Company:Media Temple

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Media Temple, Inc.
TypeSubsidiary
Founded1998
FounderThomas Anthony
Demian Sellfors
John Carey
Defunct2023
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Lou Kikos, General Manager
ServicesWebsite hosting
Cloud hosting
Number of employees
200+ (2017)
ParentGoDaddy
Websitewww.mediatemple.net

Media Temple was a website hosting and cloud hosting provider, which focused on web designers, developers and creative agencies.[1][2][3][4] The company was founded in 1998 by Thomas Anthony, Demian Sellfors and John Carey.[5][6] It was headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Media Temple was acquired by GoDaddy in October 2013 for total consideration of $94.5 million in cash,[7][8][9][10] but the two brands operated separately until February 2023, when the Media Temple brand was retired and its services were merged into GoDaddy.[11][12]

History

In 2003, Demian Sellfors became Media Temple CEO.[13] Sellfors founded Intergress Technologies, a digital business service provider in 1998. Intergress Technologies merged with one of its customers, Media Temple, in 1999.[13] The new company maintained the Media Temple name.[13]

Media Temple released the Grid, a public cloud service that manages user websites across multiple clustered servers rather than a single server, in 2006.[14] The Grid was updated in August 2013.[15][16]

In August 2011, Webtrends acquired Reinvigorate, a portfolio company of Media Temple Ventures, Media Temple's investment arm.[17] Reinvigorate produced web-based real-time data analytics tools.[17]

Media Temple appointed Russell P. Reeder its president and chief operating officer in March 2012.[4][18] Reeder was president and CEO of LibreDigital prior to RR Donnelley's acquisition of the digital publishing company in 2011.[4] He left Media Temple in April 2015 to join iCitizen, a civic engagement app based in Nashville.[19]

In June 2013, Media Temple launched CloudTech, a 24/7 support service provided by engineers, and upgraded its managed VPS hosting platform.[16]

In October 2013, the Wall Street Journal asked Media Temple to examine the United States Department of Health and Human Services' HealthCare.gov web portal.[2][3][20][21] Media Temple found website code that served no apparent purpose and that the designers of healthcare.gov "failed to follow basic protocols for high-traffic sites."[3][20]

As part of the GoDaddy acquisition, Media Temple's website-building subsidiary Virb was divested back to founder Brad Smith and Media Temple co-founders Demian Sellfors and John Carey, after the companies concluded that folding the product into GoDaddy's existing website builder did not make business sense.[22]

In March 2014, Media Temple introduced a new managed WordPress hosting product,[23] which the company further expanded in May 2014.[24] In February 2015, Media Temple's managed WordPress offering was reorganized into four pricing tiers.[25]

In December 2014, the web hosting company joined Google for Work Partner Program to resell and support Google Apps for Work.[26]

In July 2015, Media Temple joined the AWS Advanced Consulting Partner Program and launched new managed cloud hosting services for AWS.[27] That same month, Rod Stoddard joined the company as its new president.[28][29]

In October 2015, the company refreshed its shared hosting product, Grid, and relaunched it as a software-managed solution.[30][31]

In May 2016, Media Temple introduced a new enterprise-grade WordPress offering powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS).[32][33][34][35][36]

On December 5, 2022, it was announced that, beginning in February 2023, all Media Temple accounts would become GoDaddy accounts, thus retiring the Media Temple brand.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Hayley Ringle (Oct 15, 2013). "GoDaddy acquires Media Temple to better serve Web developers". Phoenix Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2013/10/15/godaddy-acquires-media-tempe-to-better.html?page=all. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stephanie Condon (Oct 7, 2013). "After rocky start, administration says Obamacare site has improved". CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/after-rocky-start-administration-says-obamacare-site-has-improved/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 CHRISTOPHER WEAVER; SHIRA OVIDE (Oct 6, 2013). "Software, Design Defects Cripple Health-Care Website". The Wall Street Journal. https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304441404579119740283413018. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Media Temple adds new COO, CTO". Los Angeles Business Journal. Jun 13, 2012. http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2012/06/13/media-temple-adds-new-coo-cto.html. 
  5. ↑ Natalie Jarvey (Oct 15, 2013). "GoDaddy Scoops Up Culver City's Media Temple". Los Angeles Business Journal. https://www.labusinessjournal.com/news/2013/oct/15/godaddy-scoops-culver-citys-media-temple/. 
  6. ↑ "Form S-1 Registration Statement". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Nov 12, 2015. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001609711/000160971115000032/gddy-20151112xs1registrati.htm. 
  7. ↑ Ingrid Lunden (Oct 15, 2013). "GoDaddy Buys Media Temple To Build Up Its Business With Web Professionals". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2013/10/15/godaddy-buys-media-temple-to-build-up-its-business-with-web-professionals/. 
  8. ↑ Christina Farr (Oct 15, 2013). "GoDaddy CEO: We bought Media Temple to 'win the hearts and minds of developers'". Venture Beat. https://venturebeat.com/2013/10/15/godaddy-ceo-we-bought-media-temple-to-win-the-hearts-and-minds-of-developers/. 
  9. ↑ Nicole Henderson (Oct 16, 2013). "Media Temple, GoDaddy Talk Acquisition, Growth and Culture". Data Center Knowledge. https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/10/16/media-temple-godaddy-talk-acquisition-growth-and-culture. 
  10. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Palumbo, Joseph (2022-12-05). "A New Chapter For Media Temple" (in en-US). https://mediatemple.net/blog/news/a-new-chapter-for-media-temple/. 
  11. ↑ Gooding, Sarah (2023-09-06). "GoDaddy Retires Media Temple Brand". https://wptavern.com/godaddy-retires-media-temple-brand. 
  12. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Media Temple Appoints New CEO". Web Hosting Industry Review. Apr 4, 2003. http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/media-temple-appoints-new-ceo. 
  13. ↑ Michael Arrington (Oct 17, 2006). "Media Temple Crushes Shared Hosting". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2006/10/17/media-temple-crushes-shared-hosting/. 
  14. ↑ Allison Howen (Aug 14, 2013). "Media Temple Answers Slow Site Prayers". Website Magazine. http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2013/08/14/media-temple-answers-slow-site-prayers.aspx. 
  15. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Nicole Henderson (Jun 18, 2013). "HostingCon 2013: Media Temple Updates Managed VPS Hosting, Launches CloudTech Support". Web Host Industry Review. http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/hostingcon-2013-media-temple-updates-managed-vps-hosting-launches-cloud-tech-support. 
  16. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Robin Wauters (Aug 8, 2011). "Webtrends Buys Media Temple-Backed Realtime Analytics Firm Reinvigorate". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/08/webtrends-buys-media-temple-backed-realtime-analytics-firm-reinvigorate/. 
  17. ↑ Nicole Henderson (Jun 13, 2013). "Web Host Media Temple Names President and COO, CTO". Web Host Industry Review. http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/web-host-media-temple-names-president-and-coo-cto. 
  18. ↑ Former Media Temple President Russ Reeder Joins Civic Engagement App iCitizen as CEO, Web Hosting Industry Review, Nicole Henderson, April 24, 2015
  19. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Adam Aigner-Treworgy (Oct 8, 2013). "Obamacare website glitches caused by software shortcomings, official says". CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/08/politics/obamacare-website-glitches/. 
  20. ↑ ANDY MEDICI (Oct 13, 2013). "HHS scrambles to fix glitches in insurance exchange roll out". Federal Times. http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20131013/AGENCY04/310130005/HHS-scrambles-fix-glitches-insurance-exchange-roll-out. 
  21. ↑ Josh Constine (Oct 15, 2013). "Virb Website Builder Jettisons From Media Temple As It's Bought By GoDaddy". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2013/10/15/virb-spins-out-of-media-temple. 
  22. ↑ Media Temple Launches Managed WordPress Hosting Service, TechCrunch, Frederic Lardinois, March 4, 2014
  23. ↑ Media Temple Expands Its WordPress Hosting Features With Backup Service And Git Integration, TechCrunch, Frederic Lardinois, May 9, 2014
  24. ↑ Media Temple Expands Its WordPress Hosting Service, TechCrunch, Frederic Lardinois, Feb 25, 2015
  25. ↑ Media Temple Launches Google Apps for Work, Web Host Industry Review, Nicole Henderson, Dec 3, 2014
  26. ↑ Media Temple Launches Managed Cloud Hosting Solution For AWS, TechCrunch, Frederic Lardinois, July 7, 2015
  27. ↑ Media Temple Names Tech Veteran Rod Stoddard President, Web Hosting Industry Review, Nicole Henderson, July 27, 2015
  28. ↑ "Tech Industry Veteran Rod Stoddard Joins Media Temple as President". August 4, 2015. https://hostingjournalist.com/news/tech-industry-veteran-rod-stoddard-joins-media-temple-as-president.  "RankingHostingów". https://www.rankinghostingow24.pl/. 
  29. ↑ [1], socalTECH, Ben Kuo, October 15, 2015
  30. ↑ [2], Web Hosting Industry Review, Chris Burt, October 19, 2015
  31. ↑ [3], TechCrunch, Frederic Lardinois, May 17, 2016
  32. ↑ [4], Web Hosting Industry Review, Chris Burt, April 17, 2016
  33. ↑ [5], Website Magazine, Pete Prestipino, April 18, 2016
  34. ↑ [6], socalTECH, Ben Kuo, April 18, 2016
  35. ↑ [7], Fierce CIO, April 18, 2016



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