NaviSite
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NaviSite, a Time Warner Cable Company, is a provider of complex hosting
, application management and managed cloud services for enterprises, founded in 1997. NaviSite provides a suite of managed services, including Application Services, Enterprise Hosting, and Managed Cloud Services for enterprises looking to outsource IT infrastructure. The company is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts
and has its sales offices, network operating centers, and 10 data centers in the US, UK, and India. For the fiscal year ending 31 July 2008, NaviSite generated net revenue of US$154.6 million, representing a 22% increase over revenue of $126.2 million in fiscal year 2007.
The company has partnered with technology firms like Microsoft
, Intel, and Sun Microsystems
. Their managed services
include hosting and management of computing infrastructure, full lifecycle management for various business application suites including Oracle
, Microsoft Dynamics
, PeopleSoft
, Lawson
, and Kronos
, and hosted email and collaboration services for Microsoft Exchange
and Lotus Domino platforms. Their managed hosting services are based on multiple delivery models including cloud computing
, platform as a service
(PaaS), virtualization, and colocation
.
NaviSite has completed a SAS 70 Type II (Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70) Audit for its Andover, MA and San Jose, California
data centers, and is the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and Oracle Certified Advantage Partner. The company is also a member of PCI
Security Council.
Inc, with a purpose to host CMGI’s websites, its subsidiaries and affiliated companies. CMGI was NaviSite’s former majority stockholder with a 69% stake in the company.
In 1997, the company started providing website hosting and management services to companies that were not affiliated with CMGI. The domain NaviSite.com was registered in 1997, and the company was incorporated as NaviSite Inc. in Delaware
on 22 October 1998. In January, 1999, NaviSite expanded its presence in Europe
with the set-up of its first European Data Center which was further the result of the company’s agreement with Planet Online Limited in Leeds, UK. The expansion helped NaviSite to cater to European hosting marketplace.
In 1999, NaviSite completed its initial public offering of common stock and remained a majority owned subsidiary of CMGI until September 2002. NaviSite’s share price rose to nearly $165 in June 2000 before significantly decreasing in 2001.
In 2000, Austin
, Texas
was identified as a new market opportunity for the company, and as a result, new offices were opened in the area known as Silicon Hills.
In 2001, NaviSite’s sales opportunities from regional Web integrators began decreasing and the company lost 18 potential dot.com customers. Convinced of NaviSite’s potential to re-emerge as a leading provider of managed services and storage services, CMGI invested $50 million into the company and committed $80 million for its debt financing. The same year, NaviSite entered into a new sales and equipment alliance with Compaq Computer Corporation. Under the agreement, Compaq agreed to promote and sell NaviSite Web hosting services, and NaviSite chose Compaq as a preferred partner for its storage and Intel based servers. The alliance pushed NaviSite’s stock up in early trading.
In 2002, ClearBlue Technologies, Inc. replaced CMGI as NaviSite’s majority stockholder. On August 8, 2003, NaviSite acquired all the issued and outstanding shares of six wholly owned subsidiaries of ClearBlue Technologies Management, Inc., which previously had acquired assets from the bankrupt estate of AppliedTheory Corporation. This acquisition enabled NaviSite to augment its existing solutions portfolio with application management and development services.
In 2005, NaviSite India Private Limited, in New Delhi
(Gurgaon
), India
, was formed to add a global dimension to NaviSite's delivery capabilities for its customers with enhanced technological expertise.
Enterprise Hosting Services
Application Services
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2007–2008
2009: NaviSite bagged the Editors' Choice Award for its Dedicated Hosting Solutions.
2008: NaviSite was ranked as top application services provider for the healthcare industry by KLAS, the market intelligence firm that identifies the best IT service providers for the healthcare industry.
2007: MassNetComms honored NaviSite with the Best Performance in Public Markets Award.
2006: HostReview recognized NaviSite with the Best Managed Hosting Service Award.
2006: NaviSite was chosen as the Best Dedicated Server Web Hosts in the business by Web Host Directory.
2005: NaviSite was ranked among the Area’s Fastest Growing Company based on two year revenue growth by The Boston Business Journal
.
2001: NaviSite was chosen as the Best Hosts in the Managed Services category by Web Hosting Magazine.
Hosting
Hosting can mean:* To act as the organizer or master of ceremonies for an event.* Self-hosting - software distribution which provides all necessary source code to enable itself to be re-compiled from scratch* Internet hosting service, including:...
, application management and managed cloud services for enterprises, founded in 1997. NaviSite provides a suite of managed services, including Application Services, Enterprise Hosting, and Managed Cloud Services for enterprises looking to outsource IT infrastructure. The company is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts
Andover, Massachusetts
Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was incorporated in 1646 and as of the 2010 census, the population was 33,201...
and has its sales offices, network operating centers, and 10 data centers in the US, UK, and India. For the fiscal year ending 31 July 2008, NaviSite generated net revenue of US$154.6 million, representing a 22% increase over revenue of $126.2 million in fiscal year 2007.
The company has partnered with technology firms like Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, Intel, and Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
. Their managed services
Managed services
Managed services is the practice of transferring day-to-day related management responsibility as a strategic method for improved effective and efficient operations inclusive of Production Support and lifecycle build/maintenance activities...
include hosting and management of computing infrastructure, full lifecycle management for various business application suites including Oracle
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
, Microsoft Dynamics
Microsoft Dynamics
Microsoft Dynamics is a line of enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management software applications developed by Microsoft. Microsoft Dynamics applications are delivered through a network of reselling partners who provide specialized services...
, PeopleSoft
PeopleSoft
PeopleSoft, Inc. was a company that provided Human Resource Management Systems , Financial Management Solutions , Supply Chain and customer relationship management software, as well as software solutions for manufacturing, enterprise performance management, and student administration to large...
, Lawson
Lawson
-Music:* Lawson, an album by John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew of Henry Lawson's poetry put to music.- Places :Australia* Lawson Lam Ontario Canada,* Lawson Mountain Range, in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales; named after Cole Lawson...
, and Kronos
Kronos Incorporated
Kronos Incorporated, is a U.S.-based multi-national human capital management software and services company headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA and employing 3,000 people.- History :...
, and hosted email and collaboration services for Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products...
and Lotus Domino platforms. Their managed hosting services are based on multiple delivery models including cloud computing
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
, platform as a service
Platform as a service
Platform as a service is a category of cloud computing services that provide a computing platform and a solution stack as a service...
(PaaS), virtualization, and colocation
Colocation centre
A colocation centre or colocation center , is a type of data centre where equipment space and bandwidth are available for rental to retail customers...
.
NaviSite has completed a SAS 70 Type II (Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70) Audit for its Andover, MA and San Jose, California
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
data centers, and is the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and Oracle Certified Advantage Partner. The company is also a member of PCI
Payment card industry
The payment card industry denotes the debit, credit, prepaid, e-purse, ATM, and POS cards and associated businesses.The term is sometimes more specifically used to refer to the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, a council originally formed by American Express, Discover Financial...
Security Council.
History
NaviSite was founded in 1996, as a subsidiary of CMGICMGI
ModusLink Global Solutions, formerly CMGI Inc., is an American technology and venture capital company, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company supplies a range of internet and communications services, mostly to computer companies, its biggest customer being Hewlett-Packard Company...
Inc, with a purpose to host CMGI’s websites, its subsidiaries and affiliated companies. CMGI was NaviSite’s former majority stockholder with a 69% stake in the company.
In 1997, the company started providing website hosting and management services to companies that were not affiliated with CMGI. The domain NaviSite.com was registered in 1997, and the company was incorporated as NaviSite Inc. in Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
on 22 October 1998. In January, 1999, NaviSite expanded its presence in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
with the set-up of its first European Data Center which was further the result of the company’s agreement with Planet Online Limited in Leeds, UK. The expansion helped NaviSite to cater to European hosting marketplace.
In 1999, NaviSite completed its initial public offering of common stock and remained a majority owned subsidiary of CMGI until September 2002. NaviSite’s share price rose to nearly $165 in June 2000 before significantly decreasing in 2001.
In 2000, Austin
Austin
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas.Austin may also refer to:-In the United States:*Austin, Arkansas*Austin, Colorado*Austin, Chicago, Illinois*Austin, Indiana*Austin, Minnesota*Austin, Nevada*Austin, Oregon...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
was identified as a new market opportunity for the company, and as a result, new offices were opened in the area known as Silicon Hills.
In 2001, NaviSite’s sales opportunities from regional Web integrators began decreasing and the company lost 18 potential dot.com customers. Convinced of NaviSite’s potential to re-emerge as a leading provider of managed services and storage services, CMGI invested $50 million into the company and committed $80 million for its debt financing. The same year, NaviSite entered into a new sales and equipment alliance with Compaq Computer Corporation. Under the agreement, Compaq agreed to promote and sell NaviSite Web hosting services, and NaviSite chose Compaq as a preferred partner for its storage and Intel based servers. The alliance pushed NaviSite’s stock up in early trading.
In 2002, ClearBlue Technologies, Inc. replaced CMGI as NaviSite’s majority stockholder. On August 8, 2003, NaviSite acquired all the issued and outstanding shares of six wholly owned subsidiaries of ClearBlue Technologies Management, Inc., which previously had acquired assets from the bankrupt estate of AppliedTheory Corporation. This acquisition enabled NaviSite to augment its existing solutions portfolio with application management and development services.
In 2005, NaviSite India Private Limited, in New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
(Gurgaon
Gurgaon
Gurgaon is the second largest city in the Indian state of Haryana. Gurgaon is the industrial and financial center of Haryana. It is located 30 km south of national capital New Delhi, about 10 kilometers from Dwarka Sub City and 268 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital...
), India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, was formed to add a global dimension to NaviSite's delivery capabilities for its customers with enhanced technological expertise.
Key Services
NaviSite provides enterprise hosting and application services for small-to-medium sized businesses and large enterprises. NaviSite’s product list consists of:Enterprise Hosting Services
- Managed Hosting Services: Dedicated Hosting, Shared Hosting, and Complex hosting
- Cloud Computing
- Server Virtualization
- Software as a Service (SaaS) Enablement Services
- Content Delivery and Acceleration Services
- Colocation
Application Services
- Application Management, Implementation and Consulting (ERP/CRM/BI/BPR) for Oracle E-Business, Microsoft Dynamics, JD Edwards, Lawson, SiebelSiebel SystemsSiebel CRM Systems, Inc. was a software company principally engaged in the design, development, marketing, and support of customer relationship management applications. The company was founded by Thomas Siebel in 1993. At first known mainly for its sales force automation products, the company...
, HyperionHyperion SolutionsHyperion Solutions Corporation was a business performance management software company, located in Santa Clara, California, USA, which was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2007...
, PeopleSoft, and Kronos - Email Hosting and Collaboration (IBM Lotus Domino / Microsoft Exchange)
- Custom Application Development and Implementation
- Software QA and Testing
Acquisitions and Subsidiaries
NaviSite has acquired a large number of companies during its corporate history. The following is a list of NaviSite acquisitions.2002–2003
- NaviSite acquired the entire equity stake of ClearBlue Technologies Management, a provider of managed services and professional services, in exchange for 8,519,676 shares of NaviSite common stock, which was approximately 4.5% of NaviSite’s outstanding shares.
2003–2004
- Avasta, Inc., a leading provider of Managed Application services and the creator of application operations technology known as the Avasta Application Management Suite, was acquired by NaviSite through the merger of a NaviSite’s wholly owned subsidiary into Avasta.
- NaviSite acquired Conxion Corporation, a California based company dealing in "Internet infrastructure services" in April 2003.
- In May 2003, Interliant, Inc., a provider of "managed infrastructure solutions", sold all of its assets to NaviSite Inc, boosting NaviSite’s managed messaging solution.
2004–2005
- NaviSite acquired all the assets and liabilities of Surebridge, the leading application management provider with on-demand solutions for mid-market companies. Surebridge brought specific expertise in Microsoft Business Solutions, PeopleSoft, and Siebel applications and added considerable depth to NaviSite’s Application Outsourcing and Professional Services portfolio.
2007–2008
- NaviSite acquired netASPx, a leading provider of applications management services with a focus on Lawson Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Kronos Workforce Management and Business Intelligence Applications, including its 18000 square feet (1,672.3 m²) data center in Minneapolis for $40.5 million.
- On August 10, 2007, NaviSite purchased all the assets of Baltimore, MD based Alabanza Corporation. Alabanza LLC and Hosting Ventures, a leading provider of comprehensive suite of dedicated and shared web hosting service for small and medium businesses.
- Incorporated in April 2003, California-based Jupiter Hosting was acquired by NaviSite in 2007. Jupiter Hosting provides dedicated and complex managed hosting and infrastructure services.
- America's Job Bank, a leading job search and recruitment website funded by Department of Labour, which was developed by Applied Theory Corporation (now a part of NaviSite) and supported by NaviSite Inc, was acquired by NaviSite after the Department of Labor announced plans to shut down the website. The website has been re-launched by NaviSite as America’s Job Exchange and currently operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of NaviSite.com.
Awards and recognitions
NaviSite has been recognized with a number of awards from 1997 to 2009. Below is an abbreviated list of the company’s awards:2009: NaviSite bagged the Editors' Choice Award for its Dedicated Hosting Solutions.
2008: NaviSite was ranked as top application services provider for the healthcare industry by KLAS, the market intelligence firm that identifies the best IT service providers for the healthcare industry.
2007: MassNetComms honored NaviSite with the Best Performance in Public Markets Award.
2006: HostReview recognized NaviSite with the Best Managed Hosting Service Award.
2006: NaviSite was chosen as the Best Dedicated Server Web Hosts in the business by Web Host Directory.
2005: NaviSite was ranked among the Area’s Fastest Growing Company based on two year revenue growth by The Boston Business Journal
Boston Business Journal
The Boston Business Journal is a weekly, business-oriented newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts. It is published by the American City Business Journals....
.
2001: NaviSite was chosen as the Best Hosts in the Managed Services category by Web Hosting Magazine.