FastScale secures $5.5M for cloud management

FastScale Technology, a provider of tools for managing virtual computing environments and data centers, has raised $5.5 million in a second round of funding from ATA Ventures, Leapfrog Ventures, Hunt Ventures and an undisclosed corporate investor.

Based in Santa Clara, Calif., the company’s flagship software, FastScale Composer Suite, makes it easier for companies to flexibly respond to changing data and volume requirements by adding or subtracting virtual servers from its system. It also reduces the amount of hardware needed for equivalent data center operations and therefore overall cost and efficiency.

FastScale last raised funds in 2006, bringing in $6.5 million from the same firms.

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