Network-i
Network-i Ltd was a datacentre company headquartered in Slough, Berkshire, England. The company provided hosting, colocation, network and cloud based services from its datacentres located in the United Kingdom.
Industry | Colocation |
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Fate | Acquired by Virtustream |
Founded | 5 June 1996 |
Defunct | 28 December 2017 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | EMEA and United States of America |
Key people | Sandeep Sharma, Barry Reynolds |
Products | Hosting |
The company was formed in 1996 as the Internet Service Provider Consortium with a remit to provide reliable core transit facilities. The company changed its name to Network-i in 1998 when the consortium members sold a controlling majority of the shares to the management team, headed by Barry Reynolds, a former finance director at British Gas. Under his stewardship, the company established a carrier class datacentre on Slough Trading Estate and began to offer broadband services and hosting facilities. In early 2000, Reynolds ceded responsibility for running the company to Sandeep Sharma, a conferencing industry veteran.
In 2006, the company was the first datacentre operator worldwide to gain ISO 27001:2005 accreditation. Network-i opened a second datacentre in January 2009.
On 5 August 2010 Network-i was acquired by Virtustream.[1]
Network-i ceased trading on 28 December 2017.[2]
Datacentres
Network-i operated two ISO 27001 certified carrier-neutral datacentres in the UK.
References
- "Virtustream acquires Network-i". DC Advisory US. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- "NETWORK I LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2019.