Ninefold
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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.[1]
Sydney, NSW 2000
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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 |
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.[2] On 13 February 2015, Ninefold was listed as a product available to Federal Government agencies through Macquarie Telecom.[3]
Docker Support
On 10 June 2014, Ninefold commenced support of Docker with the announcement that Docker 1.0.0 [4] was available.[5]