HostColor - Cloud Hosting, Edge Servers, Dedicated Servers & VPS

Our Story

Name: About HostColor - Cloud Hosting, Edge Dedicated Servers & VPS
Brand: HostColor
Price: 15 USD

Since 1999, HostColor.com has been a well-known and trusted web hosting and Managed Infrastructure Service Provider (MISP) worldwide. It started as a small European company with two owners who were challenged to find a reliable IT infrastructure to host their clients' websites and applications. For the first two years, HostColor.com used hosting services from Alabanza and dedicated servers from RackShack. They provided acceptable uptime, but lacked good technical support. In order to deliver premium service level agreements to its customers, the HostColor team needed complete control over its IT infrastructure and soon established its first server data center in South Bend, Indiana.

In 2003, Host Color LLC was incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware, and began maintaining colocation infrastructure in New York, Houston, Indianapolis, and South Bend, Indiana. Since then, HC has continued to expand its infrastructure. Today, HostColor.com is a globally recognized brand and reputable global MISP providing semi-managed edge bare-metal and cloud infrastructure in over 100 data centers worldwide.

Our organization values cultural, ethnic, and racial diversity, gender equality, and equal opportunity for all based on skills and creativity. We believe in open markets and free trade. We are convinced that an individual's identity can only be developed through a process of knowledge acquisition and personal achievement. The Internet and the digital economy have created a whole new world of opportunity, where knowledge, talent and hard work make it possible for everyone to succeed! But to do well, everyone needs encouragement and support. This is what the HostColor team is truly great at - helping our clients grow and achieve their goals.

We have over 25 years of invaluable experience in designing, deploying, automating, and maintaining IT infrastructures. We are part of the web hosting and cloud infrastructure industry, which has undergone several technology cycles. We began by hosting virtual hosting accounts (Shared Hosting) on physical servers and have since transitioned through various stages of the IT Hosting industry's transformation. This includes using virtualization technologies on standalone servers, building high-availability cluster systems of physical nodes, and creating, managing, and supporting advanced enterprise-grade cloud infrastructures that feature business continuity.

HostColor.com specializes in delivering Semi-Managed Edge infrastructure hosting services. We provide different kinds of Edge Servers - Bare Metal Servers, Cloud Servers and Colocation hosting services. We have US Dedicated Servers in 50 data centers. Our system administrators and DevOps engineers install the requested technology environments and configure them to your custom configurations, apply your custom security policy on an infrastructure level, reinstall the operating systems (OS), configure the network settings on your bare-metal or cloud infrastructure, and help you troubleshoot in case of any OS, networking, or software configuration issues.

Our team's hard work and dedication to client success have earned HostColor recognition as one of the world's most innovative and trusted Edge Cloud and Bare-Metal Server hosting providers. In the cloud infrastructure hosting industry, the HostColor brand means reliability, a professional attitude, and the best possible customer care. This makes us the preferred choice for anyone seeking scalable and high-performance web hosting services.

Timeline

May, 1999

HC Team Assembled

The founding members of HostColor met and created a small managed IT service provider in Europe. We began using third-party infrastructure, designing and managing websites, and building dot-com businesses for our clients.

January, 2002

HostColor.com

Our website design and development business was separated from our web hosting business. In early 2002, HostColor.com (HC) was incorporated and began offering Shared Hosting services.

March, 2003

Midwest U.S. Colocation

In 2003, we began the development of our own colocation facility in South Bend, Indiana, resulting in the creation of an independent server infrastructure and network.

June 2003

VPS & Dedicated Servers

After establishing the HC's South Bend-based colocation, we expanded its services to include VPS Hosting using OpenVZ and Kernel-based VM virtualization technologies, as well as low-end dedicated servers.

December 2004

European Hosting Infrastructure

In 2004, we started HostColorEurope (HCE) to offer Infrastructure Hosting services in Europe. Since 2014, we've been providing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) in over 20 cities across the continent. You can find our IaaS in Amsterdam, The Hague, Copenhagen, London, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Zaragoza, Milano, Vienna, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Stockholm, Prague, Bratislava, Bucharest, Sofia, Athens and Belgrade.

September 2005

Managed Hosting & Services

In the third quarter of 2005, HC assembled a skilled team of system administrators and technical support specialists and strengthened its IT services portfolio with the introduction of Managed Hosting services.

April 2009

ARIN Member & Cloud Infrastructure

In 2009, HostColor became a member of ARIN, moved to a new facility in South Bend, Indiana, and established a cloud infrastructure that provides failover services for Public Cloud Servers and Hosted Private Clouds.

Jan 2010 - March 2013

Cloud IaaS w/ Premium SLA

Over a period of 2.5 years, HostColor invested in expanding its network, cloud infrastructure and automation to improve the automation process and overall service delivery and management procedures.

September 2013 - June 2015

Low Latency Cloud Hosting Network

Between 2013 and 2015, HostColor delivered web hosting and cloud services from an edge data center in South Bend, Indiana, despite the high cost of internet bandwidth. As a result, we were able to build one of the most connected cloud hosting delivery networks in the Midwest U.S. Additionally, HostColor expanded its points of presence and began offering cloud services from several other edge data centers across the United States.

May 2016

The Best of the Cloud

HC has introduced on-demand cloud infrastructure services based on VMware ESXi and Proxmox Virtual Environment virtualization technologies. Cloud IaaS options include automated failover for public, private, and hybrid clouds to ensure continuous service and data availability. Our cloud solutions are tailored to meet the specific needs of businesses and enterprises seeking reliable and scalable cloud services. HC's technology ensures optimal performance and security, providing customers with unmatched efficiency and peace of mind.

November 2016

Asian Dedicated Hosting

HostColor.com launched its Dedicated Hosting services in Asia. The first points of presence have been established in Singapore, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Mumbai, India.

May 2019

Managed Cloud IaaS

HC has introduced a Managed Cloud Infrastructure service that is delivered from more than 30 locations worldwide. The service is available for both Public Cloud Servers and Hosted Private Clouds.

June 2022

New Colocation Centers

New Edge Colocation service locations have been added in several cities across the United States, including New York, Latham, Charlotte, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Dallas, and Bend.

July 2022

10 Gbps Dedicated Servers

HC offers our customers access to our 10Gbps Dedicated Servers located in 14 major cities across the United States. These cities include Ashburn, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Bend, Oregon; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Kansas City, Missouri; Los Angeles and Santa Clara, California; Miami, Florida; Newark, New Jersey; New York, NY; and Seattle, Washington.

January 2023

Support To Open Source Projects

As part of the Open Source Projects Support Program. HC partners with Peppermint OS project and provides cloud server hosting to Peppermint in its U.S. and European virtual data centers.

May 2023

50 U.S. Edge Server Hosting Locations

As of May 2023, HostColor provisions U.S. Edge Servers from Albany, New York; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Ashburn and Herndon Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston and San Antonio, Texas; Bend and Portland, Oregon; Billings, MT; Boise, ID; Boston, Massachusetts; Casper, WY; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio; Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Michigan; Honolulu, Hawaii; Indianapolis, Indiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Jacksonville, Miami and Tampa, Florida; Kansas City and Saint Louis, Missouri; Las Vegas, Nevada; Little Rock, Arkansas; Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, Santa Clara, and San Diego, California; Madison, Wisconsin; Miami, Florida; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Nashville, Kentucky; New Orleans, Louisiana; New York City and the State of New York; Omaha, Nebraska; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; Phoenix, Arizona; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle and Spokane, Washington; and Tulsa, Oklahoma.

January 2024

Bare Metal & Cloud Servers in South America

HostColor has expanded in South America. We offer Bare-Metal Servers and Cloud Servers delivered from data centers located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

HC Leadership

Some of those who drive HostColor forward.

Alexander - Founder of Host Color LLC & Board Advisor

Alexander D.

Founder & Advisory Board Member

Dimitar - Founder and CEO, Host Color LLC

Dimitar A.

Founder & CEO

Dani S.

Head of Infrastructure & NOC

Dimitar S.

Head of System Administration

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