SoftLayer
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Hosting |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Dallas, Texas, USA |
Key people | Lance Crosby (Former Chairman & CEO) |
| Products | Dedicated Hosting, Managed Services |
| Parent | IBM (since 2013) |
| Website |
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SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. is a dedicated server, managed hosting and cloud computing provider.[1] Founded in 2005, it was acquired by IBM in 2013.[2]
History
GI Partners acquired a majority equity stake in SoftLayer in August 2010.[3] In November 2010, SoftLayer merged with The Planet Internet Services[4][5][6][7] and consolidated the customer base under the SoftLayer brand.[8] In Q1 2011, the company reported hosting more than 81,000 servers for more than 26,000 customers in locations throughout the United States.[9]
In July 2011, the company announced plans for international expansion to Amsterdam and Singapore to add to the existing network of US-based data centers in Dallas, San Jose, Seattle, Querétaro, Houston and Washington, D.C.[10] Most of these data centers were leased via Digital Realty Trust.[11] As of May 2015, the company has 23 data centers in 11 different countries.[12]
On June 4, 2013, IBM announced its acquisition of SoftLayer to form an IBM Cloud Services Division.[13][14] At the time of acquisition, Softlayer was described as the biggest privately held cloud infrastructure provider (IaaS) in the world.[15]
Spam problem
SoftLayer was listed as the #1 spam hosting ISP by Spamhaus in October 2015. [16] As of October 8th, 2015, Spamhaus lists over 640 SBL records for SoftLayer. As of November 2015, the problem had been addressed, and SoftLayer's SBL record count has dropped to a normal level. [17]
References
- ↑ "About Us". Company web site. SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ "IBM Closes Acquisition of SoftLayer Technologies". Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ↑ "GI Partners and Management Acquire SoftLayer". News release (GI Partners). August 4, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ "Tech Crunch - Hosting Companies The Planet And SoftLayer Complete Merger". http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/08/the-planet-softlayer/. External link in
|work=(help) - ↑ "SoftLayer and The Planet Complete Merger". Data Center Knowledge blog. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ "The WHIR - Web Hosts The Planet and SoftLayer Complete Merger: Report". http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/110810_Web_Hosts_The_Planet_and_SoftLayer_Complete_Merger_Report. External link in
|work=(help) - ↑ "EV1 GI Partners Announces Completion Of Merger Between SoftLayer and The Planet". News release (GI Partners). November 10, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ "SoftLayer and The Planet Begin Merged Operations: Merger Brings Customers Advantages in Combined Capabilities and Scale". News release. November 16, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ "Data Center Knowledge - SoftLayer: $78 Million in First Quarter Revenue". http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/05/17/softlayer-78-million-in-first-quarter-revenue/. External link in
|work=(help) - ↑ Rich Miller (July 26, 2011). / "SoftLayer Goes Global With its Network" Check
|url= - ↑ "Digital Realty Signs SoftLayer to Data Centre Lease in Singapore". News release. October 10, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ "SoftLayer Data Centers". Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ↑ "IBM to Acquire SoftLayer to Accelerate Adoption of Cloud Computing in the Enterprise: IBM to Form New Cloud Services Division". News release (IBM). June 4, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ "IBM (IBM) to Acquire Public Cloud Provider SoftLayer". Street Insider. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ Holland, Maggie (9 October 2014) IBM and SoftLayer: What a difference a year makes ITPro, Retrieved 18 May 2015
- ↑ https://www.spamhaus.org/news/article/727/brazilian-internet-users-suffer-softlayers-security-fail
- ↑ https://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings/softlayer.com