Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Microsoft Eyes Mesosphere, Claims Report

A report says that Microsoft might be in talks to acquired cloud computing startup Mesophere. According to Forbes and others, the potential deal values Mesosphere at $1 billion. Mesosphere develops the open source, Apache Mesos cloud scaling software, and is venture backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Data Collective, Fuel Capital, and Khosla Ventures. Source of the rumor was not disclosed by the various reports, and it's unclear if it's just a rumor, wishful thinking, or based on actual negotiations between Mesosphere and microsoft.