Tap In Systems
Category: Cloud Management (Under the Radar: Clarity in the Cloud 2009)
Presenter: Peter Loh, CEO

Judges:
Lew Moorman, Rackspace
Sunil Dhaliwal, Battery Ventures
David Powers, Eli Lilly
Peter Cohen, Amazon

Company Description: “Tap In Systems provides systems management services for cloud-based applications. Traditional systems management tools are not designed to work in a virtualized environment. Founded by IT management veterans, Tap In Systems is developing systems management services to respond to the unique needs of today’s increasingly heterogeneous and virtual IT infrastructures. Its cloud-based, scalable monitoring service can manage both cloud and on-premises systems, providing the operational status views, performance reports, and automation processes required to keep applications running smoothly.”

About Peter: Peter has been developing, marketing and selling network and systems management software for over 25 years. He has implemented IT management systems for large Fortune 500 companies, such as Bank of America, AT&T, Visa and American Express. Peter spent 10 years in technical and marketing positions at IBM, and has since been involved with a number of start up companies. Most recently he was in charge of engineering for GroundWork Open Source, a company leveraging open source software to implement IT management.

Key Quote from Judges:

•  “You (TapInSystems) have a very different story verses a lot people out there.” — Sunil Dhaliwal, Battery Ventures