to	O
the	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
(	O
AWS	B-Application
)	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
entered	O
into	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Numerix	O
,	O
an	O
American	O
company	O
that	O
develops	O
software	O
for	O
risk	O
analysis	O
of	O
financial	O
derivatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
May	O
2014	O
,	O
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
announced	O
its	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
with	O
its	O
technology	O
integrated	O
into	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
stopped	O
accepting	O
new	O
customers	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
acquisition	O
GreenButton	B-General_Concept
now	O
operates	O
under	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
product	O
line	O
as	O
.	O
</s>
