# IAsiaWorks

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American communications company

iAsiaWorks Type Public Traded as NASDAQ: IAWK Industry Internet service provider, Internet data center Founded 2000 Defunct 2001 Fate Acquired Headquarters Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul Key people Jon Beizer (CEO), Jon Engman (CFO), Nick Levay (CSO) Services ISP, Datacenter services

**iAsiaWorks** was an [ISP](/source/Internet_service_provider) and [Internet data center](/source/Internet_data_center) (IDC) from 2000–2001 during the final days of the [dot-com](/source/Dot-com_bubble) era, which built state-of-the-art data centers in [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong), [Taipei](/source/Taipei), [Seoul](/source/Seoul) and other cities. Its [IPO](/source/Initial_public_offering) on the [NASDAQ](/source/NASDAQ) was IAWK on Aug 19th, 2000.[1]

## Officers

- CEO: Jon Beizer

- CFO: Jon Engman[2]

- CSO: [Nick Levay](/source/Nick_Levay)[3]

## Description

iAsiaWorks began as a Taiwan & Korean ISP called AUNet, raised additional capital, and purchased AT&T's Hong Kong ISP business in early 2000. The newly merged company offered leased line and datacenter space to companies across [Asia Pacific](/source/Asia_Pacific), but with a particular focus on Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea. In each of these markets it built 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) datacenter facilities, which remained mostly empty until it closed in mid to late 2001. The facilities were built to the highest specifications available in Asia. In the fall of 2001 iAsiaWork's facility in Seoul was purchased by Dacom where it consolidated its 'KIDC' operations.[4] Its former facility in Hong Kong was occupied by [Singtel](/source/Singtel).[5] The status of the facility in Taiwan remains unknown.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Financial Calendars - Yahoo Finance"](http://biz.yahoo.com/ipo/p/iawk.html).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["IAsiaWorks Press Releases - IASIAWORKS NAMES JON ENGMAN AS CFO"](https://web.archive.org/web/20010807233239/http://www.iasiaworks.com/press052901.html). *www.iasiaworks.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.iasiaworks.com/press052901.html) on 7 August 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Bit9 names Nick Levay Chief Security Officer"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210720025307/https://www.406ventures.com/news/1262-bit9-names-nick-levay-chief-security-officer). 406Ventures. June 12, 2013. Archived from [the original](https://www.406ventures.com/news/1262-bit9-names-nick-levay-chief-security-officer) on July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Facilities - Seocho 1 Center"](https://web.archive.org/web/20051208013809/http://www.kidc.net/eng/facility/seo01.jsp). Archived from [the original](http://www.kidc.net/eng/facility/seo01.jsp) on 2005-12-08. Retrieved 2005-11-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["iAsiaWorks Hong Kong EXPAN Data Centre"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060825110932/http://business.singtel.com/mnc/managed_hosting/points_of_presence/expanDatacentre_hongkong.asp). singtel.com. Archived from [the original](http://business.singtel.com/mnc/managed_hosting/points_of_presence/expanDatacentre_hongkong.asp) on August 25, 2006.

## External links

- [iAsiaWorks Memorial](http://www.iasiaworks.com) website created by [Tom Cross](/source/Tom_Cross_(computer_security)) and [Nick Levay](/source/Nick_Levay) of the [Industrial Memetics Institute](/source/MemeStreams)

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