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USI
USinternetworking, Inc (abbreviated as USi) was an Application service provider headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland. USi offered outsourced business applications delivered over the Internet or a private network connection for an installation charge and a flat monthly fee.

Applications offered as a service in 1999.
 * Financial Management and Human Resources - Software provided by PeopleSoft
 * Enterprise Relationship Management- Software provided by Siebel Systems;
 * eCommerce, software provided by BroadVision and Microsoft;
 * Business Intelligence, software provided by Sagent Technology

History
USI was founded in 1998 by Christopher R. McCleary and Chris Poelma.

USI had $800 million in venture funding REF?? - including $50 million from Microsoft - REF??

Investors

 * Grotech
 * US WEST
 * Microsoft

USI went public in April 9, 1999 on NASDAQ - the symbol was USIX.

USi went thru Chapter 11 aided by Bain Capital (invested $106m). USi exited Chapter 11 in May 2002 and merged with Interpath.

USI acquired Ariba company [ref?]

USi was acquired by AT&T in October 2006 for $300m

USI created USIPinnacle in Late 2005, early 2006. USiPinnacle was a "pay as you go" virtualized infrastructure (virtual server, storage, networking, and security) for managed applications.

Service Marks

 * Priority peering ℠
 * IMAP ℠ - Internet Managed Application Provider (iMAP)