Linode

Linode
Privately Held
Industry Internet hosting services
Founded 2003
Headquarters Galloway, New Jersey
Key people
 Christopher Aker, CEO
Products Cloud-hosting provider,
Virtual private servers
Revenue $22.3 million
Number of employees
 50+
Website Linode

Linode (a portmanteau of the words linux and node) is a privately owned virtual private server provider based in Galloway, New Jersey.[1]

History

Linode was founded by Christopher Aker, launching in mid 2003.[2]

Linode transitioned from UML to Xen virtualization in March 2008 and Linode launched its data backup service in 2009.[1] NodeBalancer, a load-balancing service, launched in July 2011. Linode released Linode Managed, an incident response service designed for businesses, in 2013.[1]

Its Dallas, Texas and Fremont, California data centers opened in 2003. Linode also opened an Atlanta, Georgia data center in 2007; a Newark, New Jersey-based center in 2008; its London, England center in 2009; and another in Tokyo, Japan in 2011.[1]

Products and services

Linode offers multiple products and services for its clients.[1][3] Its flagship products are cloud-hosting services with multiple packages at different price points.[3] Linode Backup allows customers to backup their servers on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.[3] Linode Manager and NodeBalancer both allow users to manage multiple server instances across a single system.[3] In September 2013, Linode launched Longview, an analysis package for Linux.[4][5][6][7][8]

Security concerns

The accounts of eight Linode customers that held bitcoin electronic currency were compromised in March 2012.[9][10] Roughly 40,000 bitcoins were stolen.[9][10]

Hack The Planet accessed the Linode’s web servers in 2013.[11][12][13] The group exploited a technical vulnerability in Adobe’s ColdFusion application server.[11][12] Linode said that HTP could not decrypt any financially sensitive information and reset all account passwords.[11][13] Linode announced plans to introduce two-step authentication for its services in May 2013.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "It’s clear to Linode: There’s a market to bring cloud services to small companies". New Jersey Business Journal. Retrieved 21 Nov 2013.
  2. ↑ "About us", Linode. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Adobe Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Flash Player Coldfusion". Retrieved 21 Nov 2013.
  4. ↑ Bernstein, Peter. (September 5, 2013). "Linode Launches Longview, Takes Deep Look at Data Center and Server Performance". TechZone 360. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  5. ↑ Jack Clark (September 6, 2013). "Linode adds analytics package to Linux cloud". The Register. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  6. ↑ Peter Bernstein (September 5, 2013). "Linode Launches Longview, Takes Deep Look at Data Center and Server Performance". Tech Zone 360. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  7. ↑ Nicole Henderson (September 5, 2013). "Linode Launches Longview for Linux Server Statistics Collection and Graphing". The Whir. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  8. ↑ John Maxwell (September 6, 2013). graphing-service-3401/ "Linode Releases Longview, New Linux Server Statistics Collection And Graphing Service". Best Web Hosting 2Go. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Matonis, Jon. "Watch Bitcoin Robbery in Slow Motion". Forbes. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Leyden, John. "Linode hackers escape with $70K in daring bitcoin heist". The Register. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Lee, Michael. "VPS host Linode issues customer-wide password reset". ZDNet. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Dumon, Marv. "Amazon Launches Cloud Computing Certification Program - Page 2". Technorati. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Leyden, John. "Web host Linode, hackers clash over credit-card raid claim". The Register. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  14. ↑ Bandoim, Lana. "Two-Step Authentication Grows in Popularity". Yahoo! Voices. Retrieved 18 July 2013.

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