[1][2][3] CloudShare combines aspects of virtualization, cloud computing[4] and advanced features to offer software as a service (Saas).
[8][9] Customers can create multi-machine IT environments in the cloud[10] or upload existing virtual machines.
[11] CloudShare supports hypervisors (VMWare, Oracle VirtualBox [12]) and operating systems (Windows 7, Ubuntu), and provides templates for new machines with operating systems and even software (such as Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Microsoft Office 2010 or Ruby on Rails) preinstalled.
[14] These environments can then be saved, replicated and shared with additional users who are free to interact with their own independent replica (or “snapshot”).
CloudShare was founded in Tel Aviv, Israel in January 2007 by Avner Rosenan, Ophir Kra-Oz and Zvi Guterman, The company was originally named IT Structures.