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About CHOON.NET

CHOON.NET (previously as SWIMEASY.NET) is a Sole-Proprietorship business registered with ACRA UEN: 53010357E. CHOON.NET is owned and founded by Giam Teck Choon in Singapore.

CHOON.NET focuses on Linux and FreeBSD based technology solutions. CHOON.NET has been in server management services for more than 15 years specializing in Open Source Solutions, Linux/FreeBSD Server Administration and Security, Data Backup and Recovery.

Brief History

2001

Domain names choonhost.com and choonhost.net registered.

Get a reseller account for own domains hosting needs.

Start to offer Linux-based shared web hosting to clients from word of mouth.

2003

Co-locate servers at SingTel EXPAN Data Center (COMCENTRE III) under ezNetsols.

Start to resell USA/Canada dedicated servers to valuable clients according to their needs including server management and service monitoring.

2004

Domain name choon.net registered.

Migrate co-locate servers from ezNetsols to Intermedia within the same data center.

Co-locate servers at PacNet Data Center.

2005

Migrate co-locate servers from Intermedia to SG.GS within the same data center.

Purchase and deploy Cisco Catalyst 5505 Switch as CHOON.NET's main network router.

2006

Start to offer VPS solutions based on Xen.

Register as one of the official mirror of cpan.org. Mirror URL is http://cpan.mirror.choon.net/

2007

Register as one of the official mirror of qmail.org. Mirror URL is http://qmail.mirror.choon.net/

2011

Start to decommission old servers and move to Supermicro MicroCloud Solutions.

Replace Cisco Catalyst 5505 Switch with Juniper J2320 as main network router.

2013

Move co-location data center location (servers, router and network switches) from SingTel EXPAN data center to Epsilon data center under SG.GS's network.

Revamp website to be Responsive Wed Design (RWD).

Support IPv6.

2014

Replace Juniper J2320 with Juniper EX4200-48T Switch (with 2 PSU) as main network router.

2018

Migrate website and MX hosting Operating System (OS) from Scienific Linux 6 to CentOS 7

Revamp website that doesn't depend on any css framework and/or javascript library.

2020

Move co-location data center location (servers, router and network switches) from Epsilon data center to WebSatMedia data center under SG.GS's network.