History
In 2003, Demian Sellfors became Media Temple CEO. [11] Sellfors founded Intergress Technologies, a digital business service provider in 1998. Intergress Technologies merged with one of its customers, Media Temple, in 1999. [11] The new company maintained the Media Temple name. [11]
Media Temple released the Grid, a public cloud service that manages user websites across multiple clustered servers rather than a single server, in 2006. [12] The Grid was updated in August 2013. [13] [14]
In August 2011, Webtrends acquired Reinvigorate, a portfolio company of Media Temple Ventures, Media Temple’s investment arm. [15] Reinvigorate produces web-based real-time data analytics tools. [15]
Media Temple appointed Russell P. Reeder its president and chief operating officer in March 2012. [4] [16] Reeder was president and CEO of LibreDigital prior to RR Donnelley’s acquisition of the digital publishing company in 2011. [4] He left Media Temple in April 2015 to join iCitizen, a civic engagement app based in Nashville. [17]
In June 2013, Media Temple launched CloudTech, a premium 24/7 support service provided by engineers, and upgraded its managed VPS hosting platform. [14]
In October 2013, the Wall Street Journal asked Media Temple to examine the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ healthcare.gov web portal. [2] [3] [18] [19] Media Temple found website code that served no apparent purpose and that the designers of healthcare.gov “failed to follow basic protocols for high-traffic sites.” [3] [18]
On October 15, 2013, Media Temple was acquired by GoDaddy [7] [8] [9] with both companies operating separately until early 2023. [20]
In March 2014, Media Temple unveiled a new managed WordPress hosting product, [21] which the company further expanded in May 2014. [22] In February 2015, Media Temple's managed WordPress offering evolved into a full-featured solution with four new customized plans. [23]
In December 2014, the web hosting company joined Google for Work Partner Program to resell and support Google Apps for Work. [24]
In July 2015, Media Temple joined the AWS Advanced Consulting Partner Program and launched new managed cloud hosting services for AWS. [25] That same month, Rod Stoddard joined the company as its new president. [26]
In October 2015, the company refreshed its shared hosting product, Grid, and relaunched it as a software-managed solution with enhanced ease-of-use and speed. [27] [28]
In May 2016, Media Temple unveiled a new enterprise-grade WordPress offering powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]
On December 5, 2022, it was announced that, beginning in February 2023, all Media Temple accounts would become GoDaddy accounts, thus retiring the Media Temple brand. [10]
