Internap Network Services Corporation

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Internap Network Services
Type Public:NASDAQ: INAP
Founded 1996
Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia
Industry Application Delivery Network - ADN
Revenue 150,000,000
Employees 330
Website Internap.com

Internap Network Services Corporation, commonly referred to as Internap, provides computer network routing services and operates several data colocation centers throughout the world. Its impressive list of clients include the Nasdaq, Adobe, Time Warner, Vonage, Union Bank of California, Ticketmaster, REI, Gateway Computers, Colgate, and Travelocity. Internap is based in Atlanta, Georgia. It trades publicly on the Nasdaq, under the symbol INAP.

The company provides a download mirror for the Linux kernel, CPAN, Debian, Knoppix, and FreeBSD at http://mirror1.internap.com. They also host a SourceForge mirror in San Jose.

On 4 May 2006, Internap announced that it was posting a first-quarter profit. Internap had never announced a profit previously [1].

On 12 October 2006, Internap purchased Vital Stream, for $217 million in stock. [2] The main reasons for this buyout are acquisition of customer base and video delivery technologies.

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