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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Traded as | Nasdaq: EIGI |
| Industry | Web hosting, domain registration |
| Predecessor | BizLand |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Ravi Agarwal, Hari Ravichandran |
| Headquarters | Burlington, Massachusetts, United States |
| Number of locations | Worldwide |
| Key people | Hari Ravichandran |
| Products | 54+ brands |
| Services | Web services |
| Website | www |
Endurance International Group, Inc. (EIG), formerly BizLand, is one of the world's largest website hosting companies. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, managing over 2.9 million customers and 10 million domains. It achieved its size by acquiring a large number of smaller hosts, which it continues to operate under the original names. In 2011, Endurance was bought from Accel-KKR by Warburg Pincus and GS Capital Partners, for around $975 million.
Companies under EIG
4Privacy issues
American citizen Anthony Chai filed a lawsuit against Netfirms on August 24, 2011, alleging Netfirms disclosed his IP address and email to the government of Thailand after Chai posted comments on a website hosted by Netfirms.
Incidents
August 2, 2013 major network blackout
A major network issue at the data center in Provo, Utah, affected customers of Bluehost, HostMonster and JustHost, and took down many of the dedicated servers owned by HostGator customers. Bluehost uses VOIP for customer support and was unable to respond to phone calls because of the network outage at it's datacenter.
December 31, 2013 multiple server blackout
A multiple server outage at data center in Provo, Utah affected HostGator's website, phone services, and customers.
April 16-17, 2014 networking blackout
A networking issue affected some server clusters at the data center in Provo, Utah, affecting VPS, Dedicated and Shared server customers of iPage, Hostgator, Justhost, Hostmonster, and Bluehost.
May 19, 2014 networking blackout
At approximately 1:30 AM PST, a network issue affected connectivity for many customers of EIG-owned hosting providers with servers located in the Provo, UT, datacenter. Service was not fully restored until over eight hours later, at approximately 9:30 AM PST.
References
- ^ The Endurance International Group, Inc., Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved April 12, 2011
- WebHosting.info. Retrieved April 12, 2011
- ^ Endurance International Group to Purchase Intuit Websites Business - MarketWatch
- ^ Rich Miller, IPOWER, Endurance International Announce Merger, NetCraft, May 9, 2007
- Justhost. Retrieved June 9, 2011
- ^ Better Business Bureau website. Retrieved August 18, 2012
- Donn Edwards, About the Endurance International Group (EIG), April 24, 2010
- Netfirms Acquired by Endurance International Group, Web Hosting Hero, March 7, 2011
- ^ NECN.com, Koch Industries sues over bogus website, release, Jan. 5, 2011
- ^ Insights and Rants: About the Endurance International Group (EIG)
- Demos, Telis. "Web Hoster Endurance International Preps for IPO". WSJ. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- Eagle, Liam (8 November 2011). "Accel-KKR Group Sells Web Hosting Giant Endurance International for $1 Billion". iNet. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ http://www.enduranceinternational.com/our-company/our-brands
- http://bigrock.in, see note about merge with Directi
- ^ Endurance International Group (EIG) is Buying HostGator | Cast-Iron Hosting Review | Web Hosting
- Open Source Drives Small Business - Linux and Open Source - News & Reviews - eWeek.com
- http://www.enduranceinternational.com/press/press-releases/endurance-international-group-expands-in-india-and-beyond-completes-directi-acquisition-extending-international-reach
- ^ Fatcow web Hosting, Web Hosting Jams, 2014, retrieved 17 April 2014
- http://hostclear.com, see note about merge with JustHost
- Server.fm: The world's largest web host
- http://www.sharedwebhostingcomparison.com/hostnine-eig/
- BlueHost vs HostMonster - They Are The SAME Company!
- ^ "Intuit Websites Acquired by Endurance International". THN News. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- JustHost Company Bio | Web Hosting Review Zone
- http://logicboxes.com, see note about merge with Directi
- Nord, Brady. "We have been acquired. The future has a lot of MOJO!". Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- Endurance International | Questions about the Netfirms Transition?
- NEXX Trademark of Nexx Online, Inc. - Registration Number 2966779 - Serial Number 78373756 :: Justia Trademarks
- http://resellerclub.com, see note about merge with Directi
- About SEO Hosting « HostGator.com Support Portal
- http://seohosting.com
- http://supergreenhosting.com, see note about merge with JustHost
- http://webhosting.info, see note about merge with Directi
- Sledge, Matt. "Anthony Chai Lawsuit Against Netfirms.com Involves Interrogation At LAX McDonald's By Thai Police". Huffington Post. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- http://robinlea.com/pub/chai_complaint.pdf
- Fatcow, Web Hosting Rates, 2014, retrieved 17 April 2014
- Warren, Christina. "Bluehost, HostGator and HostMonster Go Down". Mashable. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- "Bluehost, HostMonster, And HostGator Websites Go Down Following Maintenance Issue". The Inquisitr News. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- Miller, Rich. "Major Outage for BlueHost, HostGator, HostMonster". Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/network-issues-cause-hostgator-provo-data-center-outage
- "Bluehost's official twitter response to phone outage".
- "Network Outage:: Multiple Servers". Hostgator. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- "Network Outage: Provo". Hostgator. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- "Problems at Bluehost". downdetector.com. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- "EIG VPS and Dedicates servers down right now, again (Bluehost, Hostgator, Fast Cow and others)". reddit.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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