Artmotion

Artmotion Ltd. is a Swiss based data housing provider. It operates two data centers near the Swiss Alps that are designed for security-seeking businesses,[1] favored by the country's political neutrality and ironclad privacy laws.[2][3]

Artmotion
TypePrivately held
IndustryData center
Founded2000
Headquarters
Steinhausen, Switzerland
Key people
Mateo Meier (Founder and CEO)
ServicesData housing
Websitewww.artmotion.eu

History

Artmotion was founded in 2000 by Mateo Meier, who is also the current CEO of the company.[4] In 2003, Artmotion acquired Cyberhost, a Swiss Cloud hosting services provider. In 2004, it became an Ltd. company.[5] Since 2011, the Swiss datacenter provider Everyware Ltd. holds 25 percent of Artmotion's shares.[6] Artmotion increased its capital in 2015.[7]

NSA PRISM Scandal

After the 2013 PRISM leak, several cloud computing companies faced criticism for their lack of security, especially those based in US.[8][9] Artmotion, among other Swiss-based cloud computing providers gained the most out of this scandal.[10][11] Mostly due to the country's stringent data privacy laws, their customer base increased and the company had their revenue up 45 percent in a month following the scandal.[12][13] According to the CEO Mateo Meier, except in a few European countries like Luxembourg and Switzerland, personal privacy is difficult to service in this modern world.[14] Switzerland is not a member of European Union, hence it is exempt from pan-European agreements to share data with member states, as well as the United States.[15]

References
  1. Mateo Meier (10 July 2013). "PRISM Scandal Boosts Revenue of Swiss Datacenter Provider Artmotion". Reuters. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  2. "Industry Outlook: Swiss Data Center Market". Datacenterjournal.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. Laura Secorun Palet (12 July 2014). "Protecting the 21st century's most precious assets — in Swiss banks". USAToday. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. "Company Overview of Artmotion Ltd". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  5. "Artmotion - History". Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. "Dedicated Server Provider Artmotion and Leading Datacenter Provider EveryWare are Forming an International Partnership". Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  7. "Artmotion AG". Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  8. "NSA Leaks Have Seen Business For Swiss Data Centers Boom". Eteknix.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  9. "Scared of PRISM, US Firms Bank on Swiss Data Centers". Siliconangle.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  10. "Companies Turn to Switzerland for Cloud Storage Following NSA Spying Revelations". IBTimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  11. Groenfeldt, Tom. "Gov Spying Boosts Swiss Data Center Revenues". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  12. "PRISM Scandal Boosts Revenue of Swiss Datacenter Provider Artmotion". Reuters.com. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  13. "Artmotion CEO Mateo Meier on security, storage and a Swiss Cloud". Cloudcomputing-news.net. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  14. "56 per cent of UK citizens believe the government is spying on them". Itproportal.com. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  15. "Switzerland: From Banking Paradise To Data Safe Zone". Npr.org. Retrieved 29 July 2015.


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