Xneelo
Xneelo (Pty) Ltd, formerly Hetzner (Pty) Ltd, is a web hosting company based in South Africa. It was sometimes called Hetzner South Africa to distinguish it from the German partner company Hetzner Online GmbH. The company announced a rebrand to xneelo in July 2019.
History
Hetzner South Africa was co-founded in 1999 by Hans Wencke and Martin Hetzner in Durbanville. In 2003, the company established its head office at Frazzitta Business Park, Durbanville. In 2004, the company established a data centre in Gauteng.
In 2009, Hetzner hosted over 130,000 domains for approximately 25,000 SME customers. In March 2016, Hetzner became the second South African host of the Johannesburg Internet Exchange (JINX) and the first to receive a 10 Gbit/s connection upgrade.
Awards
- 2015 – National Business awards finalist
- 2014 – South African Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award
- 2019 – Two Silver Stevie Awards for Customer Service
- 2020 – A triple finalist in the 2020 international Stevie Awards for Customer Service
- 2021 – Stevie awards - Gold Winners for Customer Service Department of the Year - Consumer Products & Services 1