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1996
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cia.com.au captured 22 Jan 1997 with footer Copyright © 1996 Connect Infobahn Australia; in Australian ISP List by 10 Apr 1997. The company operated budget dialup brands Dialup1, Virtual1, Virtual2 and A.R. Internet, plus premium hosting brand Host1 ('one of Australia's oldest and most experienced hosting providers'). |
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Apr 2000
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Corporate restructuring: the company was renamed Bucan Holdings Pty Ltd (ASIC name change registered 27 Apr 2000) and its brands - Connect Infobahn, Dialup1, Virtual1, Virtual2, Host1, A.R. Internet - continued as business names of the renamed entity (per ASIC business name register). Enetica Domains was added as a business name in Dec 2001; Bennett Oprysa's Webcity merged into the group in 2002 (operating via the C.I.A. Unit Trust, whose trading names included Webcity Australia Pty Ltd and Enetica Pty Ltd from Jul 2002). cia.com.au's domain registrant remains Webcity Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 085 753 868). |
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Dec 2010
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Launched BitCloud (business name registered 22 Apr 2010), an SME cloud/IaaS platform running from Global Switch Sydney on Dell hardware - described as one of the largest public clouds in Australia at launch. |
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Oct 2017
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Servers Australia acquired the group's dedicated server and cloud hosting business - by then trading as Axelera (formerly BitCloud) - announced 18 Oct 2017, undisclosed sum. Part of Servers Australia's 2016-17 acquisition run (Oz Servers Sep 2017, RackCentral Dec 2017, Dedicated Servers/Indigo/Syncom Jun 2016). NOTE: an earlier version of this record said the company 'wound down c.2010 as CIA Group' - incorrect; it continued through Bucan Holdings/BitCloud/Axelera until this sale. |
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