User:GeirThomasAndersen/Runbox

Runbox is an email service offered worldwide since 2000 by the mainly employee-owned, Norwegian company Runbox Solutions AS. The Runbox service was acquired from the company Internet Upside AS (formerly Runbox AS) in a buy-out by key personnel in June, 2011.

History

 * 10 October 1999: Runbox AS founded.
 * 16 August 2000: The free email service Runbox Mail Manager launched, pioneering online (cloud) storage of email with offering of 100 MB storage space and email consolidation tools.
 * March 2001 Runbox Mail Manager reached 130 000 registered accounts, increasing by 1300 per day
 * 7 October 2001: Runbox Mail Manager was converted from a free email service to a subscription-based service. 3% of free users converted to paid service.
 * 1 July 2004: Email storage space increased to 1 GB.
 * 21 January 2005: E-mail hosting services launched.
 * 28 September 2005: Email storage space increased to 10 GB.
 * 1 June 2011: Service acquired by Runbox Solutions AS.
 * 14 June 2011: Email servers moved to a facility provided by Copyleft Solutions AS, the company that currently manages the Runbox servers.

Financial Status
The company is backed by investors, employees and Redpill Linpro AS. The company lost money for the 2008, 2009 and 2010 financial years and in May 2011 was bought out by staff and key personnel, and a new company, Runbox Solutions AS formed.

Services
The core Runbox email service consists of open source components and a web application developed by Runbox and Redpill Linpro with funding from The Research Council of Norway.