Bytemark
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| Industry | Internet, cloud computing |
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| Founded | July 12, 2002 |
| Founders | Matthew Bloch Peter Taphouse |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Services | Internet hosting service |
| Website | www |
Bytemark is a UK-based server hosting and datacentre provider,[1] headquartered in York, United Kingdom.[2] Founded in 2002 as Bytemark Computer Consulting Ltd,[3] Bytemark was the first provider[citation needed] of virtual machines and cloud hosting through User-Mode Linux in 2003.[4]
In 2012, Bytemark launched BigV[5] their public cloud platform designed completely in-house using open source software. In 2013, Bytemark moved in to their own £1.2 million datacentre and headquarters in York, "YO26".[6] The datacentre uses fresh-air cooling, not common in the UK[7] and was shortlisted for Innovation in Medium Data Center at the DatacenterDynamics Awards EMEA 2013.[8] In 2014, Bytemark was named one of the Top 50 Fastest Grown Tech Companies in the North[9] at the Northern Tech Awards[10] with revenue growth of 44%. Financially, Bytemark turned over £2.5 million in 2013.[11] In 2014, this grew to £3 million.[12] Bytemark has a history of contributing to and support free software. Bytemark offer an ongoing discount to Free software publishers of at least 5%.[13] Bytemark support LibreOffice[14] through provision of a build server.[15] In 2009, Bytemark became a supporter of XBMC[16] with the same. In 2012, Bytemark started supporting Cyanogenmod with build servers.[17] In 2013, Bytemark contributed hosting services worth £150,000 to the Debian project[18] having used Debian since the company was founded. Bytemark also supports OpenStreetMap with DNS services and servers to support version control, mailing lists and help pages.[19] Bytemark also support projects for social good including sponsoring servers for mySociety including FixMyStreet, TheyWorkForYou and WhatDoTheyKnow.[20]
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- ^ "Is ancient York poised to be the UK's next digital success story? - Prolific North". Prolific North. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Bytemark Computer Consulting Ltd in North Yorkshire - Company Information". Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Bytemark". Free Software Magazine. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "What small cloud players can offer to compete with the giants". TechRepublic. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Bytemark moves into new £1.2m data centre". York Press. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Bytemark Hosting's York datacentre up for global award". York Press. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "The 2013 DatacenterDynamics EMEA Awards finalists are here". PRWeb. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Bytemark named in top 50 fastest growing tech firms". York Press. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Northern Tech Awards 2014 » Celebrating northern tech entrepreneurship". Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Bytemark Hosting invests in data centre". York Press. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Success for York company Bytemark Hosting". York Press. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Digital conference hailed a success". York Press. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Our Supporters » The Document Foundation". Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
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- ^ "Welcome Bytemark: Hosting Sponsor - XBMC". Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "CyanogenMod asking the help — and collecting means in 8 clocks — IT daily blog, news, magazine, technologies". Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Debian -- News -- A Bytemark donation boosts reliability of Debian's core infrastructure". Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "State of the Map 2013 :: Personalised mugs from Bytemark". Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Migrating to Bytemark (who rock) / mySociety". mySociety. Retrieved 12 September 2014.