Endurance International Group
| Public | |
| Traded as | NASDAQ: EIGI |
| Industry | Web hosting, domain registration, SEO |
| Predecessor | BizLand |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Hari Ravichandran |
| Headquarters | Burlington, Massachusetts, United States |
Number of locations | Worldwide |
Key people | Hari Ravichandran |
| Products | Multiple webhosting sites |
| Services | Web services |
| Website |
www |
Endurance International Group, Inc. (EIG), formerly BizLand, is a web hosting company. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts,.[1] It achieved its size by acquiring a large number of smaller companies, which it continues to operate under the original brand names.[2]
In 2011, Endurance was bought from Accel-KKR by Warburg Pincus and GS Capital Partners, for around $975 million.[3] The company went public in October 2013.[4]
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.[5]
In April 2014, 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.[6]
References
- ↑ The Endurance International Group, Inc., Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved April 12, 2011
- ↑ Rich Miller, IPOWER, Endurance International Announce Merger, NetCraft, May 9, 2007
- ↑ Demos, Telis. "Web Hoster Endurance International Preps for IPO". WSJ. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ↑ http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/company/endurance-international-group-holdings-inc-409100-73448
- ↑ Sledge, Matt. "Anthony Chai Lawsuit Against Netfirms.com Involves Interrogation At LAX McDonald's By Thai Police". Huffington Post. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ↑ Warren, Christina. "Bluehost, HostGator and HostMonster Go Down". Mashable. Retrieved 17 April 2014.