<s>
DreamHost	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
Los	O
Angeles-based	O
web	O
hosting	O
provider	O
and	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrar	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
owned	O
by	O
New	B-Protocol
Dream	I-Protocol
Network	I-Protocol
,	I-Protocol
LLC	I-Protocol
,	O
founded	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
Dallas	O
Bethune	O
,	O
Josh	O
Jones	O
,	O
Michael	O
Rodriguez	O
and	O
Sage	O
Weil	O
,	O
undergraduate	O
students	O
at	O
Harvey	O
Mudd	O
College	O
in	O
Claremont	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
and	O
registered	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
Michael	O
Rodriguez	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamHost	B-Protocol
began	O
hosting	O
customers	O
 '	O
sites	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
DreamHost	B-Protocol
spun	O
off	O
Inktank	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inktank	O
is	O
a	O
professional	O
services	O
and	O
support	O
company	O
for	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
Ceph	B-Operating_System
file	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2014	O
,	O
DreamHost	B-Protocol
spun	O
off	O
Akanda	O
,	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
network	O
virtualization	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
2016	O
,	O
Dreamhost	B-Protocol
employs	O
about	O
200	O
people	O
and	O
has	O
close	O
to	O
400,000	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamHost	B-Protocol
's	O
shared	O
,	O
VPS	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
dedicated	O
hosting	O
network	O
consists	O
of	O
Apache	O
,	O
nginx	B-Operating_System
and	O
lighttpd	B-Protocol
web	O
servers	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamHost	B-Protocol
also	O
offers	O
cloud	O
storage	O
and	O
computing	O
services	O
for	O
entrepreneurs	O
and	O
developers	O
,	O
launched	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamHost	B-Protocol
's	O
staff	O
contribute	O
to	O
an	O
official	O
blog	O
and	O
a	O
customer	O
support	O
wiki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamHost	B-Protocol
does	O
not	O
offer	O
call-in	O
phone	O
support	O
,	O
but	O
customers	O
can	O
pay	O
extra	O
to	O
request	O
callbacks	O
from	O
support	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
began	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
file	B-Application
hosting	I-Application
service	I-Application
they	O
called	O
"	O
Files	O
Forever	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
stated	O
that	O
existing	O
customers	O
could	O
store	O
files	O
"	O
forever	O
"	O
after	O
paying	O
a	O
one-time	O
storage	O
fee	O
,	O
and	O
redistribute	O
or	O
sell	O
them	O
with	O
DreamHost	B-Protocol
handling	O
the	O
transactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
DreamHost	B-Protocol
mentioned	O
that	O
the	O
Files	O
Forever	O
service	O
had	O
been	O
discontinued	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
focus	O
on	O
building	O
a	O
better-supported	O
storage	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
began	O
offering	O
free	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
hosting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
either	O
their	O
own	O
domain	O
or	O
a	O
free	O
subdomain	O
,	O
customers	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
WordPress	B-Application
and	O
MediaWiki	B-Application
without	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
integrated	O
with	O
,	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
App	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamHost	B-Protocol
's	O
DreamCompute	O
is	O
a	O
public	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
that	O
provides	O
scalable	O
compute	O
resources	O
for	O
developers	O
and	O
entrepreneurs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamCompute	O
is	O
powered	O
by	O
OpenStack	B-Application
and	O
Ceph	B-Operating_System
and	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
scalability	O
,	O
resiliency	O
,	O
and	O
security	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DreamCompute	O
dashboard	O
is	O
built	O
with	O
OpenStack	B-Application
's	O
Horizon	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamCompute	O
leverages	O
OpenStack	B-Application
APIs	O
for	O
system	O
automation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamHost	B-Protocol
's	O
DreamObjects	O
is	O
a	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	I-Application
service	I-Application
powered	O
by	O
Ceph	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ceph	B-Operating_System
's	O
distributed	O
object	B-Application
storage	I-Application
system	O
allows	O
for	O
storing	O
DreamObjects’	O
data	O
on	O
multiple	O
disks	O
across	O
multiple	O
servers	O
for	O
high	O
fault-tolerance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
make	O
it	O
accessible	O
from	O
anywhere	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commonly	O
used	O
by	O
developers	O
needing	O
object	B-Application
storage	I-Application
to	O
augment	O
or	O
replace	O
S3	B-General_Concept
or	O
Swift	B-Application
functionally	O
via	O
API	O
,	O
DreamObjects	O
will	O
scale	O
to	O
let	O
a	O
user	O
store	O
any	O
capacity	O
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamPress	O
is	O
DreamHost	B-Protocol
's	O
managed	O
WordPress	B-Application
hosting	O
offering	O
that	O
features	O
WordPress-optimized	O
servers	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
novice	O
and	O
advanced	O
WordPress	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
DreamHost	B-Protocol
released	O
DreamPress	O
2	O
,	O
featuring	O
the	O
deployment	O
of	O
high-speed	O
Solid	O
State	O
Drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamHost	B-Protocol
was	O
involved	O
throughout	O
the	O
evolution	O
of	O
OpenStack	B-Application
,	O
contributing	O
developers	O
and	O
engineers	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
beginning	O
in	O
early	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamHost	B-Protocol
development	O
team	O
members	O
have	O
been	O
leaders	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
major	O
OpenStack	B-Application
projects	O
,	O
and	O
have	O
over	O
1,200	O
code	O
commits	O
changing	O
over	O
128,000	O
lines	O
of	O
OpenStack	B-Application
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamHost	B-Protocol
CEO	O
Simon	O
Anderson	O
has	O
been	O
on	O
OpenStack	B-Application
's	O
Board	O
of	O
Directors	O
since	O
the	O
OpenStack	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
's	O
inception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2015	O
,	O
DreamHost	B-Protocol
was	O
elected	O
by	O
Gold	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
OpenStack	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
to	O
represent	O
for	O
a	O
third	O
consecutive	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
DreamHost	B-Protocol
spun	O
off	O
Inktank	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inktank	O
is	O
a	O
professional	O
services	O
and	O
support	O
company	O
for	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
Ceph	B-Operating_System
storage	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2014	O
,	O
DreamHost	B-Protocol
spun	O
off	O
Akanda	O
,	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
network	O
virtualization	O
project	O
for	O
OpenStack	B-Application
clouds	O
,	O
into	O
a	O
separate	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
12	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Department	O
of	O
Justice	O
was	O
granted	O
a	O
federal	O
search	O
warrant	O
ordering	O
DreamHost	B-Protocol
to	O
hand	O
over	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
and	O
other	O
personally	O
identifiable	O
data	O
from	O
visitors	O
to	O
disruptj20.org,	O
a	O
website	O
that	O
helped	O
organize	O
anti-Trump	O
protests	O
on	O
and	O
around	O
Inauguration	O
Day	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DreamHost	B-Protocol
went	O
to	O
court	O
,	O
seeking	O
to	O
narrow	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
the	O
warrant	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
Chief	O
Judge	O
Robert	O
E	O
.	O
Morin	O
,	O
of	O
the	O
District	O
of	O
Columbia	O
Superior	O
Court	O
,	O
did	O
just	O
that	O
,	O
ordering	O
that	O
the	O
DOJ	O
could	O
execute	O
its	O
warrant	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
rummage	O
through	O
the	O
information	O
contained	O
on	O
DreamHost	B-Protocol
's	O
website	O
and	O
discover	O
the	O
identity	O
of	O
,	O
or	O
access	O
communications	O
by	O
,	O
individuals	O
not	O
participating	O
in	O
alleged	O
criminal	O
activity	O
,	O
particularly	O
those	O
who	O
were	O
engaging	O
in	O
protected	O
First	O
Amendment	O
activities.	O
"	O
</s>
