Tesora

The company's core business centered on its enterprise-grade DBaaS platform, which was an enhanced version of OpenStack Trove. This platform simplified the provisioning and management of a wide array of databases for cloud administrators and developers. It enabled users to deploy and manage database capacity on-demand, treating the database as just another utility service within their public, private, or hybrid cloud infrastructure. The platform provided a single, consistent interface for managing seventeen different certified databases, encompassing both SQL and NoSQL types such as Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, and MariaDB. Key features included self-service provisioning, configuration management, automated backup and restore, and robust security and disaster recovery capabilities.

Tesora's business model was based on offering a commercially supported, enterprise-ready version of the open-source Trove software, a common strategy for companies built around open-source projects. This positioned them as a primary commercial support provider for Trove, attracting enterprise customers who required reliability and expert support for their cloud database operations. Over its lifetime, the company secured significant funding, raising a total of $15.5M from investors including Red Hat, General Catalyst, and Common Angels. In February 2017, Tesora was acquired by Stratoscale, an infrastructure company offering on-premises, AWS-compatible cloud regions. The acquisition was a strategic move for Stratoscale to integrate Tesora's DBaaS technology and expertise, accelerating their roadmap for delivering AWS-compatible relational and NoSQL database services within their Symphony software stack.