Acquia |
| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Computer software |
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| Founded | 2007[1] |
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| Founder(s) | Dries Buytaert
Jay Batson |
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| Headquarters | Burlington, Massachusetts, Oxford, England, Mountain View, California, Washington, DC[2], USA, Great Britain |
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| Area served | Worldwide |
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| Key people | Tom Erickson (CEO)
Dries Buytaert (CTO) |
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| Products | Acquia Drupal
Acquia Network
Acquia Cloud
Drupal Gardens
Acquia Commons
Acquia Search
Acquia Insight
Acquia SEO Grader |
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| Employees | 200 (March 2012)[3] |
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| Website | acquia.com |
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Acquia is a commercial open-source software company providing products, services, and technical support for Drupal. It is financed by venture capital, receiving $38.5 million in four rounds.[4]
Growth and market presence
In an April 2011 press release, the company stated that it has over 700 enterprise customers; that its hosting services handle over 2.5 billion HTTP requests per month; and that quarterly revenue increased 300 percent between the first quarters of 2010 and 2011.[5] On August 21, 2012, Acquia was named #8 on the Inc. (magazine) 500 list for 2012, the #1 software company and #8 company in Boston.[6]
Products
Its chief products[7] are:
- Acquia Network: Access to web services, tools, knowledge library, and human support.
- Acquia Cloud hosting:
- Drupal Gardens: a SaaS to design, build, and host Drupal-based sites through a web browser.
- Free downloadable software: Acquia Dev Desktop, Acquia Drupal, and Acquia Commons.
- Professional services: Consulting, training, and remote administration.
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