Umbrellar Ltd. is a New Zealand privately owned Internet web hosting company[1] headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand and incorporated in New Zealand.[2]

Umbrellar Ltd.
Type of businessPrivate
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997) (as Digiweb)
HeadquartersAuckland, New Zealand
Area servedNew Zealand
CEOMichael Foley
Key peopleRobert Rolls, CFO & Head of Online[citation needed]
Dave Howden, Head of Cloud [citation needed]
IndustryWeb hosting, small businesses
URLwww.umbrellar.com

Its services are utilised by small businesses, marketing agencies, web specialists, and large corporate enterprises across New Zealand, Australia and Asia.[3]

History edit

The company, dating back to 1997, was formed from the amalgamation of 10 New Zealand domain name and web hosting brands including Digiweb, Web Drive & Freeparking.[3]

Infrastructure edit

Umbrellar has a data-centre located in Albany Heights. One of four data-centres operated by Umbrellar.

Acquisitions edit

  • 13 June 2012, Digiweb (now Umbrellar) announced that it would acquire Digital Network Limited, a fellow provider of hosting services and domain name management.[4] Adrian Grant was Managing Director at the time.
  • 8 September 2014, Web Drive was sold to Digiweb Holdings Limited. Daniel Williams & Steve Hogg were directors of Web Drive at the time.[5]
  • 2005, 2day.com acquired by Freeparking.[6]

Ownership edit

PenCarrow PE owns 82.8% of Umbrellar via its holding company DWDA Holdings Limited.[2] Smaller shareholders include 10.5% owned by DWDA LTIS Trustee Ltd, 3.9% by Aminoex Trustees & RDP Trusteed Ltd. (owned by current CFO Robert Rolls), 1.63% by Adrian Grant, 1.12% by Robin Dickie.

References edit

  1. ^ "Pencarrow PEc: Company Profile". Pencarrow. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "DWDA HOLDINGS LIMITED (5421222)". New Zealand Companies Office. NZ Companies Office. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b True Commercial (25 November 2017). "Albany data centre up for sale" (Press release). Auckland, New Zealand: NZ Herald. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Second acquisition for Digiweb". IT Brief. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  5. ^ "New Zealand's largest domains & hosting company sold". IT Brief. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  6. ^ "October 2015 Update - Pencarrow Newsletter". Pencarrow. October 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

External links edit

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