Artmotion

Artmotion
Privately held
Industry Data center
Founded 2000
Headquarters Steinhausen, Switzerland
Key people
 Mateo Meier (Founder and CEO)
Services Data housing
Website www.artmotion.eu

Artmotion Ltd. is a Swiss based data housing provider. It operates two data centers near the Swiss Alps that are designed for security-seeking businesses,[1] favored by the country's political neutrality and ironclad privacy laws.[2][3]

History

Artmotion was founded in 2000 by Mateo Meier, who is also the current CEO of the company.[4] In 2003, Artmotion acquired Cyberhost, a Swiss Cloud hosting services provider. In 2004, it became an Ltd. company.[5] Since 2011, the Swiss datacenter provider Everyware Ltd. holds 25 percent of Artmotion's shares.[6] Artmotion increased its capital in 2015.[7]

NSA PRISM Scandal

After the 2013 PRISM leak, several cloud computing companies faced criticism for their lack of security, especially those based in US.[8][9] Artmotion, among other Swiss-based cloud computing providers gained the most out of this scandal.[10][11] Mostly due to the country's stringent data privacy laws, their customer base increased and the company had their revenue up 45 percent in a month following the scandal.[12][13] According to the CEO Mateo Meier, except in a few European countries like Luxembourg and Switzerland, personal privacy is difficult to service in this modern world.[14] Switzerland is not a member of European Union, hence it is exempt from pan-European agreements to share data with member states, as well as the United States.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Mateo Meier (10 July 2013). "PRISM Scandal Boosts Revenue of Swiss Datacenter Provider Artmotion". Reuters. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Industry Outlook: Swiss Data Center Market". Datacenterjournal.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Laura Secorun Palet (12 July 2014). "Protecting the 21st century's most precious assets — in Swiss banks". USAToday. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Company Overview of Artmotion Ltd.". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Artmotion - History". Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Dedicated Server Provider Artmotion and Leading Datacenter Provider EveryWare are Forming an International Partnership". Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Artmotion AG". Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "NSA Leaks Have Seen Business For Swiss Data Centers Boom". Eteknix.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Scared of PRISM, US Firms Bank on Swiss Data Centers". Siliconangle.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Companies Turn to Switzerland for Cloud Storage Following NSA Spying Revelations". IBTimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  11. ↑ Groenfeldt, Tom. "Gov Spying Boosts Swiss Data Center Revenues". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "PRISM Scandal Boosts Revenue of Swiss Datacenter Provider Artmotion". Reuters.com. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Artmotion CEO Mateo Meier on security, storage and a Swiss Cloud". Cloudcomputing-news.net. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "56 per cent of UK citizens believe the government is spying on them". Itproportal.com. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Switzerland: From Banking Paradise To Data Safe Zone". Npr.org. Retrieved 29 July 2015.


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