<s>
StackStorm	B-Application
(	O
abbreviation	O
:	O
ST2	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
event-driven	O
platform	O
for	O
runbook	B-Application
automation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
the	O
Infrastructure	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
Code	I-Architecture
(	O
IaC	B-Architecture
)	O
approach	O
to	O
DevOps	O
automation	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
with	O
SaltStack	B-Application
and	O
Ansible	B-Language
,	O
it	O
primarily	O
focuses	O
on	O
doing	O
things	O
or	O
running	O
workflows	B-Operating_System
based	O
on	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StackStorm	B-Application
is	O
comparable	O
to	O
IFTTT	B-Application
or	O
Zapier	B-Application
in	O
providing	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
connect	O
many	O
different	O
services	O
together	O
in	O
coherent	O
applets	O
or	O
workflows	B-Operating_System
that	O
begin	O
based	O
on	O
defined	O
events	O
or	O
triggers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Stackstorm	B-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
automate	O
workflows	B-Operating_System
in	O
many	O
industries	O
,	O
a	O
particularly	O
interesting	O
application	O
is	O
the	O
Arteria	O
project	O
that	O
provides	O
components	O
to	O
automate	O
analysis	O
and	O
data-management	O
tasks	O
at	O
next-generation	O
sequencing	O
core-facilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
leverages	O
a	O
micro-service	O
based	O
architecture	O
together	O
with	O
StackStorm	B-Application
to	O
create	O
an	O
event-driven	O
automation	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StackStorm	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Evan	O
Powell	O
and	O
Dmitri	O
Zimine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
initial	O
funding	O
by	O
XSeed	O
Capital	O
,	O
StackStorm	B-Application
came	O
out	O
of	O
stealth	O
on	O
May	O
6	O
,	O
2014	O
to	O
introduce	O
a	O
private	O
beta	O
program	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
’s	O
first	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StackStorm	B-Application
offered	O
IT	O
departments	O
the	O
capability	O
to	O
automatically	O
trigger	O
actions	O
and	O
drive	O
behaviors	O
across	O
the	O
infrastructure	O
and	O
separate	O
systems	O
with	O
scriptable	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
StackStorm	B-Application
platform	O
was	O
initially	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
general	O
DevOps	O
automation	O
,	O
it	O
extended	O
to	O
networking	O
after	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Brocade	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
StackStorm	B-Application
transitioned	O
to	O
Extreme	O
Networks	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Brocade	O
’s	O
data	O
center	O
networking	O
business	O
acquisition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
by	O
Extreme	O
Networks	O
,	O
StackStorm	B-Application
continued	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
OpenSource	B-License
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brocade	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
Extreme	O
Networks	O
,	O
offered	O
a	O
commercial	O
product	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
StackStorm	B-Application
platform	O
named	O
Brocade	O
Workflow	B-Operating_System
Composer	O
and	O
then	O
Extreme	O
Workflow	B-Operating_System
Composer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Extreme	O
Networks	O
facilitated	O
moving	O
the	O
StackStorm	B-Application
project	O
to	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Foundation	O
citing	O
community	O
requests	O
for	O
more	O
neutral	O
governance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Extreme	O
Networks	O
also	O
donated	O
their	O
Extreme	O
Workflow	B-Operating_System
Composer	O
to	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Foundation	O
,	O
thus	O
allowing	O
the	O
StackStorm	B-Application
community	O
to	O
integrate	O
its	O
features	O
in	O
the	O
core	O
StackStorm	B-Application
product	O
.	O
</s>
