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HostGator is a Houston-based provider of shared, reseller, virtual private server, and dedicated web hosting with an additional presence in Austin, Texas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hostgator.com/company )〕 ==History== HostGator was founded in 2002 by Brent Oxley, who was then a student at Florida Atlantic University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Management Team--HostGator.com )〕 By 2006, HostGator had passed the 200,000 mark in registered domains.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Web Host Host Gator at 200,000 Names )〕 In 2007, the company moved from the original office in Boca Raton, Florida to a new 20,000 square building in Houston, Texas.〔 In 2008, Inc. Magazine ranked HostGator in its list of fastest growing companies at 21 in the United States and 1 in the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas area The same year, HostGator decided to make their hosting service green hosting by working with Integrated Ecosystem Market Services. In 2008, HostGator prepared for competition companies touting themselves as providing "unlimited" hosting services. Founder Brent Oxley was adamant about being able to back up an "unlimited" option prior to offering service named as such and increased staffing. He suggested that this move increased sales by at least 30%. In 2010 an office was added in Austin, Texas〔 In 2011, HostGator started operations in India with a its office in Nashik, Maharashtra and a data centre. On 21 June 2012, CEO and founder Brent Oxley announced the sale of HostGator to Endurance International Group, advised employees and users not to worry in part because Oxley would still own the buildings HostGator used. He said he wanted to travel the world before he had children. He was also candid about the failures in creating stable billing and registrar portions of HostGator, and hoped that Endurance might fix those. HostGator was sold to Enduarance International Group for $225 million USD. As of 2013, HostGator hosts over 9 million domains. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HostGator」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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