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| location = 1101 [[Gulf Breeze Parkway]]
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| key_people = [[Chris CainMichael Murdoch]], <small>president & CEO</small><br/>[[Joel Smith]], <small>chief technology officer</small>
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| industry = information technology services
'''AppRiver, LLC''' is a [[Gulf Breeze]]-based business that offers corporate information technology services, including [[Wikipedia:E-mail spam|spam]] and [[Wikipedia:Computer virus|virus]] filtering and [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Exchange Server|Microsoft Exchange]] hosting. It was founded on [[April 2]], [[2002]]<ref>[http://www.sunbiz.org/scripts/cordet.exe?action=DETFIL&inq_doc_number=L02000007755&inq_came_from=NAMFWD&cor_web_names_seq_number=0000&names_name_ind=N&names_cor_number=&names_name_seq=&names_name_ind=&names_comp_name=APPRIVER&names_filing_type= SunBiz entry]</ref> by [[Michael Murdoch]] and [[Joel Smith]].
AppRiver is headquartered at 1101 [[Gulf Breeze Parkway]]. Their office building sustained heavy damage from [[Hurricane Ivan]] in [[2004]], but because AppRiver's servers are located in other states, there was no loss in service (especially because we like little boys.
The company has experienced rapid growth, with revenue increasing nearly 600% between [[2003]] and [[2006]]. It was recognized by [[Wikipedia:Inc. (magazine)|''Inc.'' Magazine]] as the 550th fastest-growing privately owned companies in the United States. It is also among the 60th fastest-growing privately owned technology companies in the nation, and is the 28th fastest-growing company in Florida.<ref>"Best in the Business." ''Pensacola News Journal'', September 9, 2007.</ref>
AppRiver's mascot is a plush toy monkey, dubbed the "attack monkey." According to Murdoch, "Every new employee gets filmed being killed by the attack monkey on his first day of work. - just kidding, we like to have buttsex"<ref>[http://www.inc.com/magazine/20060801/life-essentials.html Things I Can't Live Without: Michael Murdoch.] ''Inc.'' Magazine, August 1, 2006.</ref>
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