Ninefold
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox company|
name = Ninefold Pty Ltd
(dba Ninefold) |
logo = Ninefold logo white on black.png|
type = Private company |
foundation = 2011 |
location = Level 20, 2 Market St
Sydney, NSW 2000 |
key_people = Peter James, Chairman |
industry = Internet Hosting Service|
homepage = [http://ninefold.com/ 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.{{cite web|title=Macquarie launches Ninefold Cloud Start-up|url=http://www.mitchellake.com/news/Sydney/IT_&_Telecomms/Macquarie-launches-Ninefold-Cloud-Start-up/206|publisher=Mitchel Lake}}
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.{{cite web|last1=Tomlinson|first1=Mundi|title=New Suppliers added to the DCaaS Multi Use List|url=http://www.finance.gov.au/blog/2013/06/26/new-suppliers-added-dcaas-multi-use-list/|website=Department of Finance|ref=4}} On 13 February 2015, Ninefold was listed as a product available to Federal Government agencies through Macquarie Telecom.{{cite web|last1=Wu|first1=Karen|title=New Cloud Services Panel|url=http://www.financeminister.gov.au/media/2015/0213-new-cloud-services-panel.html|website=Minister for Finance|accessdate=13 February 2015}}
= Docker Support =
On 10 June 2014, Ninefold commenced support of Docker with the announcement that Docker 1.0.0 {{cite web|title=It's here: Docker 1.0|date=23 September 2021 |url=http://blog.docker.com/2014/06/its-here-docker-1-0/}} was available.{{cite web|title=Docker comes preloaded|url=https://ninefold.com/news/docker-100/}}
Competitors
References
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External links
- {{Citation | url = https://ninefold.com/ | title = Ninefold website | type = official site}}.
- {{Citation | url = https://github.com/ninefold | title = Ninefold Open Source Repository on Github}}.