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'''MelbourneIT''' is a web hosting and internet domain registrar company which also provides related online business solutions products and services. This Australian company was founded in 1996 by The University of Melbourne to work with the private sector on IT projects.<ref>[http://www.melbourneit.info/about-us/our-history MelbourneIT.info]</ref> MelbourneIT has been listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) since December, 1999.<ref>[http://203.15.147.66/asx/research/companyInfo.do?by=asxCode&asxCode=MLB ASX - Australian Securities Exchange ]</ref>

'''MelbourneIT''' is a web hosting and internet domain registrar company which also provides related online business solutions products and services. This Australian company was founded in 1996 by The University of Melbourne to work with the private sector on IT projects.<ref>[http://www.melbourneit.info/about-us/our-history MelbourneIT.info]</ref> MelbourneIT has been listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) since December, 1999.<ref>[http://203.15.147.66/asx/research/companyInfo.do?by=asxCode&asxCode=MLB ASX - Australian Securities Exchange ]</ref>

As a domain registrar, MelbourneIT had a de facto monopoly on the [[.au]] domain for several years; and it was the source of half of its net income. It was one of the first five [[Testbed Registrars]] for the competitive [[Shared Registry System]] announced by [[ICANN]] in 1999. Melbourne IT started to register domain names under [[.com]], [[.net]] and [[.org]].<ref>[http://www.wallonie-isoc.org/Internet_Documents-en-francais/Hobbes_Internet-Timeline_trad.htm Robert H'obbes' Internet Timeline ]</ref>

As a domain registrar, MelbourneIT had a de facto monopoly on the [[.au]] domain for several years; and it was the source of half of its net income. It was one of the first five [[Testbed Registrars]] for the competitive [[SRS|Shared Registry System]] announced by [[ICANN]] in 1999. Melbourne IT started to register domain names under [[.com]], [[.net]] and [[.org]].<ref>[http://www.wallonie-isoc.org/Internet_Documents-en-francais/Hobbes_Internet-Timeline_trad.htm Robert H'obbes' Internet Timeline ]</ref>

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, MelbourneIT has 18 offices in 10 countries and over 690 employees worldwide.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/companies/melbourne-it Linkedin ]</ref> As of October 25, 2010, MelbourneIT has about 4,291,483 domain names registered under its management.<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/reports/total_domains/MELBOURNEIT.COM WebHosting.info ]</ref>.

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, MelbourneIT has 18 offices in 10 countries and over 690 employees worldwide.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/companies/melbourne-it Linkedin ]</ref> As of October 25, 2010, MelbourneIT has about 4,291,483 domain names registered under its management.<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/reports/total_domains/MELBOURNEIT.COM WebHosting.info ]</ref>.

* 1996- The company was founded by [[The University of Melbourne]] to work with the private sector on IT projects.  Professor [[Peter Gerrand]] was appointed as the CEO of the company.<ref>[http://www.networkinsight.org/advisors/gerrand_peter.html Networking Insight]</ref>  

* 1996- The company was founded by [[The University of Melbourne]] to work with the private sector on IT projects.  Professor [[Peter Gerrand]] was appointed as the CEO of the company.<ref>[http://www.networkinsight.org/advisors/gerrand_peter.html Networking Insight]</ref>  

* 1999- MelbourneIT was selected for the competitive [[Shared Registry System]] announced by [[ICANN]], and started to register domain names under [[.com]], [[.net]], and [[.org]].<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9904/23/icann.idg/index.html CNN]</ref>.

* 1999- MelbourneIT was selected for the competitive [[SRS|Shared Registry System]] announced by [[ICANN]], and started to register domain names under [[.com]], [[.net]], and [[.org]].<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9904/23/icann.idg/index.html CNN]</ref>.

    

    

* 1999- December, MelbourneIT began being listed on Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) with the ticker symbol MLB.<ref>[http://www.zdnet.com.au/melbourne-it-says-ceo-gerrand-quits-120105720.htm zdnet ]</ref> The company formed an alliance with American telecommunications group [[NeuStar]] about that time.

* 1999- December, MelbourneIT began being listed on Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) with the ticker symbol MLB.<ref>[http://www.zdnet.com.au/melbourne-it-says-ceo-gerrand-quits-120105720.htm zdnet ]</ref> The company formed an alliance with American telecommunications group [[NeuStar]] about that time.