ClearCenter

ClearCenter is headquartered in New Zealand, and has its primary product[1] offices in Orem, Utah, along with marketing, support, research and development facilities around the world, ranging from Canada, Taiwan, China, Netherlands, UK and India helping to develop ClearCenter's Hybrid Products[1] for an emerging type of Managed Service Provider known as the emerging Hybrid Service Provider.[2] Many of ClearCenter’s products are based upon ClearFoundation’s ClearOS (an [3][4] open source software operating system).[5]

ClearCenter
TypePrivate
IndustryInformation Technology
Founded2009
FounderMichael Proper
Headquarters
New Zealand
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Michael Proper, David Loper, Devin Johnson
ProductsClearOS, ClearVM, ClearCARE, ClearBOX, ClearSDN, ClearAP, Hybrid Controller
Websitewww.clearcenter.com

History

ClearCenter was founded by Michael Proper in 2009.[6] Before founding ClearCenter, Michael Proper founded another company in 2000 named DirectPointe which helped to create and grow the Managed Service Provider (MSP) sector and was ranked #1 in the top-100 Managed Service Providers globally in 2007 and 2008.[7][8]

ClearCenter currently has customers in 150+ countries.[9]

Business Model

Most of the products by ClearCenter are open source with a community version and free-to-use. The ClearCenter WebConfig and ClearSDN have fully developed APIs that are open to use for developers.[9]

Products

ClearOS Software

ClearOS[10] is a Linux distribution,[3][4] based upon Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS.[11] The ClearOS Community offering is licensed and managed by ClearFoundation.[12][13] First launched in 2002 under the name of ClarkConnect,[14] and changed to its present name in 2009 with the release of ClearOS 5.1 version on October 6, 2009. The current stable version is 7.2, and the beta version is 7.3.[15] ClearOS is offered in two editions - Community and Professional. The Community edition is all free/open source software and free of cost. The Professional edition is a paid version which is offered with a one-time fee or monthly fee to select ClearCenter's partners.[16]

Acquisitions

References
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  6. "Michael Proper Launches ClearCenter With World Class Team". by Cary Snowden | Dec 2, 2008 | Business News, Utah Valley Business.
  7. "MSPmentor 100: Ranked 1 to 100". MSPmentor 100: Ranked 1 to 100. Joe Panettieri | MSPmentor. Archived from the original on 2016-03-23.
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  15. "Linux Servers for Small Business". www.smallbusinesscomputing.com. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  16. "ClearOS, the Missing Link LAN Server". Linux.com | The source for Linux information. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  17. "ClearCenter Acquires Witsbits". www.clearos.com. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
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