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The Internet Company of New Zealand Limited (otherwise known as ICONZ) is a New Zealand hosting and Internet Service Provider (ISP), and was a pioneer in providing internet connections to residential New Zealanders. Since then, ICONZ has expanded its product offering considerably. It now offers a broad range of IT services. This includes connectivity, cloud, business continuity, security, voice, colocation and managed services. ICONZ's competitors include Spark, Orcon, Vodafone New Zealand (previously ihug)and Datacom, as well as several mid-sized vendors. ICONZ is now a part of the Webvisions Group of companies. == History == In 1992 ICONZ was founded as a small business by Chris Thorpe and Jon Clarke in Clarke's garage. By 1994 ICONZ had grown and was one of only two companies providing internet solutions to the Auckland and far north regions of New Zealand,〔 〕 with 18 dial-up lines and a 48K MDDS circuit. In 1995, ICONZ hosted auckland.nz.undernet.org IRC node setup which was significant step forward for New Zealand global communications.〔 〕 The Undernet is now one of the largest Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks. ICONZ was acquired by AsiaOnLine in 1999 and moved from being a New Zealand-based ISP to a Pacific-based ISP. The branding was changed to AsiaOnline, and it was given a new look. It joined a multinational company scattered around the Pacific Rim, with offices in California, Hong Kong, The Philippines, China, South Korea, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. AsiaOnline went into liquidation in November 2001, and the New Zealand portion was sold to the Spencer family who reinstated the ICONZ branding. Under the leadership of Michael Spencer, the operations acquired from AsiaOnline were merged with his existing ISP business, VISP and E3. The company centralised operations to ICONZ House in Airedale Street, Auckland. In 2003, ICONZ acquired New Plymouth-based WebFarm and Freeparking, leading shared-hosting providers in the New Zealand market. These business units continue to operate from New Plymouth. In 2005, ICONZ acquired 2day.com, a specialist Windows hosting company based in Auckland. In 2006, the Spencer Family made a significant investment in the Pan-Asian hoster Webvisions, headquartered in Singapore. In 2012, ICONZ completed a 100% acquisition of Webvisions and both companies now operate as one entity, i.e. ICONZ-Webvisions Pte Ltd. Webvisions, one of the top hosting companies in Singapore, was founded in 1996 by 3 entrepreneurs from Singapore - Roger Lim, Rebecca Wan, and Adrian. It was incorporated in 1999 as Webvisions Pte Ltd. Webvisions is one of the few Accredited Registrars under Singapore Network Information (SGNIC) who helped to provide a Domain Name System (DNS) to enhance the security, stability and resiliency of the Internet infrastructure. 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「ICONZ」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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