High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Digital Ocean, Inc. was formed in May 1992 and in 1998 was ultimately sold with its assets to Harris Semiconductor to become part of their Intersil division; Intersil was then spun-off from Harris one year later. Several contracts with Apple Inc.,AT&T,Aironet Wireless Communications (later acquired by Cisco as its wireless LAN division), Harris Semiconductor, the United States Department of Defense, and several others made Digital Ocean the leader in developing and manufacturing state-of-the-art wireless products for the entire line of Apple’s desktop, portable, and pen-based devices; co-developer of the IEEE 802.11 wireless standard; co-developer of the industry’s first 802.11 chipset; and developer of the Seahorse, arguably the world`s first smartphone. In addition, by specializing in rapid, custom development, the company concluded multiple individual development contracts for application specific wireless products in vertical markets. Digital Ocean was founded and led by Jeffery Alholm, an entrepreneur in multiple categories, such as the technology, medical, and engineering fields. As of late 2012, Alholm is still involved in entrepreneurial work. Digital Ocean, headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas, was granted approximately 20 patents for its development of wireless technologies.