Imagineering Technologies
inactive
Melbourne hosting provider (co-location, VPS, web/mail hosting) co-founded 1997 by Matthew Proctor (ex-Tangent Internet); grew from first hosting customer to full data centre business; acquired by Primus Telecommunications (Australia) Sep 2008.
Founded in Melbourne, VIC.
https://www.imagineering.com.au
Name history
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| Imagineering Technologies |
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Lifecycle
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| birth |
1997
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Imagineering Technologies Pty Ltd co-founded 1997 by Matthew Proctor immediately after folding his Tangent Internet ISP operations into the venture. Grew into a full-service Melbourne data centre business serving SMB and corporate clients. Earliest verified Wayback capture of imagineering.com.au is 6 Jul 2000. |
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| death |
Sep 2008
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Acquired by Primus Telecommunications (Australia); Imagineering press release dated 8 Sep 2008. 'Imagineering Data Centre' continued as a registered business name of Primus Telecommunications (Australia) Pty Ltd (ACN 061 754 943) from 9 Sep 2008 until 20 Jan 2021. |
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Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
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| incoming |
merger |
Tangent Internet
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Tangent Internet's ISP operations folded into Imagineering Technologies Pty Ltd, co-founded by Tangent's managing director Matthew Proctor upon his departure (Jan 1994 - Feb 1997. Same-founder continuation; no ACN evidence of legal-entity continuity between the two companies was found. |
Feb 1997 |
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| outgoing |
acquisition |
Primus Telecommunications Australia
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Primus Telecommunications (Australia acquired Imagineering's data centre/hosting business (press release 8 Sep 2008. The Imagineering Data Centre name continued as a Primus business name until Jan 2021. Chain continues: Primus Australia -> M2 Group (2012 -> Vocus (2016. |
Sep 2008 |
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