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Line 18: − − ==History== − − Network Solutions was incorporated in January 1979, in Washington D.C., it was initiated as a technology consulting formed by Gary Desler, Ty Grigsby, Emmit J McHenry, and Ed Peters. In the early years it concentrated on providing software programming services to their wide variety of clients, mostly in the IBM environment. In 1982 its annual revenue passed $1 million and later grew to $18.5 million in 1986. − − '''1993:''' After the Domain Name System (DNS) was published in 1984, it became necessary for the National Science Foundation (NSF) to use an administrator for registering domain names. So in 1993 Network Solutions won a contract from NSF to register domain names. − − '''1995:''' Network Solutions is acquired by SAIC (Science Application International Corporation). SAIC is a FORTUNE 500 engineering and technology application company which deals with many United States Federal Government agencies including the defense agencies. <ref>[http://www.txcrt.state.md.us/decisions/pdf/saic.pdf txcrt.state.md.us]</ref> − − '''1997:''' Network Solutions gets listed on NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations: the U.S. Stock Market) and raised about $67 million in public offering. Its symbol is NSOL. − − '''1998:''' Network Solutions is ranked among the top hundred Information technology services providing companies. It was ranked 33rd. − − '''2000:''' Network Solutions was acquired by VeriSign, Inc. for $21 Billion. − − '''2006:''' Network Solutions acquired Monster Commerce, an e-commerce solutions company founded by Stephanie Leffler and Ryan Noble in Belleville. <ref>[http://about.networksolutions.com/site/network-solutions-is-a-remarkable-company/ about.networksolutions.com]</ref>
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| keypeople = Tim Kelly - President & CEO
| keypeople = Tim Kelly - President & CEO
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==Work of NSI in Domain Name Registry==
==Work of NSI in Domain Name Registry==