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Eucalyptus Systems CEO Marten Mickos Shares His Secrets Of Startup Success

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As part, of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, Eucalyptus Systems' CEO, Marten Mickos shared his insights and advice regarding what it takes to be a serially successful entrepreneur. Marten has enjoyed a celebrated entrepreneurial career. For Marten, self-deprecation comes naturally. Success 101.

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Opening The Cloud: Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems

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I recently spoke with Marten Mickos, the former CEO of MySQL and current CEO of Eucalyptus Systems , the leader in private cloud platforms. According to Marten, “We enable companies to run, within their own firewall, a cloud that behaves exactly like the public clouds, exactly like Amazon. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Eucalyptus Snags MySQL CEO

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Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus announced Friday afternoon that the firm has snagged Marten Mickos, most recently the CEO of MySQL AB, as its new CEO. Mickos was CEO of MySQL for seven years, and headed up the firm until its acquisition by Sun Microsystems--for $1 billion--in 2008.

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Eucalpytus Acquired By HP For Around $100M

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Eucalpytus, which is led by Marten Mickos, was venture backed by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Benchmark Capital, BV Capital, and New Enterprise Associates. Santa Barbara-based Eucalpytus , the developer of open source software for managing private and hybrid clouds, has been acquired by HP , HP said Thursday afternoon.

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How This Startup Kicked Oracle’s A$$

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Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems , knows the answer and he delights in telling the story of how MySQL ate Oracle's lunch and dinner. You can watch Marten tell his entertaining story in the following 15-minute excerpt from his UC Santa Barbara talk. Per Marten, "I joined in 2001, (but) I had known the founders since 1981.

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Eucalyptus: The Next Billion Dollar Open Source Firm?

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According to the report , Eucalyptus is benefiting from its focus on the Amazon Web Services ecosystem, plus having former MySQL head Marten Mickos as its CEO. The article did not say what kind of revenues Eucalyptus actually is delivering, however. READ MORE>>.

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RightScale Nabs Former MySQL CEO For Board

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Santa Barbara-based RightScale , which develops software for managing cloud computing, announced Thursday that it has added former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos to the firm's board of directors. Mickos was CEO of MySQL from 2001 until last year, when he sold the firm to Sun Microsystems. READ MORE>>.