NIMBOXX

About NIMBOXX

NIMBOXX operated in the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) market, targeting small and medium-sized organizations. The company was founded in 2011 by David Cauthron and was headquartered in Austin, Texas. NIMBOXX aimed to provide the benefits of a hyper-scale data center model, similar to that of Google and Amazon, to companies of all sizes.

The core of its business was the development and sale of an all-in-one appliance that combined server, storage, networking, and security functions into a single platform. This HCI appliance, such as the AU-110x model, was designed to simplify the setup and management of virtual environments compared to traditional, more complex legacy hardware. The system ran on a proprietary operating system called MeshOS, which was based on the open-source KVM hypervisor and provided built-in virtualization and management capabilities through a simple user interface. The business model relied on selling these appliances primarily through a network of around 50 channel partners and its main distributor, Synnex.

A key feature of the NIMBOXX offering was its scalability; businesses could start with a single appliance and add more as their performance and capacity needs grew. The AU-110x appliance, for instance, was a 1U rack unit that included 16 cores, 256 GB of memory, and 9.6 TB of storage. In February 2015, NIMBOXX acquired the VERDE virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) business from Virtual Bridges. This acquisition was a strategic move to integrate VDI technology with its HCI platform, a common use case for hyper-converged systems, and to attract new customers. The company had secured over $12 million in funding to support its operations and growth.