Artmotion Explained

Artmotion
Type:Privately held
Location City:Steinhausen, Switzerland
Foundation:2000
Industry:Data center
Key People:Mateo Meier (Founder and CEO)
Services:Data housing

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] motivated 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. Since 2011, the Swiss data center provider Everyware Ltd. holds 25% of Artmotion's shares.[5] Artmotion increased its capital in 2015.[6]

Artmotion acquired 58% of shares in Citadelo and became a shareholder and board member in 2020. However Artmotion and Citadelo continued to operate as separate companies.[7] [8] Artmotion also owns a stake in Citadelo Switzerland.[9]

NSA PRISM scandal

After the 2013 PRISM leak, several cloud computing companies faced criticism for their lack of security, especially those based in US.[10] [11] Artmotion, among other Swiss-based cloud computing providers gained the most out of this scandal.[12] Mostly due to the country's stringent data privacy laws, their customer base increased and the company had their revenue increased 45 percent in a month following the scandal.[13] [14] 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.[15] 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.[16]

Notes and References

  1. News: PRISM Scandal Boosts Revenue of Swiss Datacenter Provider Artmotion . https://archive.today/20150214214524/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/10/artmotion-idUSnBw105613a+100+BSW20130710 . dead . 14 February 2015 . Mateo Meier . 10 July 2013 . . 29 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Industry Outlook: Swiss Data Center Market. Datacenterjournal.com. 2 August 2015.
  3. News: Protecting the 21st century's most precious assets — in Swiss banks . Laura Secorun Palet . 12 July 2014. . 21 January 2015.
  4. News: Company Overview of Artmotion Ltd.. Bloomberg.com. 29 July 2015.
  5. Web site: Dedicated Server Provider Artmotion and Leading Datacenter Provider EveryWare are Forming an International Partnership. 26 August 2015.
  6. Web site: Artmotion AG. 26 August 2015.
  7. Web site: 2020-11-17. Artmotion invests in Citadelo to help enterprises secure their technology infrastructure. 2021-05-29. Help Net Security. en-US.
  8. Web site: Interview: Mateo Meier, CEO, Artmotion. James. Coker. November 30, 2020. Infosecurity Magazine.
  9. Web site: AG. Easymonitoring. citadelo GmbH. 2021-05-29. Easymonitoring.
  10. Web site: NSA Leaks Have Seen Business For Swiss Data Centers Boom. 7 July 2013 . Eteknix.com. 2 August 2015.
  11. Web site: Scared of PRISM, US Firms Bank on Swiss Data Centers. Siliconangle.com. 2 August 2015.
  12. News: Gov Spying Boosts Swiss Data Center Revenues. Forbes.com. 2 August 2015. Tom. Groenfeldt.
  13. News: PRISM Scandal Boosts Revenue of Swiss Datacenter Provider Artmotion. https://archive.today/20150214214524/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/10/artmotion-idUSnBw105613a+100+BSW20130710. dead. 14 February 2015. Reuters.com. 2 August 2015. 10 July 2013.
  14. Web site: Artmotion CEO Mateo Meier on security, storage and a Swiss Cloud. 21 November 2013 . Cloudcomputing-news.net. 29 July 2015.
  15. Web site: 56 per cent of UK citizens believe the government is spying on them. Itproportal.com. 29 July 2015.
  16. Web site: Switzerland: From Banking Paradise To Data Safe Zone. Npr.org. 29 July 2015.

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