 The DigitalOcean logo | |
Type of site | cloud hosting provider |
|---|---|
| Owner | DigitalOcean, Inc. |
| Created by | Ben Uretsky, Moisey Uretsky, Jeff Carr, Mitch Wainer |
| URL | www.digitalocean.com |
| Commercial | yes |
| Registration | yes |
| Launched | 24 June 2011 |
| Current status | Active |
DigitalOcean is an American virtual private server provider based in New York City, New York. The company leases capacity from existing datacenters, including sites in New York, Amsterdam, San Francisco, and Singapore.
History
editIn 2011, Ben Uretsky launched DigitalOcean as a TechStars startup company. [1]
Features
editDigitalOcean allows users to create multiple server instances using the same account. DigitalOcean provides scalable virtual private servers in multiple locations, and DNS hosting.
Growth
editIn December 2013, DigitalOcean's users created over 200 more web-facing servers than Amazon AWS, according to Netcraft [2].
DigitalOcean received $37.2 million funding from venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz.[3]
Reaction
editTechCrunch wrote that DigitalOcean was "not a threat to big cloud hosting providers" but that it "targets small developers and it’s working quite well" and that it is "Nothing to be ashamed of." [4] Techcrunch also commented on DigitalOcean's relatively low cost.
References
edit- ^ Startup CEO: Ben Uretsky on Launching Digital Ocean, Raising Money And Joining TechStars, Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/danreich/2012/09/19/startup-ceo-ben-uretsky-on-launching-digital-ocean-raising-money-and-joining-techstars/
- ^ http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2013/12/11/digitalocean-now-growing-faster-than-amazon.html
- ^ Alden W, Andreessen Horowitz Backs DigitalOcean, a Cloud Computing Start-Up. 6 March 2014. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/andreessen-horowitz-backs-digitalocean-a-cloud-computing-start-up/
- ^ TechStars Graduate DigitalOcean Switches To SSD For Its $5 Per Month VPS To Take On Linode And Rackspace, TechCrunch http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/15/techstars-graduate-digitalocean-switches-to-ssd-for-its-5-per-month-vps-to-take-on-linode-and-rackspace/