Steadfast Networks Explained
Steadfast Networks |
Foundation: | Fond du Lac, WI, 1998[1] |
Location: | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Key People: | Karl Zimmerman |
Products: | Web services |
Homepage: | www.Steadfast.net |
Steadfast Networks is a Chicago, Illinois-based Internet Service Provider primarily focused on Cloud Computing, Dedicated Servers and Colocation. It is a division of Nozone, Inc., a company founded in 1998 by then high-school student Karl Zimmerman[2] in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and incorporated in 2000. In 2008 it was named number 370 on the Inc 500 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America List[3] and was on the Inc 5000 List of the Largest Companies in America in both 2009[4] and 2010.[5]
Locations
Steadfast currently has datacenter facilities in 3 locations: Two in downtown Chicago[6] and one in Edison, New Jersey.[7]
Steadfast has a private network with peering points throughout the United States along with London and Amsterdam.[8]
Controversy
In November 2007 the Chicago Tribune published an article on the hosting of hate sites in America, where they are protected by the First Amendment. The Anti-Defamation League noted that Steadfast hosted 17 such sites.[9] Steadfast responded on the official company blog to clarify that they are strong supporters of the First Amendment, but against hate speech.[10]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Corporate Information . 2010-08-12.
- News: Rich . Miller . Steadfast Networks Expands in NYC . 2010-06-16 . Data Center Knowledge . 2010-08-12.
- Web site: Steadfast Networks -- IT Services . 2010-08-12 . 2008 Inc 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America . Inc 500.
- Web site: Steadfast Networks -- IT Services . 2010-08-12 . 2009 Inc 500 5000 . Inc 500.
- Web site: Steadfast Networks : Inc 2010 Rating . 2010-08-27 . 2010 . . 2010 RANKING: #1359.
- Web site: Steadfast Networks Opens New Chicago Data Center . 2010-08-12 . 2010-06-29 . Ping! Zine Web Hosting Magazine.
- Web site: Our New Data Center: New Jersey | Steadfast.
- Web site: PeeringDB - AS32748 . 2014-08-01.
- News: Russell . Working . Illegal abroad, hate Web sites thrive here - 1st Amendment lets fringe groups use U.S. sites to spread their message around the world . 2007-11-13 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103131246/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/1381841541.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+13,+2007&author=Russell+Working&pub=Chicago+Tribune&edition=&startpage=1&desc=Illegal+abroad,+hate+Web+sites+thrive+here+;+1st+Amendment+lets+fringe+groups+use+U.S.+sites+to+spread+their+message+around+the+world . dead . 3 November 2012 . The Chicago Tribune . News 1 . 2010-08-12 . Karl Zimmerman -- whose Steadfast Networks in Chicago has hosted as many as 17 hate sites, according to the Anti-Defamation League -- said there are only two Web sites he knows of that have drawn several complaints, although some companies that are customers may host other sites..
- Web site: Steadfast Response to Chicago Tribune Article . 2010-08-12 . Zimmerman . Karl . 2007-11-13 . The Steadfast Networks Blog.