<s>
Nimbula	B-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
computer	O
software	O
company	O
that	O
existed	O
from	O
2008	O
to	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
developed	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
public	O
and	O
private	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
late	O
2008	O
by	O
Chris	O
Pinkham	O
and	O
Willem	O
Van	O
Biljon	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
developed	O
the	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Elastic	I-General_Concept
Compute	I-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
(	O
EC2	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
software	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
service	O
providers	O
and	O
enterprises	O
to	O
build	O
,	O
manage	O
and	O
deploy	O
infrastructure	B-General_Concept
as	I-General_Concept
a	I-General_Concept
service	I-General_Concept
(	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
)	O
offerings	O
similar	O
to	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
EC2	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
emerged	O
from	O
stealth	O
mode	O
in	O
June	O
2010	O
and	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Nimbula	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nimbula	B-General_Concept
Director	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nimbula	B-General_Concept
was	O
Named	O
a	O
‘	O
Cool	O
Vendor’	O
in	O
Cloud	O
Management	O
by	O
Gartner	O
in	O
April	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
Nimbula	B-General_Concept
joined	O
the	O
OpenStack	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
Nimbula	B-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nimbula	B-General_Concept
Director	O
software	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
implement	O
IaaS-style	O
private	O
,	O
public	O
and	O
hybrid	O
clouds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
manage	O
both	O
on	O
-	O
and	O
off-premises	O
infrastructure	O
through	O
a	O
Web	O
UI	O
,	O
an	O
API	B-General_Concept
or	O
a	O
command	O
line	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nimbula	B-General_Concept
Director	O
’s	O
features	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Nimbula	B-General_Concept
's	O
license	O
agreement	O
allowed	O
deployment	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
on	O
up	O
to	O
40	O
CPU	B-Architecture
cores	I-Architecture
without	O
a	O
license	O
fee	O
.	O
</s>
