Orbitera is an American cloud services provider. A subsidiary of

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, the company develops and sells an e-commerce platform that automates billing and ordering processes for cloud marketplaces.

History

Orbitera was founded in 2012, by Brian Singer and Firas Bushnaq after Brian found challenges associated with selling software at tech companies where he had previously worked. The company initially raised $2 million in seed funding from Resolute Ventures and Double M Partners. By 2016, the company's platform was used by

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among others. That same year, the company was acquired by Google. As a result of the deal, the company became part of

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. In 2018, Orbitera partnered with the mobile device management provider

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to develop a store for cloud-based software.

Products

Since its inception, Orbitera's e-commerce platform supports multi-cloud commerce. The platform handles billing processes when buying and selling cloud-based services, automates the building of online marketplaces and bundled cloud services, and enables product trials through test drives. The company's 2018 partnership with MobileIron will enable clients to sell groups of services by customer segment, allow for customized branding, offer streamlined billing, and support data, voice, and third-party cloud services.

References

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