<s>
Google	B-Application
Stackdriver	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
freemium	O
,	O
credit	O
card	O
required	O
,	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
systems	B-Application
management	I-Application
service	O
offered	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
performance	O
and	O
diagnostics	O
data	O
(	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
monitoring	O
,	O
logging	O
,	O
tracing	O
,	O
error	O
reporting	O
,	O
and	O
alerting	O
)	O
to	O
public	O
cloud	B-Architecture
users	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stackdriver	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
multi-cloud	O
solution	O
,	O
providing	O
support	O
for	O
both	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
and	O
AWS	B-Application
cloud	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stackdriver	B-General_Concept
the	O
company	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2012	O
by	O
founders	O
Dan	O
Belcher	O
and	O
Izzy	O
Azeri	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
provide	O
consistent	O
monitoring	O
across	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
's	O
multiple	O
service	O
layers	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
single	O
SaaS	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stackdriver	B-General_Concept
secured	O
US$5	O
million	O
funding	O
from	O
Bain	O
Capital	O
Ventures	O
in	O
July	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
Stackdriver	B-General_Concept
company	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
An	O
expanded	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
(	O
adding	O
support	O
for	O
logs	O
analysis	O
,	O
hybrid	O
cloud	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
deep	O
integration	O
with	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
)	O
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
Stackdriver	B-General_Concept
and	O
was	O
launched	O
to	O
general	O
availability	O
in	O
October	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
October	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
Stackdriver	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
deprecated	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stackdriver	B-General_Concept
's	O
focus	O
is	O
improving	O
the	O
performance	O
and	O
availability	O
of	O
large	O
,	O
complex	O
applications	O
running	O
in	O
the	O
public	O
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
multi-cloud	O
environments	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
a	O
single	O
information	O
panel	O
into	O
users	O
 '	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
