Artmotion
| Company type | Privately held |
|---|---|
| Industry | Data center |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Mateo Meier (Founder and CEO) |
| Services | Data housing |
| Website | www |
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] motivated by the country's political neutrality and ironclad privacy laws.[2][3]
History
[edit]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. Since 2011, the Swiss data center provider Everyware Ltd. holds 25% of Artmotion's shares.[5] Artmotion increased its capital in 2015.[6]
Artmotion acquired 58% of shares in Citadelo and became a shareholder and board member in 2020. However Artmotion and Citadelo continued to operate as separate companies.[7][8] Artmotion also owns a stake in Citadelo Switzerland.[9]
NSA PRISM scandal
[edit]After the 2013 PRISM leak, several cloud computing companies faced criticism for their lack of security, especially those based in US.[10][11] Artmotion, among other Swiss-based cloud computing providers gained the most out of this scandal.[12] Mostly due to the country's stringent data privacy laws, their customer base increased and the company had their revenue increased 45 percent in a month following the scandal.[13][14] 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.[15] 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.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ Mateo Meier (10 July 2013). "PRISM Scandal Boosts Revenue of Swiss Datacenter Provider Artmotion". Reuters. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ "Industry Outlook: Swiss Data Center Market". Datacenterjournal.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Laura Secorun Palet (12 July 2014). "Protecting the 21st century's most precious assets — in Swiss banks". USAToday. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Company Overview of Artmotion Ltd". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "Dedicated Server Provider Artmotion and Leading Datacenter Provider EveryWare are Forming an International Partnership". Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Artmotion AG". Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Artmotion invests in Citadelo to help enterprises secure their technology infrastructure". Help Net Security. 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ^ Coker, James (November 30, 2020). "Interview: Mateo Meier, CEO, Artmotion". Infosecurity Magazine.
- ^ AG, Easymonitoring. "citadelo GmbH". Easymonitoring. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ^ "NSA Leaks Have Seen Business For Swiss Data Centers Boom". Eteknix.com. 7 July 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Scared of PRISM, US Firms Bank on Swiss Data Centers". Siliconangle.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Groenfeldt, Tom. "Gov Spying Boosts Swiss Data Center Revenues". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "PRISM Scandal Boosts Revenue of Swiss Datacenter Provider Artmotion". Reuters.com. 10 July 2013. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Artmotion CEO Mateo Meier on security, storage and a Swiss Cloud". Cloudcomputing-news.net. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "56 per cent of UK citizens believe the government is spying on them". Itproportal.com. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "Switzerland: From Banking Paradise To Data Safe Zone". Npr.org. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
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