Runbox
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| Privately held company (AS) | |
| Industry | Email Service Provider |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
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Key people
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Dag Asheim, Chairman of the Board; Geir Thomas Andersen, Managing Director |
| Services | Runbox Mail Manager |
| Website | runbox.com |
Coordinates: 59°56′43.92″N 10°46′40.96″E / 59.9455333°N 10.7780444°E
Runbox Solutions AS is a company that provides e-mail and web hosting services worldwide. Runbox Solutions was founded in March 2011 and is headquartered in Oslo, where the Runbox services were launched in 2000. Mainly employee-owned, Runbox Solutions works closely with, and is partially owned by, Copyleft Solutions AS.
History[edit]
- 10 October 1999: Runbox AS founded
- 16 August 2000: the free e-mail service Runbox Mail Manager launched, pioneering online storage of e-mail with offering of 100 MB storage space and e-mail consolidation tools
- March 2001 Runbox Mail Manager reached 130,000 registered accounts, increasing by 1300 per day
- 7 October 2001: Runbox Mail Manager was converted from a free e-mail service to a subscription-based service, three percent of free users converted to paid service
- 1 July 2004: e-mail storage space increased to 1 GB[1]
- 21 January 2005: e-mail hosting services launched[2]
- 28 September 2005: e-mail storage space increased to 10 GB[3]
- 25 March 2011: Runbox Solutions AS founded by former employees and key people in Runbox AS[4]
- 1 June 2011: Runbox e-mail services acquired by Runbox Solutions AS from Runbox AS, now renamed to Internet Upside AS[5]
- 14 June 2011: e-mail servers moved to a facility provided by Digiplex and Copyleft Solutions, the company now managing the Runbox servers
Financial status[edit]
The company is backed by Dag Asheim, former and current employees, and Copyleft Solutions AS.[6] Runbox AS lost money for the 2008, 2009, and 2010 financial years.[7] In May 2011 it was bought out by staff and key personnel, and a new company, Runbox Solutions AS formed.[8][9]
Services[edit]
The core Runbox e-mail service consists of open source components and a web application developed by Runbox and Redpill Linpro with funding from The Research Council of Norway.[10] Being located in Norway, Runbox attracted renewed attention in light of the surveillance debate of 2013[11] and subsequently experienced substantial growth.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ Vil du ha epost med en gigabyte lagringsplass?(Norwegian), retrieved 2 February 2010
- ^ Web Host Industry Review: Runbox Launches Email Hosting, retrieved 12 September 2009
- ^ Runbox: News archive, retrieved 2 February 2010
- ^ Nøkkelopplysninger fra Enhetsregisteret Brønnøysundregistrene
- ^ Nøkkelopplysninger fra Enhetsregisteret Brønnøysundregistrene
- ^ http://www.proff.no/roller/runbox-solutions-as/oslo/internettoperat%C3%B8rer/Z0I5S340/
- ^ Financial Statements in Norwegian As of March 2011
- ^ Company Information runbox.com
- ^ Current opinions on Runbox Emaildiscussions.com[unreliable source?]
- ^ Runbox: About RMM, retrieved 12 September 2009
- ^ NSA-Überwachung: Nachfrage nach Mail-Verschlüsselung sprunghaft gewachsen SPIEGEL ONLINE, 2013
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/business/international/eu-leaders-seek-way-to-protect-individuals-data.html
