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Liquid Web

Liquid Web

Liquid Web, LLC. is a privately held provider of web hosting services based in Lansing, Michigan, United States. The company also has locations in Ann Arbor, MI, Phoenix, AZ, San Antonio Tx, and Amsterdam, NL. They provide a range of hosting products and services. [16]

Liquid Web
Type
Private
Industry
  • Web Hosting
  • Dedicated server
  • Virtual private server
  • Managed WordPress
  • Platform as a Service
FoundedLansing, Michigan, The United States (July 29, 1998(1998-07-29))
HeadquartersLansing, Michigan,The United States
Number of locations
4 Datacenters in The United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • James F. Geiger (CEO)
  • Carrie Wheeler (COO, Head of Support)
  • Joe Oesterling (CTO)
  • Terry Flood (CFO)
Brands
  • Storm on Demand
  • WiredTree
Number of employees
  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x|Steady|h11|w11]] 600 (2017)
Websitewww.liquidweb.com
Footnotes / references
"Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Corporate Entity Details"."Inc. Magazine - Company Profile Liquid Web".

History

Liquid Web was founded in 1997 by Matthew Hill in Holt, MI at the age of 16, and the company grew quickly thereafter. [1]

On May 27, 2015, Liquid Web announced that it had accepted a financial investment from Madison Dearborn Partners. [3] In addition to the majority investment by Madison Dearborn, executive Jim Geiger also invested in the company and was named CEO. [5]

In 2016, Liquid Web acquired Cloud Sites, a hosting platform, from Rackspace. [7]

Customer Support

In 2015, Liquid Web announced a best-in-class Net Promoter Score of 74, which indicates the overall satisfaction of their customer base and how many would refer the company to others. [9] In a 2016 interview, CEO Jim Geiger referred to the term "Heroic Support", the company's branding of their customer support services, as the firm’s “de-facto Brand”. [12]

Products

In 2009, Liquid Web launched its Storm Platform, a line of cloud servers.

In 2017, the product line was renamed from Storm to Cloud.

[15] The platform has been continually expanding, including new operating systems [17] and providing new regions and geographic redundancy in early 2012. [16]

Locations

Liquid Web maintains five data centers in Lansing, Michigan, the location of the company's headquarters. The first of Liquid Web’s Lansing data centers opened in 2003. Data Center One (DC1) is 5,058 square feet and has a capacity of 2,000 servers. [16] By 2005, the company expanded to a second data center in Lansing (DC2), which has 32,000 square feet and a capacity of 8,000 servers. [16] Their third and largest data center, now their headquarters, was opened in 2009. DC3 is 90,000 square feet and has a capacity of 25,000 servers. [16]

In 2011, Liquid Web expanded its operations to include a location in Phoenix, Arizona, which has a capacity of 2,000 servers.

[16] In 2015, a location in Amsterdam, NL was opened.

The company also operates a remote office in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

[16]

References

[1]
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Aug 29, 2016, 12:03 AM
[2]
Citation Linkltu.edu"Matthew Hill, owner and CEO of Liquid Web"
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[3]
Citation Linkthewhir.com"Cloud Host Storm On Demand New West Coast Region Goes Live - Web Host Industry Review"
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[4]
Citation Linkbusinesswire.com"Liquid Web To Receive Investment From Madison Dearborn Partners | Business Wire"
Dec 16, 2017, 7:10 AM
[5]
Citation Linkliquidweb.com"Michigan Data Centers | Liquid Web"
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[6]
Citation Linkthewhir.com"Liquid Web Names Former Cbeyond Head CEO, Receives Investment from Madison Dearborn Partners"
Dec 16, 2017, 7:10 AM
[7]
Citation Linkthewhir.com"Liquid Web Opens New Data Center - Web Host Industry Review"
Dec 16, 2017, 7:10 AM
[8]
Citation Linkhostingadvice.com"Checking in With Cloud Sites™ — How the One-of-a-Kind Hosting Platform's Life With Liquid Web Bodes Well for Agencies and Resellers"
Dec 16, 2017, 7:10 AM
[9]
Citation Linksearchdatacenter.techtarget.com"Liquid Web opens 'cloud'-enabling data center"
Dec 16, 2017, 7:10 AM
[10]
Citation Linkthehostingnews.com"Liquid Web Achieves Best-in-Class Net Promoter Score of 74"
Dec 16, 2017, 7:10 AM
[11]
Citation Linkliquidweb.com"Arizona Data Center | Liquid Web"
Dec 16, 2017, 7:11 AM
[12]
Citation Linkliquidweb.comLiquid Web Website
Dec 16, 2017, 7:10 AM
[13]
Citation Linkhostadvice.com"Liquid Web's CEO encourages staff to succeed: An Interview with Jim Geiger | HostAdvice"
Dec 16, 2017, 7:10 AM
[14]
Citation Linkmlive.com"Lansing-based tech company expanding into Ann Arbor, aims to bring 75 jobs downtown"
Dec 16, 2017, 7:11 AM
[15]
Citation Linkstormondemand.comStorm Website
Dec 16, 2017, 7:10 AM
[16]
Citation Linkvps-hosting.bestreviews.net"Interview with LiquidWeb Cloud Platform Powered VPS Hosting and Heroic Support - Best VPS Hosting Reviews"
Dec 16, 2017, 7:10 AM
[17]
Citation Linkliquidweb.com"Products | Liquid Web"
Dec 16, 2017, 7:10 AM
[18]
Citation Linkthewhir.com"Web Host Liquid Web Expands Operating Systems Range on Smart Servers - Web Host Industry Review"
Dec 16, 2017, 7:10 AM