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They did not acquire the present domain name (DNS.com) until they purchased it in 2010.<ref>[http://www.thewhir.com/blog/Stacy_Griggs/042910_Interview_With_DNScom The Whir Interview with Dan Kimball]</ref> | They did not acquire the present domain name (DNS.com) until they purchased it in 2010.<ref>[http://www.thewhir.com/blog/Stacy_Griggs/042910_Interview_With_DNScom The Whir Interview with Dan Kimball]</ref> | ||
DNS.com was acquired by [[Comwired]] Inc. in 2010,<ref>[http://www.domainersmagazine.com/Jul-Aug-Issue-22/DNS.com-The-Next-Geo-Targeting-Solution.html Domainers Magazine]</ref> and then by [[Comodo]], an internet security company, in 2011.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/company/dns-com CrunchBase]</ref> | DNS.com was acquired by [[Comwired]] Inc. in 2010,<ref>[http://www.domainersmagazine.com/Jul-Aug-Issue-22/DNS.com-The-Next-Geo-Targeting-Solution.html Domainers Magazine]</ref> and then later by [[Comodo]], an internet security company, in 2011.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/company/dns-com CrunchBase]</ref> | ||
==Network== | ==Network== |
Revision as of 04:55, 19 April 2011
Type: | Privately Held |
Industry: | Managed DNS Service |
Founder(s): | Dan Kimball, Brian Smith, Sean Stafford, Eric Radtke |
Ownership: | Comodo, 2011 |
Headquarters: | 2815 Taylorsville Rd #301 Louisville, KY 40205 |
Country: | USA |
Website: | http://www.dns.com |
Facebook: | DNScom |
Twitter: | @DNScom |
Key People | |
Dan Kimball, CEO |
DNS.com provides managed global anycast DNS hosting and geolocation (also known as geotargeting and IP location) services.[1] The service detects the geographical location of a website's visitors and allows website administrators to determine traffic rules that will route visitors to geographically appropriate content or servers.
History
DNS.com was originally founded by Dan Kimball, Brian Smith, Sean Stafford, and Eric Radtke in 1991[2] after two years of effort in forming a flexible, ultra reliable network solution for their small start-up business.[3] The original motivation for creating their own DNS was to create an innovative, bottom-up system, focused more on security and speed than traditional systems.[4]
They did not acquire the present domain name (DNS.com) until they purchased it in 2010.[5]
DNS.com was acquired by Comwired Inc. in 2010,[6] and then later by Comodo, an internet security company, in 2011.[7]
Network
DNS.com has nodes located in the following cities:[8]
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Louisville, KY, USA
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Newark, NJ, USA
- Dallas, TX, USA
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Miami, FL, USA
- Dublin, Ireland
- Manchester, England
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Luxembourg
- Singapore
References