Volterra Emerges from Stealth with over $50 Million in Top-Tier Funding, 30+ Customers and a Distributed Cloud Platform for Deploying, Connecting and Securing Applications
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Volterra, an innovator in distributed cloud services, today announced it has launched from two years of stealth operations with over $50 million in funding to date. "As a people-first investor, it has been a delight to work with serial entrepreneur Ankur and his team on their bold idea of a platform for the distributed cloud era," said Navin Chaddha, Managing Director, Mayfield. Within this SaaS-based offering, Volterra integrates a broad range of services that have normally been siloed across many point products and network or cloud providers: 1) Fleet-wide management of distributed applications and data across heterogeneous infrastructure 2) Globally distributed control plane with Kubernetes APIs for application orchestration and multi-layer security for workloads and data Transitioning to a consistent operating model across cloud and edge environments has become a top priority for infrastructure and DevOps teams. It is deployed using three SaaS-based components: The Volterra distributed cloud platform can be used across three sets of solutions to enable a wide range of use cases: “We are excited to work with Volterra to architect an unprecedented edge computing environment across our 5G network,” said Keiichi Makizono, SVP & CIO, SoftBank Corp. “Volterra has demonstrated that it solves critical operational challenges within existing telco cloud service offerings, increasing operator efficiency and revenue streams while delivering a cloud-native experience that will drive developer adoption.” “As an online marketplace the availability of our website is critical, as every minute of downtime results in a significant loss of revenue and a deterioration of our brand,” said Romain Broussard, IT Director at Cdiscount.com. “We have worked very closely with Volterra to maximize our resiliency and security, as well as our user experience, and have been able to build a complete application delivery network and several security tools with their VoltMesh service.” “Applications are becoming more distributed and deployed closer to native data sources, which is driving DevOps and IT teams to employ a cloud operational model at the edge and consistently across their infrastructure footprint,” said Mark Bowker, Senior Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group.