iAsiaWorks
{{Short description|American communications company}}
{{lowercase title|iAsiaWorks}}{{Infobox company
| name = iAsiaWorks
| type = Public
| logo = IAsiaWorks_logo.svg
| traded_as = NASDAQ: IAWK
| industry = Internet service provider, Internet data center
| founded = 2000
| defunct = 2001
| fate = Acquired
| hq_location = Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul
| key_people = Jon Beizer (CEO), Jon Engman (CFO), Nick Levay (CSO)
| services = ISP, Datacenter services
| headquarters =
}}
iAsiaWorks was an ISP and Internet data center (IDC) from 2000–2001 during the final days of the dot-com era, which built state-of-the-art data centers in Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul and other cities. Its IPO on the NASDAQ was IAWK on Aug 19th, 2000.{{Cite web|url=http://biz.yahoo.com/ipo/p/iawk.html|title = Financial Calendars - Yahoo Finance}}
Officers
- CEO: Jon Beizer
- CFO: Jon Engman{{cite web |url=http://www.iasiaworks.com/press052901.html
|title=IAsiaWorks Press Releases - IASIAWORKS NAMES JON ENGMAN AS CFO |website=www.iasiaworks.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010807233239/http://www.iasiaworks.com/press052901.html
|archive-date=7 August 2001 }}
Description
iAsiaWorks began as a Taiwan & Korean ISP called AUNet, raised additional capital, and purchased AT&T's Hong Kong ISP business in early 2000. The newly merged company offered leased line and datacenter space to companies across Asia Pacific, but with a particular focus on Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea. In each of these markets it built {{convert|100000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} datacenter facilities, which remained mostly empty until it closed in mid to late 2001. The facilities were built to the highest specifications available in Asia. In the fall of 2001 iAsiaWork's facility in Seoul was purchased by Dacom where it consolidated its 'KIDC' operations.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kidc.net/eng/facility/seo01.jsp |title=Facilities - Seocho 1 Center|access-date=2005-11-30 |archive-date=2005-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051208013809/http://www.kidc.net/eng/facility/seo01.jsp |url-status=dead }} Its former facility in Hong Kong was occupied by Singtel.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825110932/http://business.singtel.com/mnc/managed_hosting/points_of_presence/expanDatacentre_hongkong.asp|url=http://business.singtel.com/mnc/managed_hosting/points_of_presence/expanDatacentre_hongkong.asp|archive-date=August 25, 2006|title=iAsiaWorks Hong Kong EXPAN Data Centre|publisher=singtel.com}} The status of the facility in Taiwan remains unknown.
References
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External links
- [http://www.iasiaworks.com iAsiaWorks Memorial] website created by Tom Cross and Nick Levay of the Industrial Memetics Institute
Category:Internet service providers of the United States
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