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From its start in the bedroom of one of its founders, Zeus Technology has thundered into the Web server software market. Two Cambridge computer science students, Adam Twiss and Damian Reeves, founded Zeus in 1995 when they developed a server software program to handle all the hits their Web site was getting. Rather than opening a new copy of the server program for each site visitor, the software avoids system overload on busy Web sites by enabling the same program to handle thousands of hits. Zeus has partnerships with Hewlett-Packard and IBM, and its software runs about 200,000 Web sites. Still in their twenties, the two founders each own nearly 35% of Zeus, which has also attracted venture capital financing.
COMPETITION |
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AOL Time Warner Inc. (AOL)
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (SUNW)
DEALS |
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Deal: Zeus Technology Gets $4.4 Million in Funding
Date Announced: 12.12.00
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 4.4
Description: Web server software maker closes $4.4 million in third round led by UBS Warburg.
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: September
2000 Sales (mil.): 2.10
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 239.7%
Employees: 34
Revenue per employee: $61,764.71
KEY PEOPLE |
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Adam Twiss
CEO
Ian McEwan
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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Newton House,
Cambridge CB4 0WZ, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-1223-525-000
Fax: 44-1223-525-100
Online: Web Site
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