Ipswitch, Inc.
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| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Network Management, Application Management and Storage Management |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Lexington, Massachusetts, United States of America |
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| Website | ipswitch.com |
Ipswitch develops and markets software products and services for businesses worldwide. Headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, Ipswitch also has Research & Development centers in Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia, American Fork, Utah, and Madison, Wisconsin, and a European support office in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Ipswitch sells its products directly, as well as through distributors, resellers and OEMs in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe and the Pacific Rim.
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History
Roger Greene founded Ipswitch in 1991 with the aim of crafting user-friendly software for small businesses. Roger started the company out of his apartment without any Venture capital funding or bank financing. The company became profitable in its second year. The first product from Ipswitch was a gateway that allowed the Novell Inc. IPX networking protocol to connect with the Internet Protocol.[1] In the mid-1990s, it was a value-added reseller of the Spyglass Mosaic browser.[2]
Acquisitions
In 2010, Ipswitch purchased Dorian Software, which produces system log analysis and compliance software.[3]
Products
Ipswitch, Inc. sells and markets following products:
- iMacros: Client-side scripting, Macro recorder, Web testing developed by iOpus
- WhatsUp Gold for network management
- Log Management Suite for network security management
- MOVEit and WS FTP for file transfer
- MessageWay for file translation.
- IMail Server for messaging
Ipswitch was also selling its Telnet VT320 terminal emulation and communications package for PC. The software duplicated virtually all functions of the DEC VT320, VT220, VT102, VT100, and VT52 terminals, permitting communications among UNIX and VMS host systems from PCs running Microsoft Windows 16-bit and 32-bit operating systems.[4]
Awards & recognitions
- Ipswitch was named as one of the best places to work in Boston by Boston Business Journal under Mid-Size Company category in 2010, 2011 and 2012.[5]
- Ipswitch, Inc. Received the Security Industry’s Global Excellence Award for WhatsUp Log Management Suite in Compliance in 2012.[6]
Community Involvement
The company commits 5% of its profits to a variety of community investment programs, designed to support the interests of its employees.[7] Recently, Ipswitch Inc.’s network management division, claimed that the company achieved over 5,000 downloads of its WhatsUp Gold Engineer’s Toolkit in the first month of its release. Through a unique partnership with Trees for Life International, they planted over 5,000 trees, one for each download.[8]
References
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- ↑ http://www.ipswitch.com/company/index.asp
- ↑ http://it.tmcnet.com/channels/network-management/articles/94461-ipswitch-network-managements-whatsup-gold-engineers-toolkit-surpasses.htm
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