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was founded in 1996 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://au.linkedin.com/pub/peter-gerrand/14/183/716 au.linkedin ]</ref>.
was founded in 1996 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://au.linkedin.com/pub/peter-gerrand/14/183/716 au.linkedin ]</ref>.
The company enjoyed a monoploy on 'au' domain registration for several years. After they were selected for competitive Shared Registry System announced by ICANN in 1999, started register domain names under .com, .net and .org.
==MelbourneIT to enter domain registration===
From December 1999, MelbourneIT listed on Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) with a ticker symbol of MLB.
==MelbourneIT to enter domain registration==
The name MelbourneIT came from "Melbourne Information Technology International Pty Ltd" which was a commertial subsidary of The University of Melbourne. The initial objective of the company was not merely to registrater domain but to demonstrate the University’s strategic leadership in working with industry and government in selected areas of IT. [[Robert Elz]], senior system administrator in the University of Melbourne’s Computer Science Department was in charge of the registration process of .au domain back then.
The name MelbourneIT came from "Melbourne Information Technology International Pty Ltd" which was a commertial subsidary of The University of Melbourne. The initial objective of the company was not merely to registrater domain but to demonstrate the University’s strategic leadership in working with industry and government in selected areas of IT. [[Robert Elz]], senior system administrator in the University of Melbourne’s Computer Science Department was in charge of the registration process of .au domain back then.