Host Virtual

Host Virtual
Private
Industry Internet
Founded 2008
Founders Mark Mahle, Sandy Bhargavi
Headquarters Santa Monica, CA
Key people
 Mark Mahle (President and CEO)
Sandy Bhargavi (Senior Vice President)
Website Host Virtual

Host Virtual is a Santa Monica, California-based infrastructure as a service (or IaaS) cloud-based hosting service. Founded in 2009 by CEO and president Mark Mahle.,[1] the company operates 21 datacenters worldwide with numerous PoPs in North America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific regions. Host Virtual maintains direct connections to the Amsterdam Internet Exchange, London Internet Exchange, the France Internet Exchange and CoreSite One Wilshire as well as mainland China via Hong Kong.[2]

Host Virtual develops its own platform on a fifth generation (2014) global dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 network deployed to its cloud servers around the globe.[3] Its library includes about 370 Linux, VOIP, and FreeBSD virtual machine images which can be deployed to its servers around the globe in minutes. In addition to providing cloud and network consulting services, Host Virtual's infrastructure provides:

Host Virtual also provides distributed denial-of-service attack protection.[4]

The company’s primary users require infrastructure without the need to manage hardware, such as mobile app, gaming companies and CDNs.

Host Virtual supports open source projects including Gentoo Linux, Cacti,[5] Spamassassin Rules Emporium and OSU Open Source Lab.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Host Virtual and InfoRelay power 200gbits of Cloud throughout the US". Digital Journal. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Host Virtual Expands Cloud Platform with New Location in Seattle". TheWhir.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Host Virtual Goes 5.0 in Less than 4 Years". KWQC.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Host Virtual Powers Enterprise Cloud DDoS Protection Services with Black Lotus". TopHosts.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Cacti Contributers [sic]". cacti.net. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Contributors". OSU Open Source Lab. Retrieved January 25, 2013.

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Coordinates: 34°05′17″N 118°22′46″W / 34.088035°N 118.379396°W / 34.088035; -118.379396

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