Microsoft Acquires Cycle Computing for Undisclosed Sum

Microsoft announced this week that it has acquired Cycle Computing, a cloud computing software startup founded in 2005.

Cycle Computing is a leader in cloud computing orchestration software for big data. The company’s software uses cloud resources to make computation in the cloud productive at any scale by orchestrating workflows, managing data, balancing cloud options, and enabling users in a secure, controlled way. Cycle Computing software has been used to deploy virtual clusters and storage for government, universities, Fortune 500 companies, and all sizes of data-driven innovative companies such as The Aerospace Corporation, Lockheed Martin, Purdue University, JPMorgan Chase, and Pfizer.

“As customers continue to look for faster, more efficient ways to run their workloads, Cycle Computing’s depth and expertise around massively scalable applications make them a great fit to join our Microsoft team,” said Jason Zander, corporate vice president of Microsoft Azure, in a company blog. “Their technology will further enhance our support of Linux HPC workloads and make it easier to extend on-premise workloads to the cloud.”