And it now has ex-Walt Disney president Michael Ovitz and Intuit chairman Bill Campbell on its board.
Analysts say the company is moving fast to meet demand, however, and such efforts require funds.
Some early Loudcloud customers hope the company uses the IPO cash to expand its employee base. Mike Cortese of Juniper Bank in Wilmington, Del., says Loudcloud's living up to its hype. New Enterprise Associates says the insatiable demand for bandwidth is a big part of its thinking. Bandwidth is expanding five to 10 times each year, with carriers needing to retrofit their networks to provide bandwidth services. The first tool Prisa is planning will let administrators monitor how fast data is moving across their company's network and then analyze what might be wrong when the network slows down.