1&1 Internet

1 & 1

1&1 Internet, founded in 1988, is a web hosting company owned by United Internet, a German Internet company. Its CEO is Oliver Mauss. The company is one of the largest web hosting companies in the world.
Domain Name Services

As of 2011[update], 1&1 is the third-largest domain registrar in the world and offers free private domain registration.

Website Hosting Services
In 2006 the company estimated that it hosted more websites than any other company in Germany and the United Kingdom, and that it hosted the seventh-largest number of websites among web hosting companies in the United States. 1&1's 55,000 sq ft (5,100 m2).

Server Services
Cloud servers, virtual private servers (VPS) and dedicated servers are available. The cloud servers can have their hardware upgraded at runtime whilst the others can't. The dedicated servers with their unlimited traffic are low priced and highly competitive, however the single mac address makes virtualisation difficult for clients.

Other Services
1&1 partnered with Zoho on April 28, 2010, to launch an office suite for its web hosting customers.

Other partners include; Microsoft, Parallels, Nominet, etc

Data Centres
US data center is in Lenexa, Kansas.

Environmental Concerns
1&1 has made a move toward green hosting by working with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to purchase Renewable Energy Certificate to offset their energy use.

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