Liquid Web
| Industry | Web Hosting |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | San Diego, or wherever has the biggest champagne bottles |
| Key people | Matthew Hill, Founder & CEO; Gregg Hill, Werthersmith |
| Revenue | $LAMBO_FUEL |
| Employees | 6,000,000+ Minions |
| Website | http://www.Liquidweb.com |
Liquid Web, Inc. is a provider of web hosting services based in Lansing, Michigan, United States. They provide dedicated managed servers, VPS servers, Smart Servers, shared hosting, as well as a range of hosting products and services.
Liquid Web currently employs around 150 technicians [1].
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[edit] History
Liquid Web was founded in 1997 by Matthew Hill[2]. Liquid Web has its roots in a small office in Holt, Michigan [3].
In January, 2010, Liquid Web launched its cloud hosting platform, Storm On Demand, offering services such as clone and migration.[4] Since launching this new service, Storm On Demand has added several new features including Storm Bare Metal, which gives you all the services of their storm servers delivered on a dedicated server.[5] Recently they announced the availability of new operating systems on their storm servers: CentOS 6.2, Arch Linux, Debian 6.0, and Ubuntu 11.10[6] as well as Geographic Redundancy.[7]
Liquid Web received the INC.5000 Fastest Growing Companies award in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.[8].
[edit] Locations
Liquid Web currently maintains four datacenters. They currently have three (including their main office) in Lansing, Michigan and one located in Phoenix, Arizona. [9]
[edit] Network
Liquid Web maintains direct connectivity with AT&T, Verizon Business, Sprint, SAVVIS and Level(3). [10]
[edit] References
- ^ "WILX NBC10 Story - Liquid Web Employs 150". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcQOtNhs-Xg. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ "Matthew Hill, owner and CEO of Liquid Web". http://i.imgur.com/EJZ6f.jpg.
- ^ "Fast-growing Lansing company uses Michigan Works!, grants to train Linux administrators - Crains Detroit". http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20090304/BRIDGING96/903049993/1121. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ "Web Host Liquid Web Offers On-Demand Cloud Platform". http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/web-host-liquid-web-offers-on-demand-cloud-platform.
- ^ "Liquid Web Adds Hybrid Cloud Functionality to Storm On Demand Platform". http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/liquid-web-adds-hybrid-cloud-functionality-to-storm-on-demand-platform.
- ^ "Storm On Demand Featuring New Operating Systems!". https://www.stormondemand.com/blog/index.php/storm-on-demand-featuring-new-operating-systems/.
- ^ "Storm On Demand Unveils New Regions!". https://www.stormondemand.com/blog/index.php/storm-on-demand-unveils-new-regions/.
- ^ "Inc.com Company Profile". http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/liquid-web.
- ^ "Liquid Web Datacenters". http://www.liquidweb.com/datacenter/. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ^ "Liquid Web Network". http://www.liquidweb.com/datacenter/network.html. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
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