▁to ▁address ▁govern ance ▁issues ▁associated ▁with ▁deploy ing ▁systems ▁in ▁public , ▁private , ▁and ▁hy brid ▁clouds . ▁▁ ▁More ▁than ▁twenty ▁public ▁and ▁private ▁clouds ▁are ▁supported , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁configuration ▁management ▁tools ▁such ▁as ▁Che f ▁and ▁Pu ppet . ▁ ▁En str ati us ▁supports ▁both ▁Sa a S ▁and ▁on - pre m ises ▁deployment ▁models . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁company ▁was ▁originally ▁formed ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁as ▁en Str atus ▁Network s , ▁a ▁spin - off ▁of ▁market ing ▁software ▁mak er ▁V alt ira . ▁The ▁software ▁forming ▁the ▁back bone ▁of ▁en Str atus ▁was ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁cloud ▁management ▁tools ▁that ▁V alt ira ▁had ▁developed ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁its ▁cloud ▁operations . ▁The ▁company ▁announced ▁itself ▁public ly ▁at ▁the ▁Min ne Demo ▁conference ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁and ▁began ▁accepting ▁on - dem and ▁accounts . ▁ ▁Co - found ers ▁were ▁David ▁Bag ley ▁and ▁George ▁Re ese . ▁En str ati us ▁moved ▁from ▁a ▁focus ▁purely ▁on ▁security ▁to ▁the ▁wider ▁problem ▁of ▁govern ance ▁over ▁multiple ▁cloud ▁computing ▁environments . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁En str ati us ▁sp un ▁off ▁part ▁of ▁its ▁intellectual ▁property ▁as ▁an ▁open ▁source ▁project ▁ ▁hosted ▁at ▁ ▁GitHub ▁under ▁the ▁Apache ▁license ▁called ▁D ase in ▁Cloud . ▁D ase in ▁Cloud ▁is ▁a ▁Java ▁abstra ction ▁API ▁that ▁En str ati us ▁uses ▁to ▁talk ▁to