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| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet Hosting Service |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Level 20, 2 Market St Sydney, NSW 2000 |
| Key people | Peter James, Chairman |
| Website | http://ninefold.com |
Ninefold was a cloud computing company which provided infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Ninefold was headquartered in Sydney, Australia and was backed by Macquarie Telecom (ASX: MAQ), an ASX-listed Australian B2B telecommunications company.
History and growth
Launch
Ninefold was founded by Macquarie Telecom in 2011 to meet a growing demand for cloud computing in Australia. The company provided virtual servers from 2011 until it stopped trading a few years later.
Services
Ninefold offered self-managed virtual servers.
Virtual Servers
Ninefold’s customers were able to provision virtual servers via an online portal.
Australian Federal Government Hosting
On 26 June 2013, Ninefold became a member of the Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) Multi-User List, which is published by the Australian Government Department of Finance. On 13 February 2015, Ninefold was listed as a product available to Federal Government agencies through Macquarie Telecom.
Docker Support
On 10 June 2014, Ninefold commenced support of Docker with the announcement that Docker 1.0.0 was available.
Competitors
References
- "Macquarie launches Ninefold Cloud Start-up". Mitchel Lake.
- Tomlinson, Mundi. "New Suppliers added to the DCaaS Multi Use List". Department of Finance.
- Wu, Karen. "New Cloud Services Panel". Minister for Finance. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- "It's here: Docker 1.0". 23 September 2021.
- "Docker comes preloaded".
External links
- Ninefold website (official site).
- Ninefold Open Source Repository on Github.