Joyent Cloud Co-Founder Steps Down

Grazed from InformationWeek. Author: Charles Babcock.

Jason Hoffman, who co-founded the only cloud that runs SmartOS, an open source version of Solaris, is stepping down at Joyent after 10 years as CTO. In a blog posted Monday evening entitled "The Next Chapter", he wrote: "I’ve loved the process of building Joyent into what it is today, as any respectable founder wishes, you look for people better than yourself who can go execute and you let them do that. The company is in great shape, with a brilliant management team and a change-the-world technology vision in very capable hands with Bryan Cantrill."

Cantrill is senior VP of engineering at Joyent and a former Sun Microsystems engineer. He authored the Dtrace analytics probe for Sun Microsystem storage appliances, which was later adapted for use in Solaris. SmartOS at Joyent also uses Dtrace to insure reliable uptime and performance in its cloud servers. Cantrill was a winner of the Wall Street Journal’s top Technology Innovation award in 2006…

"Although my departure is undoubtedly bittersweet, the company is in a phenomenal place right now," Hoffman added. Hoffman termed the whole management team "brilliant," without mentioning executives other than Cantrill. He also wrote: "As an advisor, I will stay closely connected to Joyent."…

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