Delaware.Net's History and Future
Our company is comprised of true Internet professionals
1999-2000
It was obvious to us that the future of the Internet was a broadband future. This was to be a good thing for us, because once businesses adopted broadband, they would need the applications and services that broadband could deliver. It was at this time that we decided to focus on strictly business clients, and stop marketing to residential customers entirely.
2001-2005
Delaware.Net took on some aggressive initiatives to build our own web-based internet applications. We were already becoming the largest web development company in our area, and we could see that the web was becoming a computing platform. Having our own eCommerce platform proved to be very profitable, and this platform continues to evolve today. We also built a basic content management system for the real estate industry, which would evolve into a more advanced real estate platform later.
2005-2006
eCommerce continues to be a central platform to our hosted web sites. With the sudden drop in the real estate market, there was enough demand from the real estate industry to warrant an upgrade of our real estate platform. We brought some world-class web professionals onboard to help us take our applications to the next level. 2007 is already shaping up to be our best year ever, as we take our applications and services nationwide.
2007
Our application frameworks are gaining serious momentum, and we are incorporated enterprise-level email, backups, security, and applications into a single sign-on interface for our customers. This new foundation application is now complete (Team-Logic), and we have traction with new vertical markets, such as municipalities and larger corporations. Hosted Exchange email has also been added to our services. Blog hosting has been added to our services. We expanded our design and programming teams, and renovated our offices with new computers, furniture, and environment. We are preparing for the next releases of our foundation applications, including eCommerce, CMS, CRM, and more.
2008 and beyond
2008 looks to be a very exciting year for us. Not only will our new applications be launched, but our new application hosting framework will also be deployed. This will allow us to offer virtually unlimited storage, speed, and flexibility to our applications.
Founded on October 4th, 1997
Delaware.Net began as an Internet Service Provider (ISP) known at that time as "EZ Online, Inc.". Our original domain name was EZOL.com. The servers that ran the company back then could fit in the trunk of a car. Today, our server room houses many servers, and is climate-controlled with power generator backup and fiber optic connections. Initially, we were a company that focused on Internet connectivity, and we connected many thousands of residential and business customers to the Internet. Even with our regional name, Delaware.Net is now known in across North America as a reliable company for web site development, application development, web site hosting, and server collocation. We have become the "Internet experts" for a variety of specialized industries because of our reputation for quality and reasonable rates.
