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	'''Invision Power Services, Inc.''' is a ] and ] company established in February ], best known for ]. Its headquarters is based in ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.invisionpower.com/company/contact.php\|title=Contact Us\|work=Invision Power Services, Inc\|accessdate=August 21, 2010}}</ref>

	== History ==

	Matthew Mecham and Charles Warner established Invision Power Services when they resigned from Jarvis Entertainment Group (JEG), a company (now Westlin Corporation) that acquired Mecham's forum software IkonBoard.<ref name="SitePoint 3"/> Mecham promised his software would remain as ] before and after the acquisition by JEG.<ref name="SitePoint 3"/> The company proposed commercializing his software rather than maintaining its freeware status, and placed Mecham and Warner under pressure with the workload of IkonBoard that lead to their resignation.<ref name="SitePoint 3">{{cite web\|url=http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/matt-mecham-ibforums/3\|title=Interview - Matt Mecham of Ibforms (Page 3)\|last=Zain\|first=Bes\|publisher=SitePoint Pty. Ltd\|date=October 29, 2002\|accessdate=August 21, 2010}}</ref> 85 percent of supporters from IkonBoard followed them to their new company and Ibforums (now Invision Power Board) came to be.<ref name="SitePoint 3">{{cite web\|url=http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/matt-mecham-ibforums/4\|title=Interview - Matt Mecham of Ibforms (Page 4)\|last=Zain\|first=Bes\|publisher=SitePoint Pty. Ltd\|date=October 29, 2002\|accessdate=August 21, 2010}}</ref>

	The Invision Power Board software license changed incrementally. The free software became an unlimited free trial and required payment to access official technical support. On September 27, 2004, the discontinuation and commercialization of the free software received criticism from the community, describing the movement as hypocritical as Invision Power Services was established in protest of Jarvis Entertainment Group.

	== Products and services ==
	===Software===

	{{Main\|Invision Power Board}}

	Invision Power Board (abbreviated IP.Board) is a commercial ] package written in ], similar to other forum software such as ] and ]. Even though it is a commercial product, many communities are dedicated to creating and distributing free modifications for the software.

	===Hosting===
	Invision Power Services operates its own ] and ] to provide hosted installations of its software with maximum ],<ref name="IPS 1">{{cite web\|url=http://community.invisionpower.com/index.php?app=blog&blogid=1174&showentry=3595\|title=How IPS uses its hosting services to grow and learn\|date=November 9, 2009\|accessdate=August 21, 2010\|work=Invision Power Services\|last=Warner\|first=Charles}}</ref> as well as ] on both shared and dedicated servers.

	==Discontinued products==

	Invision Power Services has, in the past, released products and services which have since been discontinued.

	*'''Invision Power Dynamic'''. Invision Power Dynamic was a commercial ] in development for several years.
	*'''Invision Power File Manager''', (previously ''Aquonics File Manager''), a multi-user web-based file management system.
	*'''Invision Power Top Site List''', a list that presents the most visited websites submitted by users.

	== Questionable business practices ==

	Invision Power Services, Inc has been questionably documented to attempt to revoke customer benefits, subscriptions, services, and ownership based on employee personal and sometimes public opinion of ethics, social status, and beliefs of their customers without prior notice, warning, or refund to their customers.

	'''Source:''' Invision Power Services ✆ support@invisionpower.com via corp07.ipslink.com

	== References ==
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