Google has acquired Orbitera which provides a commerce platform that makes buying and selling software in the cloud easy for software vendors, service providers and IT channel organizations. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Orbitera CEO Marcin Kurc assured customers that the service will not be changed and will continue to support existing cloud platforms in the wake of the acquisition. Currently, Orbitera supports deploying applications on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
Google said in a blog post,
The current model for the deploying, managing and billing of cloud-based software does not easily fit the way today’s modern enterprises operate. Orbitera automates many of the processes associated with billing, packaging and pricing optimization for leading businesses and ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) supporting customers running in the cloud. More than 60,000 enterprise stacks have been launched on Orbitera.
Orbitera said in a blog post,
It quickly became clear to us that becoming a part of Google would lead to the best possible outcome for our customers. We will continue to deliver the products and services our customers rely on with the added scale that Google provides.