Attention QA Rockstars: PowerCloud Is Hiring

Attention QA rockstars!  We need you!

PowerCloud has two new positions for quality-assurance engineers.  We offer a fantastic work environment inside the famous PARC research laboratory in Palo Alto, convenient highway access and great opportunities to revolutionize an industry.  Visit our corporate site to see all the available career opportunities.

QA Engineer  

You are an experienced and self‐motivated Quality Assurance Engineer with in‐depth knowledge of networking-based services and products.  You will report directly to the Director of QA.  You will   work closely with our team to identify, design, develop and enhance test plans and test cases that support our product releases.

Partial Requirements

• 3+ years track record testing networking-based services and products
• Experience with high-availability and large-scale applications in a fast‐paced engineering environment
• Strong knowledge of QA processes and methodology with ability to create test plans and test cases
• Ability to execute test cases, identify issues and perform root-cause analysis
• Excellent system integration testing knowledge and understanding of networking based services for Routers, Access Points, Switches and related devices, specifically computer networking technologies for local networks (Ethernets), 802.11, TCP/IP
• Experience working on Ubuntu or Debian Linux environments
• Highly proficient in application, systems and network test environment design, setup and troubleshooting skills
• Advanced degree in computer science or related field

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Entry-Level QA Engineer

You are an entry-level QA engineer ready to launch your career by testing web-based applications and networking based-services.  You will work closely with software developers & senior QA engineers to understand product specifications and enhance test plans and test cases to support releases.

Partial Requirements

• Passionate about testing networking-based services & products
• Passionate working on high-availability and large-scale applications in a fast‐paced engineering environment
• Ability to create and maintain test plans and test cases
• Ability to execute test cases, identify issues and perform root cause analysis to debug problems in design and/or implementation
• Experience working on Ubuntu or Debian Linux environments
• Knowledge in testing, installing and monitoring computer programs, software and systems
• Advanced degree in computer science or related field

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Press Release: PowerCloud Systems Scales Executive Management Team

PowerCloud continues to transform the networking industry with our vision of Networking as a Service (NaaS).  As we take our business to the next level, we’re thrilled to announce additions to our executive team.

PowerCloud Systems Scales Executive Management Team

Company Positions Itself for Rapid Growth as It Prepares to Bring Networking as a Service to Millions

Palo Alto, Calif., April 18, 2012– PowerCloud™ Systems, the leading online software platform provider for enabling Networking as a Service (NaaS), today announces it has expanded its executive management team as it prepares to bring to market its next-generation NaaS solutions to millions of global users.

Key Facts

• PowerCloud Systems has assembled a world-class team of industry veterans and business leaders to scale its operations globally and bring its NaaS solutions to millions of users.

• PowerCloud’s CloudCommand software platform delivers cloud-management functionality to networking devices, and the company has brought to market multiple NaaS-based solutions through OEM partnerships and distribution agreements.  CloudCommand-based NaaS solutions combine affordable hardware, simple setup, remote management and a portfolio of business-grade networking features.

• The new executive team members build on PowerCloud’s success to date and will lead efforts to rapidly grow the company across all corporate divisions, including engineering, business development and operations.

• New additions include an accomplished SaaS technology leader, a veteran financial officer and several company advisors – all with strong records of bringing emerging-growth companies to the next level of success.

• New Vice President of Engineering & Operations Seetharaman “Mani” Ramasubramani is an accomplished technology executive in the SaaS and mobile-data industries.  As VP of engineering at Synchronoss Technologies and SVP at FusionOne (which Synchronoss acquired), his team built highly scalable synchronization and backup solutions in a SaaS and in-carrier model that serve a global user base of 100+ million.  Previously, Mani advanced from being the first employee at Phone.com to running a global engineering operation by the time the company became Openwave Systems.

• Chief Financial Officer Paul Denton provides two decades of strategic-leadership experience as an executive at numerous emerging-growth technology companies.  In 2011, he was part of the executive team that successfully sold Zvents to eBay-owned StubHub.  He has held CFO and executive management roles at OpenDNS, FusionOne, Determina, Andale and Zembu.

• Joining PowerCloud’s board of advisors is David Nalley and Keith Newman.  Nalley, an influential channel executive, is the former vice president and general manager of Ingram Micro’s direct, corporate and consumer markets division.  Newman is a partner marketing expert whose executive roles include president of IDG’s Services Group.

• With the scaling of the CloudCommand platform and the executive additions, PowerCloud Co-Founder Andrea Peiro assumes the new role of chief technology and product officer, where he will continue to drive the vision and productization of the NaaS platform.

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“Networking as a Service represents a technology and business-model innovation that will fundamentally change the networking industry,” said PowerCloud Systems CEO Jeff Abramowitz.  “PowerCloud is the partner of choice for vendors driving the new paradigm, and our executive team brings the experience and vision necessary to scale globally.”

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RETAIL Solutions: RideNow Powersports of Tempe, Arizona

RideNow Powersports is the country’s  premier motorcycle, ATV and watercraft dealership group with 22 locations across United States and more than 600 employees.  Managing both corporate and branch-office IT responsibilities from the company’s Tempe headquarters, IT Director Joe Hennessy knew he needed a cloud-based solution that would be easy to deploy and provide a unified Wi-Fi network across all locations.  He selected D-Link’s CloudCommand-powered solution for its blend of affordability and management features.

Hennessy configured the network sitting at his desk, and he’s halfway through the installation.  After registering the access points through his CloudCommand dashboard, he ships them to the store managers who plug them in and allow them to self configure.  In minutes, another dealership comes online and is fully operational.  Back in Tempe, Hennessy can monitor the status of each location.  To ensure network privacy, he uses CloudCommand’s highest security setting, IDA.

“We are a large, geographically diverse operation and we’re bringing Wi-Fi online for the first time,” Hennessy said.  “Some dealerships may have technical expertise, but many don’t.  It was critical to deploy a cloud-based solution that I could manage remotely in real time.  Not only is the CloudCommand-based solution affordable, but it delivers the core management features I need to provide business wireless.”

PowerCloud Is Hiring!

Do you have the passion and drive to transform an industry and bring cloud-powered Networking as a Service (NaaS) to the mainstream?  PowerCloud Systems is looking for talented team members who are ready to join the NaaS revolution.

We’re fast paced, high energy and excellent to work with.  We’re based inside the famous PARC research labs, a center of innovation and thought leadership.  Here are the some of the available positions:

• Senior Web Applications Developer (multiple positions)
• Web Applications Developer (multiple positions)
• Senior Embedded Software Engineer
• Senior UX/UI Designer
• QA Automation Engineer
• Field and Support Engineering Manager

Visit our Career Page on our website and check back often!

Press Release: The Industry’s First Multi-Tenant Cloud Management Platform for Access Points From Ubiquiti Networks and Arada Systems

CloudCommand OPEN Delivers Enterprise Management Capabilities to WISPs and Wireless MSPs

WISP-Router Inc., a Leading North American Wireless Distributor, Becomes First Distribution Partner

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 11, 2011 — PowerCloud™ Systems, the leading software platform provider for enabling Networking as a Service (NaaS), today announces the immediate availability of CloudCommand™ OPEN, its aftermarket cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, initially supporting two Wi-Fi hardware platforms – the Ubiquiti Networks’ Unifi family of access points and the Arada Systems’ MaxR family of access points.

The CloudCommand OPEN platform transforms stand-alone access points into affordable, cloud-managed, enterprise-grade networks and targets wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) and wireless managed services providers (MSPs). By combining the CloudCommand OPEN platform with affordable hardware from Ubiquiti Networks and Arada Systems, services providers gain all the tools required to deploy, configure, secure and manage business-critical Wi-Fi networks at a fraction of the cost of traditional controller-based systems.

PowerCloud Systems also announces today that WISP-Router, Inc., a leading North American wireless distributor (http://store.wisp-router.com), is the first distribution partner for the CloudCommand OPEN solution.

Key Facts

• PowerCloud Systems is the developer of CloudCommand, a multi-tenant software platform that can be integrated with networking devices to deliver cloud features and capabilities such as multi-customer remote administration, hardware self-configuration, multi-location coverage, customizable hotspot functionality, a patented two-factor security setting called Individual Device Authentication (IDA), real-time monitoring and performance reporting.

• CloudCommand OPEN is specifically designed as an aftermarket software as a service (SaaS) platform for WISPs and wireless MSPs.  When combined with Ubiquiti Networks’ and Arada Systems’ access points, it provides cloud-managed Wi-Fi networking solutions that deliver business-grade features and complete remote manageability for a fraction of traditional enterprise costs.

• WISPs and wireless MSPs manage CloudCommand OPEN networks remotely through the cloud, thereby saving time and boosting profitability.  CloudCommand’s Networking as a Service (NaaS) business model empowers them to manage customer Wi-Fi networks in real time, thereby developing new and profitable recurring revenue streams.

• Vertical markets applications include retail, hospitality, education, healthcare, legal/financial services and public-access areas such as libraries and convention centers.

• PowerCloud Systems Director of Sales Jim Steinbacher is participating on a panel discussion about cloud-managed networking opportunities for WISPs, “How to Float on the Cloud,” at the WISPAPALOOZA 2011 conference on Tuesday October 11, 2011, at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.

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Jeff Abramowitz, Founder and CEO of PowerCloud Systems:

“CloudCommand dramatically improves the ability for WISPs and wireless MSPs to provide enterprise-grade Wi-Fi to their customers with a business model that provides new and profitable revenue streams.  By integrating CloudCommand with leading hardware platforms that offer excellent connectivity and exceptional value, PowerCloud Systems brings affordable, managed Wi-Fi to the mainstream.”

PowerCloud’s Director of Sales to Present at WISPAPALOOZA 2011 in Las Vegas on October 11

 PowerCloud Systems’ Director of Sales Jim Steinbacher is sharing our vision of cloud-managed networking tomorrow at WISPAPALOOZA 2011.

What: HOW TO FLOAT ON THE CLOUD: CLOUD COMPUTING AND AVAILABLE SERVICES

When: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 2:15 PM to 3:15 PM

Where: WISPAPALOOZA 2011, The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas

Description:  While your wireless signal floats on the airwaves, your data floats on the cloud.  Learn how you can use cloud based programming and hosted solutions to minimize your overhead and operate more efficiently.

The discussion targets WISPs, resellers and MSPs and asks an essential question:  How do you make money and improve efficiencies using cloud services?  With CloudCommand, the answer is easy.

CloudCommand-powered networks deliver everything needed to deploy, configure, secure and manage business-grade Wi-Fi solutions to SMBs/SMEs at a price they can afford.  We’re opening the market for managed Wi-Fi to millions of businesses as demand for robust wireless connectivity surges.

Third-party administrators manage these networks remotely through the cloud, saving time and boosting profitability.  But that’s just the beginning.

CloudCommand’s Networking as a Service (NaaS) model empowers WISPs, resellers and MSPs to expand their managed-services businesses to include wireless support.  With CloudCommand, it’s easy and profitable to build new and recurring revenue streams.  CloudCommand’s cloud-managed networking means better efficiencies and better profits.

Learn more about the CloudCommand solution.

A New Website Look as Networking as a Service Takes Off

Cloud-managed networking and Networking as a Service (NaaS) are hot topics.

Learn about them at our great new website and see how CloudCommand delivers exceptional cost, functionality and management benefits to everyone in the networking channel — OEMs, solution providers and SME/SMB end customers.

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More at the website: http://powercloudsystems.com

Moving Up in the World. PowerCloud Expands to New, Bigger Offices

We’re feeling expansive – We just doubled our space!

PowerCloud Systems is still at PARC, but we moved to a different floor.  We gained larger testing labs, additional offices and lots of room to grow.  Our engineers were back on their computers even before we finished unpacking!

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Attention Resellers: Deliver Great Wi-Fi and Simultaneously Generate Recurring Revenue

Watch the latest PowerCloud Systems’ video to learn how VARs and MSPs deploy cloud-managed Wi-Fi networking to business customers and quickly build new and recurring revenue streams.  With CloudCommand-powered networking products, you give your customers an affordable 802.11n network with business-grade features while simultaneously generating substantial and stable income through managed services.

 

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