<s>
Rancher	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Cupertino	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
helps	O
manage	O
Kubernetes	B-General_Concept
at	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rancher	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2014	O
and	O
has	O
30,000	O
active	O
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rancher	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
was	O
funded	O
with	O
$10	O
million	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
$20	O
million	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
$40	O
million	O
in	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
Rancher	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
launched	O
Rancher	O
Academy	O
,	O
a	O
free	O
training	O
program	O
through	O
which	O
IT	O
professionals	O
can	O
be	O
certified	O
on	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
technologies	O
the	O
company	O
provides	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
various	O
distributions	O
of	O
Kubernetes	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Company	O
President	O
Shannon	O
Williams	O
says	O
Rancher	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
is	O
trying	O
to	O
democratize	O
access	O
to	O
Kubernetes	B-General_Concept
training	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
many	O
IT	O
organizations	O
still	O
ca	O
n’t	O
find	O
IT	O
staff	O
with	O
appropriate	O
skills	O
,	O
even	O
in	O
the	O
wake	O
of	O
the	O
economic	O
downturn	O
brought	O
on	O
by	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
recently	O
released	O
Dice	O
2020	O
Tech	O
Job	O
Report	O
found	O
there	O
has	O
been	O
an	O
82%	O
increase	O
in	O
job	O
demand	O
for	O
individuals	O
with	O
Kubernetes	B-General_Concept
skills	O
over	O
the	O
past	O
year	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dice	O
predicts	O
that	O
the	O
demand	O
for	O
Kubernetes	B-General_Concept
skills	O
will	O
enjoy	O
a	O
projected	O
growth	O
rate	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
67%	O
over	O
the	O
next	O
10	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
Rancher	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
released	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
its	O
Kubernetes	B-General_Concept
management	O
platform	O
that	O
makes	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
upgrade	O
without	O
any	O
downtime	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
making	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
remotely	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Company	O
CEO	O
Sheng	O
Liang	O
says	O
that	O
as	O
organizations	O
increasingly	O
operationalize	O
Kubernetes	B-General_Concept
there	O
is	O
now	O
a	O
lot	O
more	O
focus	O
on	O
lifecycle	O
management	O
and	O
scalability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2.4	O
of	O
Rancher	O
provides	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
tools	O
that	O
makes	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
IT	O
teams	O
to	O
manage	O
a	O
fleet	O
of	O
Kubernetes	B-General_Concept
clusters	O
even	O
when	O
network	O
connectivity	O
is	O
limited	O
,	O
says	O
Liang	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2020	O
,	O
Rancher	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
announced	O
its	O
definitive	O
agreement	O
to	O
be	O
acquired	O
by	O
SUSE	O
.	O
</s>
