CariNet, formerly known as California Regional Intranet, is a datacenter operator and global provider of Internet-based hosting services. It serves more than 7,500 customers in over 100 countries. The company s datacenters utilize its proprietary S-Pod server design technology. Founded in 1997, CariNet provides dedicated servers and server clusters. It also offers cloud and grid computing services. In addition, the company provides solid state drive storage and server backup and monitoring solutions. It supplies firewalls, Internet protocol addresses and managed switches. CariNet is a member of the Intel Channel Partner Program. The company publishes the CariNet Insider, which is an e-mail newsletter that contains news, deals, tips, tricks and information on dedicated servers.