StackPath
StackPath was an American edge computing platform provider headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Its founding team was led by Lance Crosby, who also co-founded SoftLayer Technologies, acquired by IBM in 2013.
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| Company type | Private company |
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| Industry | Edge computing |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Dallas, Texas, USA |
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Number of employees | 250 |
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| Website | stackpath.com |
StackPath was an American edge computing platform provider headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Its founding team was led by Lance Crosby, who also co-founded SoftLayer Technologies, acquired by IBM in 2013.[1]
Acquisitions
[edit]- MaxCDN (CDN), 2016
- Staminus (DDoS mitigation), 2016[2]
- Fireblade (WAF), 2016[2]
- Cloak (VPN), 2016[2]
- Highwinds Network Group (CDN and VPN), 2017[3]
- Server Density (Monitoring)[4]
Subsidiaries
[edit]MaxCDN
[edit]NetDNA, LLC was founded in 2009 as a content delivery network (CDN) with a focus on enterprise customers.[5] The company was founded by David Henzel and Christopher Ueland in Los Angeles.[6]
In 2010, NetDNA partnered with Wowza to launch the HDDN.com brand, a CDN for streaming video.[7][8]
By 2010, the MaxCDN brand was created as a simpler CDN for both small and large businesses. MaxCDN, LLC operated as a division of NetDNA, LLC.[9]
In 2011, Ben Neumann was CEO of NetDNA.[10] In 2011, NetDNA completed a funding round with Chelsea Management in Los Angeles.[10]
In 2013, NetDNA rebranded the company and its services as MaxCDN, conslidating other services such as HDDN.com under the same name, with the original NetDNA enterprise service rebranded as MaxCDN Enterprise.[11][12][13]
MaxCDN was acquired by StackPath in 2016.[14][2]
Divestitures
[edit]In 2019, StackPath sold its VPN lines of business, including IPVanish (acquired as part of the Highwinds Network Group) and Encrypt.me (the new brand of Cloak), to J2 Global.[15]
In August 2023, Stackpath sold its CDN line of business (primarily approximately 100 select enterprise customer contracts as well as other assets) to Akamai following its decision to cease its content delivery network operations. The transaction did not include the acquisition of StackPath personnel or technology.[16]
Investors
[edit]StackPath has received funding from investors including Abry Partners, Juniper Networks, and Cox Communications.[17]
Founders
[edit]StackPath was founded May 5, 2015, by Lance Crosby, Greg Bock, Steven Canale, Ryan Carter, Paul Drew, Kenji Fukasawa, Jason Gulledge, Andrew Higginbotham,[18] James Leaverton, Andrew Maten, Dawn Mumm, Nick Nelson, and Josh Reese.
References
[edit]- ^ Upbin, Bruce. "IBM Buys Privately Held Softlayer For $2 Billion". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
- ^ a b c d "StackPath Acquires MaxCDN, Fireblade, Staminus & Cloak". GlobalDots. 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
- ^ Relations, Highwire Public (2017-02-06). "StackPath Acquires Highwinds to Accelerate the Delivery of a Global Enterprise Security Platform". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release). Retrieved 2020-10-29.
- ^ "StackPath and Server Density Merge" (Press release). GlobeNewsWire. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
- ^ "Coffee with David Henzel". Salesflare. 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ "Interview with David Henzel". Template Monster Blog. 2013-05-21. Archived from the original on 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
- ^ "NetDNA.com Chooses Wowza as its Premiere Media Server Partner for HDDN.com Video CDN". Wowza Media Systems. 2010-07-16. Archived from the original on 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ "HDDN | High Definition Distribution Network | Video Delivery Solution". 2010-10-06. Archived from the original on 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ "Terms of Service - MaxCDN Content Delivery Network". 2011-05-29. Archived from the original on 2011-05-29. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ a b "NetDNA® CDN Completes Latest Funding Round Led by Investment Firm Chelsea Management, Inc". PRWeb. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ "NetDNA rebrands as MaxCDN Enterprise". Business Wire. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ Lema, Chris (2013-11-18). "Things to Consider Before Changing Your Company's Name". Torque. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ "CDN Provider NetDNA Rebrands as MaxCDN Enterprise". Streaming Media Blog. 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ Ueland, Chris (24 July 2016). "MaxCDN Joins StackPath". MaxCDN Blog. Archived from the original on 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ VPN, Desire Athow 2019-05-07T15:08:22Z (7 May 2019). "IGN owner J2 Global snaps up major VPN brands". TechRadar. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Akamai Technologies Acquires Select Enterprise Customer Contracts from StackPath". 2020-08-24.
- ^ "Juniper, Cox Pump $216M Into StackPath Coffers - SDxCentral". SDxCentral. 2020-03-18. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (2016-07-25). "Security-as-a-service startup StackPath nabs $180M, 4 acquisitions including MaxCDN". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-12-08.