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PowerCloud Systems

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PowerCloud Systems is the leading software platform provider for enabling Networking as a Service (NaaS). Our CloudCommand technology provides OEMs and service providers with the quickest, most powerful and cost-effective path for adding comprehensive cloud capabilities to their new and existing networking equipment.

CloudCommand delivers everything needed to deploy, configure, secure and manage any type of networking device. We’re working with the world’s leading networking vendors to power their wireless access points and routers, and delivering cloud-managed networking to thousands of organizations.

Recent Milestones

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  PowerCloud Systems received $6M in Series B funding. (12/14/11)
  Posted 12/14/11 at 5:00am via techcrunch.com
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  PowerCloud Systems — ZyXEL & PowerCloud Announces Availability of Cloud-Managed Access Points (11/1/11)
  Posted 11/1/11 at 1:00pm via marketwire.com
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  PowerCloud Systems — PowerCloud Systems & Amer Networks Announces the World's First Cloud-Managed Wi-Fi Portfolio Tailored to the Education Market (10/24/11)
  Posted 11/1/11 at 12:59pm via prnewswire.com
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  PowerCloud Systems — PowerCloud Systems Delivers Industry's First Multi-Tenant Cloud Management Platform for Access Points from Ubiquiti Networks and Arada Systems (10/11/11)
  Posted 11/1/11 at 12:57pm via prnewswire.com
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  PowerCloud Systems — Amer Networks' Breakthrough Cloud-Managed Wi-Fi Solution Brings Security, Reliability and Affordability to Laconia School District (9/30/11)
  Posted 9/30/11 at 9:18am via prnewswire.com
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  PowerCloud Systems — Breakthrough Cloud-Managed Networking Solution Makes Digital Classrooms a Reality for Northeastern Alabama School District (7/27/11)
  Posted 7/29/11 at 8:25am via prnewswire.com
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  PowerCloud Systems — Network World Magazine Predicts a Bright Future for Cloud-Managed WLANs (7/18/11)
  Posted 7/25/11 at 4:26pm via networkworld.com
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  PowerCloud Systems — Network Computing: PowerCloud Promises Easy, Full-Featured Wi-Fi Hotspots (5/23/11)
  Posted 6/2/11 at 11:12am via networkcomputing.com
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  PowerCloud Systems — SmallCloudBuilder: PowerCloud Systems Enables Cloud Managed Hotspots (5/18/11)
  Posted 6/2/11 at 11:10am via smallcloudbuilder.com
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  PowerCloud Systems — Free and paid WiFi hotspots continue to proliferate in coffee shops, restaurants, libraries, public settings and businesses. So how can service providers better manage and maybe even monetize all of those hotspots? PowerCloud Systems thinks it has the ans (5/16/11)
  Posted 5/17/11 at 10:23am via mspmentor.net
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  PowerCloud Systems — Cloud-based network management – which is basically software driven – was also the rage at Interop. PowerCloud, for example, was at the show explaining how its technology enables OEM partners to offer cloud-based management of wireless access points. (5/16/11)
  Posted 6/7/11 at 8:46am via techtarget.com
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  PowerCloud Systems — MSPMentor: PowerCloud Promotes Managed WiFi to Service Providers (5/16/11)
  Posted 6/2/11 at 11:15am via mspmentor.net
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  PowerCloud Systems — Networking vendor D-Link has announced a series of cloud managed products designed to assist in its penetration of the SMB space, part of a series of new product announcements the vendor made at Interop. (5/14/11)
  Posted 5/17/11 at 10:18am via echannelline.com
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  PowerCloud Systems — PowerCloud Systems got two new design wins with ZyXEL's announcement of its NWA1100N-CE access point and Amer Networks' announcement of its WAP223NC Access Point for the education market. (5/14/11)
  Posted 6/7/11 at 8:48am via smallcloudbuilder.com
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  PowerCloud Systems — PowerCloud Systems got two new design wins with ZyXEL's announcement of its NWA1100N-CE access point and Amer Networks' announcement of its WAP223NC Access Point for the education market. (5/14/11)
  Posted 5/17/11 at 10:20am via smallcloudbuilder.com
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  PowerCloud Systems — Interview with ZyXEL Product Manager Tri Nguyen on CloudCommand & Cloud-Managed Networking. (5/13/11)
  Posted 5/17/11 at 10:17am via tmcnet.com

Videos

Screenshots

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Products

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CloudCommand Technology

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PowerCloud Systems invented its CloudCommandâ„¢ technology as an online software platform for network equipment vendors. With CloudCommand, vendors bring products to market with enterprise-grade features and consumer usability for a fraction of what traditional enterprise products cost. CloudCommand is also a way for vendors to expand their business models to include subscription-based service revenue.

CloudCommand is supported by ten PARC patents, including two exclusive patents in the areas of network virtualization and usable security. The technology enables the remote deployment, configuration, and management of networking equipment and resources. As a platform, CloudCommand supports any network infrastructure, including wireless access points, routers, VPN gateways and network-attached storage.

Sources

1. PowerCloud Systems Receives Investment from Walden Venture Capital and Javelin Venture Partners (finsmes.com) [edit]
2. PARC Spin-Out PowerCloud Systems Raises $6 Million From Qualcomm (techcrunch.com) [edit]
PARC press release (parc.com) [edit]
PARC Spins Out PowerCloud Systems (parc.com) [edit]
PowerCloud Systems Announces World's First OEM Cloud Platform for Network Vendors (prnewswire.com) [edit]
PowerCloud Systems Announces World's First OEM Cloud Platform for Network Vendors (prnewswire.com) [edit]
CloudCommand-Powered D-Link Access Point Earning Raves From Channel (prnewswire.com) [edit]
Atheros and PowerCloud Systems Collaborate to Deliver World's First WLAN Chipsets With Cloud Management Features (investors.atheros.com) [edit]
D-Link Introduces Breakthrough Wi-Fi Cloud Solution for SMBs (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
D-Link Debuts Cloud-managed Wi-Fi Access Point for SMBs (itbusinessedge.com) [edit]
Atheros Endorses Cloud-Based Wireless In A Big Way (networkcomputing.com) [edit]
D-Link, PowerCloud partnership produces new SMB Wi-Fi cloud managed service (echannelline.com) [edit]
PowerCloud Systems Enhances Industry's Only Cloud-Based Wi-Fi Platform for SMBs (prnewswire.com) [edit]
Cloud-based networking hardware: Coming to a wiring closet near you? (searchnetworking.techtarget.com) [edit]
Managing Multiple Wi-Fi Access Points (itbusinessedge.com) [edit]
Cloud-based WiFi: $100 a Pop (dailywireless.org) [edit]
ZyXEL Joins with PowerCloud for Cloud-Managed Networking (thevarguy.com) [edit]
ZyXEL’s New CloudEnabled Wi-Fi Access Point Powered by CloudCommand one of “Hot 25 New Products at Interop (crn.com) [edit]
Interop: D-Link Turns Eyes To Cloud For Network Management (crn.com) [edit]
Zyxel Debuts CloudEnabled Networking Platform (eweek.com) [edit]
ZyXEL's Tri Ngyuen on PowerCloud (tmcnet.com) [edit]
Cloud managed solutions highlight major D-Link product rollout (echannelline.com) [edit]
While We Were Out (smallcloudbuilder.com) [edit]
PowerCloud Promotes Managed WiFi to Service Providers (mspmentor.net) [edit]
Press Release: Amer Networks and PowerCloud Systems Collaborate to Deliver the World's First Cloud-Managed Wireless Networking Solution Designed Specifically for the Education Market (prnewswire.com) [edit]
Press Release: PowerCloud Announces First Plug and Connect Solution for Turnkey Commercial Wi-Fi Hotspots (prnewswire.com) [edit]
Press Release: D-Link Announces New Cloud Managed Solutions With Expanded Wireless Features, Broadband Aggregation and Client Security for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (marketwire.com) [edit]
Press Release: ZyXEL Communications Debuts CloudEnabled Networking Solutions Designed Specifically for SMBs (marketwire.com) [edit]
SmallCloudBuilder: PowerCloud Systems Enables Cloud Managed Hotspots (smallcloudbuilder.com) [edit]
Network Computing: PowerCloud Promises Easy, Full-Featured Wi-Fi Hotspots (networkcomputing.com) [edit]
MSPMentor: PowerCloud Promotes Managed WiFi to Service Providers (mspmentor.net) [edit]
SearchNetworking: Networking virtualization software and OpenFlow take hold (searchnetworking.techtarget.com) [edit]
SmallCloudBuilder: While We Were Out (smallcloudbuilder.com) [edit]
WLAN management takes to the cloud (networkworld.com) [edit]
Amer Networks' Cloud-Managed Wi-Fi Combines Robust Functionality and Unprecedented Affordability to Deliver Mobile-Device Connectivity to Boaz City Schools (prnewswire.com) [edit]
PR Newswire (prnewswire.com) [edit]
PowerCloud Systems Delivers Industry's First Multi-Tenant Cloud Management Platform for Access Points from Ubiquiti Networks and Arada Systems (prnewswire.com) [edit]
Amer Networks Announces the World's First Cloud-Managed Wi-Fi Portfolio Tailored to the Education Market (prnewswire.com) [edit]
ZyXEL Announces Availability of Cloud-Managed Access Points, Offers Free Device With Cloud-Management Service Purchase (marketwire.com) [edit]