User:GeirThomasAndersen/Runbox
| Company type | Private (AS) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Email Service Provider |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
Key people | Dag Asheim: Founder and chairman; Geir Thomas Andersen: Managing Director |
| Services | Runbox Mail Manager |
| Website | www.runbox.com |
59°56′43.92″N 10°46′40.96″E / 59.9455333°N 10.7780444°E
Runbox is an email service offered worldwide since 2000 by the mainly employee-owned, Norwegian company Runbox Solutions AS. The Runbox service was acquired from the company Internet Upside AS (formerly Runbox AS) in a buy-out by key personnel in June, 2011.
History
[edit]- 10 October 1999: Runbox AS founded.
- 16 August 2000: The free email service Runbox Mail Manager launched, pioneering online (cloud) storage of email with offering of 100 MB storage space and email consolidation tools.
- March 2001 Runbox Mail Manager reached 130 000 registered accounts, increasing by 1300 per day
- 7 October 2001: Runbox Mail Manager was converted from a free email service to a subscription-based service. 3% of free users converted to paid service.
- 1 July 2004: Email storage space increased to 1 GB.[1]
- 21 January 2005: E-mail hosting services launched.[2]
- 28 September 2005: Email storage space increased to 10 GB.[3]
- 1 June 2011: Service acquired by Runbox Solutions AS.
- 14 June 2011: Email servers moved to a facility provided by Copyleft Solutions AS, the company that currently manages the Runbox servers.
Financial Status
[edit]The company is backed by investors, employees and Redpill Linpro AS[citation needed]. The company lost money for the 2008, 2009 and 2010 financial years[4] and in May 2011 was bought out by staff and key personnel, and a new company, Runbox Solutions AS formed. [5][6]
Services
[edit]The core Runbox email service consists of open source components and a web application developed by Runbox and Redpill Linpro with funding from The Research Council of Norway.[7]
External links
[edit]- Runbox' homepage
- Runbox' entry in the Brønnøysund Register Centre, Norway's official company register
References
[edit]- ^ Vil du ha epost med en gigabyte lagringsplass?(Norwegian). Retrieved February 2, 2010.
- ^ Web Host Industry Review: Runbox Launches Email Hosting. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
- ^ Runbox: News archive. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
- ^ Financial Statements in Norwegian As of March 2011
- ^ http://www.runbox.com/about/company-information/
- ^ http://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?t=64696
- ^ Runbox: About RMM. Retrieved September 12, 2009.