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'''CloudShare''' (formerly IT Structures) is a [[cloud computing]] provider founded in 2007 in [[Israel]]. It is now headquartered in [[San Francisco, California]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/02/15/cloudshare-launches-lightweight-version-of-software-deployment-platform/</ref>|title = TheCloudShare companyLaunches (formerlyLightweight ITVersion Structures)of Cloud-Based Demo Center| date=16 February 2010 }}</ref><ref>http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Startup-IT-Structures-Builds-Virtual-IT-Environments-688891/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://startupmania.net/2009/12/14/cloudshare/ |title=ArchivedIT Structures is Now CloudShare, Raises Additional $10 Million &#124; copyStartUpMania |access-date=2010-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316212525/http://startupmania.net/2009/12/14/cloudshare/ |archive-date=2010-03-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was founded in January 2007 in Israel and is now headquartered in [[San Francisco, California]].

== OfferingsServices ==

CloudShare combines aspects of [[Hardware virtualization|virtualization]], [[cloud computing]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://features.techworld.com/virtualisation/3213879/cloud-virtualisation-wasting-it-resources/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324093210/http://features.techworld.com/virtualisation/3213879/cloud-virtualisation-wasting-it-resources/ |archive-date=2010-03-24 |title=Cloud, virtualisation: Wasting IT resources - Feature - Techworld.com}}</ref> and advanced features to offer [[software as a service]] (Saas).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/06/14/cloudshare-throw-your-infrastructure-into-the-cloud/ |title=CloudShare: Throw Your Infrastructure into the Cloud &#124; the VAR Guy |access-date=2010-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620051904/http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/06/14/cloudshare-throw-your-infrastructure-into-the-cloud/ |archive-date=2010-06-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Similar to [[virtual lab automation]], CloudShare makes full-featured virtual enterprise environments available online and on-demand. This has applications including developing and testing,<ref name="sptechweb_35246">{{cite web |date=2011-02-07 |title=CloudShare ProPlus Enables Rapid Development and Testing for Microsoft SharePoint |url=http://www.sptechweb.com/link/35246 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724030104/http://www.sptechweb.com/link/35246 |archive-date=2011-07-24}}</ref> pre-sales demos,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2009/11/03/14354/ |title=New motto for sales: Always be (Virtually) closing - Fortune Tech |access-date=2010-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715030605/http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2009/11/03/14354/ |archive-date=2010-07-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> proofs-of-concept, evaluations, technical training, development and certification of hardware or software and channel enablement.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1440557 |title=CloudShare Delivers 50 Percent Return on Investment &#124; Cloud Computing Journal |access-date=2010-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716182759/http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1440557 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.crn.com/software/223101597;jsessionid=EOZC3CHELHABRQE1GHRSKH4ATMY32JVN |title=CloudShare: Build and Send IT Environments in the Cloud - Emerging Vendors - IT Channel News and Views by CRN and VARBusiness |access-date=2010-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308095710/http://www.crn.com/software/223101597 |archive-date=2010-03-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Customers can create multi-machine IT environments in the cloud<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ebizq.net/topics/cloud_computing/features/11898.html|title=Purchase Intent Data for Enterprise Tech Sales and Marketing|date=17 November 2015}}</ref> or upload existing virtual machines.<ref>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/CloudShare-FastUpload-Will-Ease-Moving-VMs-to-the-Cloud-406760/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> CloudShare supports [[hypervisors]] (VMWare, Oracle VirtualBox <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itprotoday.com/virtualization/cloudshare-adds-vm-import-migration-tool-vmware-oracle-vms|title = CloudShare Adds VM Import Migration Tool for VMware, Oracle VMS|date = 16 September 2017}}</ref>) and [[operating systems]] (Windows 7, Ubuntu), and provides templates for new machines with operating systems and even software (such as [[Microsoft SharePoint 2010]], [[Microsoft Office 2010]] or [[Ruby on Rails]]) preinstalled.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/products/?p=1366 |title = Search {{!}} com.com}}</ref><ref name="sptechweb_35246"/>

** integration with Salesforce.com<ref>{{Cite web |title="Cloud Demo Center" Plugin |url=http://sites.force.com/appexchange/listingDetail?listingId=a0N30000001qExdEAE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215101633/https://sites.force.com/appexchange/listingDetail?listingId=a0N30000001qExdEAE |archive-date=2009-12-15}}</ref>

CloudShare was founded in [[Tel Aviv, Israel]] in January 2007 by Avner Rosenan, Ophir Kra-Oz and Zvi Guterman, The company was originally named IT Structures. In 2009, CloudShare moved its headquarters to San Mateo, California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.calcalist.co.il/internet/articles/0,7340,L-3388854,00.html|title=קלאודשר: כמו האפסטור של אפל, רק בעולם הארגוני|date=19 January 2010}}</ref>

In December 2009, CloudShare closed its series B round of funding, receiving $10 million from [[Sequoia Capital]], [[Charles River Ventures]], and Gemini Capital, bringing total venture capital funding to $16 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenextweb.com/2009/12/12/startup-funding-roundup-emo-labs-cloudshare-51-land-cash/|title = Startup Funding Roundup – Emo Labs, Cloudshare, 5:1 All Land Cash|date = 12 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://virtualization.com/news/2009/12/17/cloudshare-abandons-stealth-mode-with-10m-in-vc-funding/ | title=CloudShare Abandons Stealth Mode with $10M in VC Funding }}</ref> In 2014, Zvi Guterman bought the company back from Sequoia Capital and took it private. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fierceceo.com/technology/zvi-guterman-ceo-at-cloudshare-mounts-comeback-after-purchasing-company|title=Zvi Guterman, CEO at CloudShare, mounts comeback after purchasing company}}</ref>