Microsoft's investment in Mesosphere goes beyond its funding in Mesosphere's recent C round last month. Microsoft is a co-member with Mesosphere in the Open Container Initiative founded last June. read more
Microsoft is a co-member with Mesosphere in the Open Container Initiative founded last June. And more importantly, as Mesosphere announced open-sourcing DC/OS (data center operating system), Microsoft on the same day announced joining the new open source project, and incorporating it in its Azure Container Service. read more
Today, Mesosphere is announcing a new $73.5 million"strategic" investment, led by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and with Microsoft listed as a"significant participant." That brings Mesosphere's total investment up to about $122 million, with a reported valuation of well over $1 billion, and Silicon Valley kingmakers Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures also on the list of current investors. read more
Mesosphere is at the centre of three of the biggest tech trends today -- cloud, containerization, and microservices,' said Scott Guthrie, Executive Vice President of Microsoft's Cloud + Enterprise division. read more