EasyStack

About EasyStack

EasyStack, founded in 2014 by a team including Xilun Chen, GuoHui Liu, and Ruilin Wang, operates as a cloud infrastructure product and solution provider based in Beijing, China. The founding team originated from IBM's China research and development center, bringing with them early and extensive experience in open-source cloud computing technologies. Xilun Chen, the company's CEO, previously led IBM's OpenStack team in China. Since its inception, the company has secured significant funding over multiple rounds, including strategic investments from entities like China Electronic Information Industry Group and JD.com, totaling over $129 million.

The company's business is centered on providing enterprise clients with a new generation of private and hybrid cloud solutions. EasyStack develops its products using a range of open-source technologies, including OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph, and Docker. Its business model involves offering these open, stable, and reliable cloud computing platforms through either permanent licenses or subscriptions. The target market includes large and medium-sized enterprises across various sectors such as finance, government, energy, transportation, and education, with a client base of over 2,000 customers. The company has a significant presence in the financial sector, having built over 200 financial clouds.

EasyStack's core product is its Cloud Foundation Solution (ECF), a platform built on a digital-native architecture designed to support enterprise digital transformation. This platform integrates hardware resources to provide fundamental services like computing, storage, and networking. Key offerings include the EasyStack Cloud Service (ECS), the hyper-converged ECS Stack, and the EasyStack Kubernetes Service (EKS). The platform is designed to be hardware-agnostic, supporting multiple CPU architectures and allowing clients to reuse existing hardware, thereby avoiding vendor lock-in. It provides features like a self-service operations management platform, a visual design orchestrator, and tools for disaster recovery and automated deployment. The company also provides consulting, deployment, and technical support services to help clients plan, build, and optimize their cloud environments.