<s>
Wercker	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
Docker-based	O
continuous	O
delivery	O
platform	O
that	O
helps	O
software	B-Application
developers	I-Application
build	O
and	O
deploy	O
their	O
applications	B-Application
and	O
microservices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
its	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
developers	B-Application
can	O
create	O
Docker	B-Language
containers	O
on	O
their	O
desktop	O
,	O
automate	O
their	O
build	O
and	O
deploy	O
processes	O
,	O
testing	O
them	O
on	O
their	O
desktop	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
deploy	O
them	O
to	O
various	O
cloud	B-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
Heroku	B-General_Concept
to	O
AWS	B-Application
and	O
Rackspace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
to	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
open-sourced	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
business	O
behind	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
,	O
also	O
called	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
,	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
acquired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wercker	B-General_Concept
targets	O
companies	O
where	O
developers	B-Application
focus	O
on	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
acts	O
as	O
the	O
middleman	O
between	O
source-code	O
hosting	O
repositories	O
like	O
GitHub	B-Application
and	O
cloud	B-General_Concept
servers	I-General_Concept
like	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
time	O
a	O
developer	B-Application
makes	O
a	O
change	O
to	O
his	O
or	O
her	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
in	O
Git	B-Application
,	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
retrieves	O
the	O
code	O
,	O
builds	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
it	O
inside	O
a	O
container	O
to	O
isolate	O
it	O
,	O
tests	O
it	O
for	O
errors	O
and	O
then	O
notifies	O
the	O
user	O
if	O
it	O
either	O
passed	O
or	O
failed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wercker	B-General_Concept
is	O
integrated	O
with	O
Docker	B-Language
containers	O
,	O
which	O
package	O
up	O
application	O
code	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
easily	O
moved	O
from	O
server	O
to	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
build	O
artifact	O
can	O
be	O
a	O
Docker	B-Language
container	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
can	O
take	O
the	O
container	O
from	O
the	O
Docker	B-Language
Hub	O
or	O
his	O
private	O
registry	O
and	O
build	O
the	O
code	O
before	O
shipping	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
platform	O
enables	O
developers	B-Application
to	O
test	O
and	O
deploy	O
code	O
often	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
makes	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
coders	B-Application
to	O
practice	O
continuous	O
integration	O
,	O
a	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
practice	O
in	O
which	O
each	O
change	O
a	O
developer	B-Application
makes	O
to	O
the	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
is	O
constantly	O
tested	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
so	O
that	O
software	O
does	O
n’t	O
break	O
when	O
it	O
goes	O
live	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wercker	B-General_Concept
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
pipelines	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
automated	O
workflows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
API	B-Application
provides	O
programmatic	O
access	O
to	O
information	O
about	O
applications	B-Application
,	O
builds	O
and	O
deploys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
code	O
snippets	O
available	O
for	O
Golang	B-Application
,	O
Node.js	B-Language
and	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
includes	O
a	O
social	O
networking	O
element	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
Facebook-like	O
wall	O
so	O
team	O
members	O
know	O
what	O
their	O
colleagues	O
are	O
doing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wercker	B-General_Concept
is	O
currently	O
available	O
as	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
,	O
though	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
is	O
working	O
on	O
an	O
enterprise	O
offering	O
that	O
will	O
allow	O
on-premises	O
use	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hernandez	O
van	O
Leuffen	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
’s	O
underlying	O
technology	O
for	O
his	O
thesis	O
project	O
on	O
containers	O
and	O
automatic	O
resource	O
provisioning	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
San	O
Francisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NexusLabs	O
,	O
a	O
foundation	O
based	O
in	O
Amsterdam	O
and	O
at	O
MIT	O
,	O
helped	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
attract	O
venture	O
capital	O
from	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
received	O
a	O
seed	O
investment	O
from	O
an	O
A-list	O
group	O
of	O
investors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Company	O
executives	O
did	O
not	O
reveal	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
funding	O
they	O
received	O
,	O
but	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
allegedly	O
raised	O
close	O
to	O
$1	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wercker	B-General_Concept
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
2012	O
startup	O
incubator	O
program	O
Rockstart	O
Accelerator	O
in	O
Amsterdam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
participated	O
in	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
WebFWD	O
program	O
and	O
won	O
the	O
Salesforce	O
Innovation	O
Challenge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
startup	O
brought	O
on	O
former	O
co-founder	O
of	O
OpenStack	B-Application
Andy	O
Smith	O
as	O
CTO	O
in	O
September	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
month	O
later	O
,	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
brought	O
in	O
$2.4	O
million	O
,	O
bringing	O
total	O
funding	O
to	O
$3.2	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
originally	O
focused	O
on	O
LXC	B-Application
containers	O
,	O
it	O
converted	O
its	O
platform	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
ever	O
more	O
popular	O
Docker	B-Language
containers	O
in	O
late	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
launched	O
a	O
local	O
development	O
model	O
,	O
enabling	O
developers	B-Application
to	O
build	O
and	O
deploy	O
containerized	O
applications	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entrepreneur	O
included	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
among	O
"	O
9	O
essential	O
tools	O
for	O
agile	O
product	O
development	O
teams	O
"	O
in	O
July	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
,	O
Atlassian	O
launched	O
a	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
integration	O
of	O
its	O
Git-based	O
Bitbucket	B-Protocol
service	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
YAML	B-Protocol
Viewer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
announced	O
a	O
$4.5	O
million	O
Series	O
A	O
investment	O
round	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Inkef	O
Capital	O
with	O
participation	O
from	O
Notion	O
Capital	O
,	O
bringing	O
the	O
company	O
’s	O
total	O
funding	O
to	O
$7.5	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
that	O
Inkef	O
Capital	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
VC	O
funds	O
in	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
invested	O
in	O
a	O
developer	B-Application
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wercker	B-General_Concept
announced	O
it	O
would	O
use	O
the	O
investment	O
to	O
drive	O
developer	B-Application
adoption	O
,	O
expand	O
into	O
the	O
enterprise	O
market	O
,	O
and	O
deepen	O
automation	O
capabilities	O
with	O
more	O
flexible	O
and	O
complex	O
development	O
pipelines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
17	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
signed	O
a	O
definitive	O
agreement	O
to	O
acquire	O
Wercker	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
