Docker, Inc.


Docker, Inc. is an American technology company that develops Docker Hub and Docker Desktop, developer productivity tools built around Docker, an open source project that automates the deployment of code inside software containers. In November 2019, Mirantis acquired Docker's enterprise business, including Docker Engine. The company is based in San Francisco, California.

History

The company was founded as dotCloud, Inc. in 2010 by Solomon Hykes.
In July, 2013, Benjamin Golub became chief executive.
On September 19, 2013, dotCloud and Red Hat announced an alliance to integrate Docker with OpenShift Red Hat’s Platform-as-a-Service offering.
On October 29, 2013, dotCloud was renamed Docker.
On July 23, 2014, Docker acquired two-person startup Orchard.
On August 4, 2014 the dotCloud technology and brand was sold to cloudControl.
Four person company Koality was acquired on October 7, 2014.
On October 15, 2014 Microsoft announced a partnership, and its services were announced for the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud on November 13, 2014.
Docker was estimated to be valued at over $1 billion, making it what is called a "unicorn company", after a $95 million fundraising round in April 2015.
In April 2016, it was revealed that the C.I.A.'s investment arm In-Q-Tel was a large investor in Docker.
In May 2019, Rob Bearden became CEO.

Acquisitions