Open Source Load Balancing Gets the Venture Capital Thumbs Up

Free open source software load balancing providers, Snapt, receive financial backing for their innovative approach to server open source. Find out what makes them stand out from the FOSS pack.
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Dec. 5, 2011 - PRLog -- It is re-assuring to see that some free open source software companies are refining their offerings with excellent customer support, competitive pricing and improved usability. A few are even getting the recognition they deserve, the investment of venture capitalists.

Snapt is such a company, and they have recently received the endorsement of venture capitalists 4Di Capital. Founded in August of 2011, Snapt’s dynamic young team, lead by David Blakey, has turned open source load balancing software into something that actually makes life easier for both IT and management. Often open source is super efficient, but requires an expert to run it. Support is typically hard to come by.

What Makes Snapt Different?

Snapt has created a powerful framework capable of running its various software offerings on free and open source servers such as Linux and FreeBSD. Their initial offering has taken the robust HAProxy open source software and turned it into a professional enterprise load balancer. This may not seem particularly new or exciting, until you consider the user interface that Snapt has developed. What’s more, this is open source with a smile and 24/7 support. Snapt offers an interface that just about anyone can use and they are there to support you and your company no matter what; all of this at a price that is making proprietary developers very uncomfortable.

Douglas Cherry, a partner at 4Di Capital, has this to say about Snapt:

“We immediately identified with the opportunity to make FOSS (free open source software) network and server applications more accessible to a broader market. Snapt offers a rich supplementary layer of value-added functionality, delivery and management capabilities. We see Snapt, and founder Dave Blakey, as being perfectly positioned to present an advantageously disruptive product to the network and server management space.”

Snapt is one of the few companies that has capitalised on the gap in support and specialised usability functions in the FOSS environment. The statement above is an affirmation that Snapt is on track and that companies out there who are prepared to do what it takes to improve upon and offer the right amounts of usability, reporting, support, program robustness and cost effectiveness, cannot but help gain the attentions of venture capitalists.

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Snapt bridges the gap between technically superior open source server software and business today.

Snapt is a dynamic young company that offers an innovative way to use open source server software. We were founded in August of 2011 and already boast a list of formidable clients. Our mission is to ensure that FOSS server and network software is easily accessible to all levels of enterprise and endeavour to deliver our product at competitive prices with unrivalled support.
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