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SoftLayer

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Headquartered in Dallas, SoftLayer is the innovation leader in Cloud, Dedicated, and Managed hosting, and the largest private hosting company in the world. SoftLayer provides cloud, dedicated, and seamlessly integrated computing environments, leveraging world-class data centers in Dallas, Houston, San Jose, Seattle, and Washington D.C., and network Points of Presence nationwide. The company automates all elements of its platform, empowering customers with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management via a leading Customer Portal and Open API. The company’s proprietary offerings include the industry’s first Network-Within-a-Network topology for true out-of-band access, providing remote access to all management options.

Milestones

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  SoftLayer added Jonathan Wisler as GM EMEA. (9/1/11)
  Posted 11/29/11 at 1:24am
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  SoftLayer added Tom Blair as Senior Vice President Global Sales. (11/1/10)
  Posted 8/19/11 at 10:51am
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  SoftLayer added Duke Skarda as CTO. (11/1/10)
  Posted 8/19/11 at 10:48am
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  SoftLayer added George Karidis as CSO. (1/1/08)
  Posted 8/19/11 at 10:47am
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  SoftLayer added Mike Jones as CFO. (5/5/05)
  Posted 8/19/11 at 10:46am
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  SoftLayer added Sam Fleitman as COO. (5/5/05)
  Posted 8/18/11 at 2:55pm
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  SoftLayer added Nathan Day as Chief Scientist. (5/5/05)
  Posted 8/18/11 at 2:55pm
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  SoftLayer added Lance Crosby, Esq. as CEO. (5/5/05)
  Posted 8/18/11 at 2:53pm
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  SoftLayer received $10M in Unattributed funding. (3/25/10)
  Posted 7/26/10 at 10:45am via softlayer.com
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  SoftLayer received $20M in Unattributed funding. (9/30/09)
  Posted 10/5/09 at 2:21pm via marketwire.com
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  SoftLayer — SoftLayer merges with The Planet (11/8/10)
  Posted 8/18/11 at 10:21am via techcrunch.com
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  SoftLayer — GI Partners and Management Acquire SoftLayer® (8/3/10)
  Posted 8/5/10 at 8:47am via softlayer.com
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  SoftLayer — SoftLayer Opens New Corporate Headquarters (7/21/10)
  Posted 7/26/10 at 10:46am via softlayer.com
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  SoftLayer — SoftLayer named in the "Hottest Texas Companies" list (6/22/10)
  Posted 6/28/10 at 7:14am via lead411.com

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1. DH CAPITAL ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF $20,000,000 FINANCING FOR SOFTLAYER, A LEADING PROVIDER OF GLOBAL, ON-DEMAND VIRTUAL DATA CENTER AND HOSTING SERVICES (marketwire.com) [edit]
2. DH Capital Announces $10,000,000 Increase in Financing for SoftLayer®, a Leading Provider of Global, On-Demand Virtual Data Center and Hosting Services (softlayer.com) [edit]
3. Lead411 launches "Hottest Texas Companies" awards (lead411.com) [edit]
4. SoftLayer® Opens New Corporate Headquarters (softlayer.com) [edit]
5. softlayer.com [edit]
6. Hosting Companies The Planet And SoftLayer Complete Merger (techcrunch.com) [edit]