florida founder manoj marty puranik jose sanchez headquarters orlando florida united states area served united states key people manoj puranik ceo services cloud computing internet service provider internet hosting service website www.atlantic.net atlantic.net is an american cloud computing and hosting services provider with data center presence in the united states . founded in 1994 in gainesville florida as the internet connect company computers icc computers it is headquartered in orlando . 1 as of 2012 the company states that it provides colocation cloud server hosting internationally as a cloud service provider dedicated servers and managed server hosting . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 founding 1.2 growth 1.3 recent years 2 honors 3 references 4 external links history edit founding edit atlantic.net was founded in 1994 by manoj marty puranik and jose sanchez then both students at the university of florida in gainesville . since the university did not allow all students web access at that time puranik and sanchez created the infrastructure to be an internet service provider so they could get online themselves . the first connection was paid for by a computer repair shop run out of puranik s dorm room . the company was first named internet connect company computers icc computers and within a year had eight employees serving 2 000 customers in the gainesville area . 1 in 1995 it launched its first commercial internet services and expanded services to tampa and orlando in 1996 . growth edit by 1997 the company was expanding acquiring first coast internet and worldwide internet and adopting the name atlantic.net for its internet division . that year its internet service became available in jacksonville and the space coast and icc hosted the website of wrrx . near the end of 1997 the company was officially renamed atlantic.net and launched services to nine more cities . by 1998 it had doubled its revenue and acquired three further internet service providers isps . citation needed the company created a web division in 1999 completed its tenth acquisition and expanded to mississippi and louisiana . 3 it was then recognized as the 15th fastest growing private company in florida 4 and was nominated for the 1999 florida 100 . also in 1999 the company introduced webmail and became clec certified . in 2000 the company launched service in georgia and alabama . 3 the next year it went national with dial up service began offering dsl and also introduced true private networks . at this point the company was still completely self financed and in 2001 brought in profits of over 10 million 1 and had 50 000 subscribers . by 2002 atlantic.net had acquired 13 other internet service companies . 5 in 2002 it opened new headquarters in orlando florida and became the first isp in orlando offering high speed dial up . that year it also started nationwide long distance service for businesses completed its 16th acquisition and began working with clearchannel broadcasting . 6 by early 2002 it served alabama florida georgia louisiana mississippi and the carolinas . 7 the company also bought a 25 000 square feet 2 300 m2 data center in orlando in 2003 8 and began working with the aaa . in 2005 atlantic.net expanded data center services to cover voip systems . recent years edit in 2009 atlantic.net completed sas 70 certification and also took on the orlando magic as a client . 9 that year it launched managed hosting services for international government agencies and businesses . it introduced cloud computing in 2010 and in 2011 started offering methods for organizations to outsource it infrastructure . that year the company expanded across the united states and added cloud computing api . the company completed ssae 16 type ii certification formerly sas 70 in 2012 . honors edit 1999 ceo puranik named to board of directors of the florida internet service providers association 10 1999 puranik named a finalist for the ernst & young entrepreneur of the year award 11 1999 2002 member of the florida council of 100 2000 2002 one of inc. magazine s 500 fastest growing private companies in america 8 12 2003 puranik named as a finalist for the american business award for best executive 13 2009 puranik named one of the top 40 under 40 by the business journal 14 which also named the company as the largest independent isp in its region references edit a b c weisul kimberly april 23 2001 . roll your own internet . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved april 19 2012 . company overview of atlantic.net broadband inc. . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved march 9 2013 . a b flesher jonathan samuel 2000 . the geographic expansion of atlantic.net internet services . the florida geographer . 31 33 43 . jack reitman september 19 1999 . gainesville fla. based online access provider is poised for growth . . knight ridder tribune business news . retrieved march 9 2013 . earlier this month atlantic.net formerly internet connect company ranked 15th in uf s 1999 listing of the state s 100 fastest growing companies up from no. 79 in 1998 . highbeam subscription required florida telecom company entering austin market . austin business journal . january 25 2002 . retrieved april 19 2012 . atlantic.net partners with clear channel . jacksonville business journal . april 29 2002 . johnson dave january 17 2002 . plug in and log on . small business computing . retrieved april 19 2012 . a b etan horowitz march 9 2009 . atlantic.net data center quiet giant makes noise . orlando sentinel . orlando magic chooses atlantic.net as host . wireless news . march 23 2009 . retrieved march 9 2013 . local on net panel . gainesville sun . july 15 1999 . bleyer jim september 1 2002 . secured capacities infrastructure systems provide a firm basis for growth in both new and traditional economies . . florida trend . if you look at the internet as a whole we feel there are a lot of opportunities out there said puranik atlantic.net s president and a finalist for the 1999 ernst & young entrepreneur of the year award highbeam subscription required atlantic.net makes inc. 500 list . orlando business journal . october 24 2002 . retrieved april 19 2012 . 2003 individual awards category stevie winners & finalists . the american business awards . retrieved march 9 2013 . susan lundine and kelsey hinton june 22 2009 . forty under 40 the class of 2009 . orlando business journal . external links edit official website v t e internet service providers of the united states domestic states active admiral online allied fiber american internet services aeneas internet and telephone airespring at & t at & t internet services atlantic.net bendbroadband bigfoot communications bullseye telecom centennial communications centracom centurylink charter communications comcast comcast cable dish network earthlink gogo aircell google google fiber google wifi graham holdings cable one epb echostar hughesnet linknyc lusfiber microsoft msn dial up oplin peoplepc sprint 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