What is Founded?

Founded means the four-digit year a company was created, taken from company records rather than product launch dates. It gives a reader a sense of operating history. 21Vianet is the oldest in this group at 1996, while 12VPN was founded in 2009, 1Password and 360 Total Security (Qihoo 360) in 2005, and 2FAS in 2015. A long history suggests a company that has survived earlier shifts in the market, though it says nothing about how a product behaves today. Judge reliability on current behaviour and support, and use founding year only as background.