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| type            = Privately Held
| type            = Privately Held
| industry        = Managed DNS Service
| industry        = Managed DNS Service
| founder(s)      = [[Dan Kimball]], [[Brian Smith]], [[Sean Stafford]], [[Eric Radtke]]
| founded        =
| headquarters    = Louisville, KY
| founders        = [[Dan Kimball]], [[Brian Smith]],<br/>[[Sean Stafford]], [[Eric Radtke]]
| ownership      = [[Comodo]], 2011
| headquarters    = 2815 Taylorsville Rd #301<br/>Louisville, KY 40205
| country        = USA
| country        = USA
| products        = DNS services, traffic management services
| businesses      =
| products        =  
| employees      =
| revenue        =
| website        = http://www.dns.com
| website        = http://www.dns.com
| keypeople      = [[Dan Kimball]], CEO
| blog            =
| facebook        = [http://www.facebook.com/DNScom DNScom]
| linkedin        =
| twitter        = DNScom
| keypeople      = [[Dan Kimball]], Former CEO
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'''DNS.com'''
'''DNS.com''' provides managed global anycast [[DNS]] hosting and [[geolocation]] (also known as geotargeting and IP location) services.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/company/dns-com CrunchBase]</ref> 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.
is an enterprise, proprietary [[DNS]] service. The company provides an external managed DNS service that directs traffic on the Internet. It was the first service to offer the ability to geotarget a company’s website using a web based control panel and DNS.
 
It provides two separate networks or constellations mapped to the nameservers:
 
* '''ns1.dns.com'''
* '''ns2.dns.com'''
* '''ns3.dns.com'''
* '''ns4.dns.com'''


==History==
==History==
DNS.com was originally founded by [[Dan Kimball]], [[Brian Smith]], [[Sean Stafford]], and [[Eric Radtke]] in 2008 as '''Comwired Inc.''', after two years of effort in forming a flexible, ultra reliable network solution for their small start-up business.<ref>[http://www.dns.com/company/ About DNS.com]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.thewhir.com/blog/Stacy_Griggs/042910_Interview_With_DNScom The Whir Interview with Dan Kimball]</ref>


The DNS.com website first appeared in 1991, and has been used to provide [[DNS]] service for the past two decades. In 2010, Comwired Inc. acquired the domain name and now operates its enterprise DNS service at the site. Comwired was founded in 2008 as a service that redirected web visitors based on geography using DNS. The company is headquartered in the historic terminal of the Bowman Field airport, known as the Administration Building, in Louisville, KY.
Comwired Inc. purchased DNS.com in a private transaction in 2010,<ref>[http://www.thewhir.com/blog/Stacy_Griggs/042910_Interview_With_DNScom The Whir Interview with Dan Kimball]</ref> and subsequently released a new website offering service plans tarketing the enterprise market.<ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/news/comwired-rebands-dnscom/7351 Domain Name News]</ref>
 
===Founders===
 
The company was founded by [[Dan Kimball]] (CEO), Brian Smith (CTO), Sean Stafford (COO) and Eric Radtke (CMO). The founding team met in Louisville working at ModernGigabyte, later acquired by Parallels, Inc.
 
==Business overview==
 
DNS.com was the first commercial service to introduce hyperlocal geotargeting technology (also recognized as [[geolocation]] or [[IP location]] technology) to DNS. The service detects the location of Web visitors and allows website administrators to determine traffic rules to route visitors to geographically appropriate content or servers. This process can be used to target advertising, localize content, manage geographic rights, and optimize speed and performance among a group of web servers or content delivery networks.
 
===Patents===
 
The company’s technology utilizes provisional and patent-pending methods for website creation and segregation, identification and routing of Internet visitors.
 
===Domain security===
 
DNS.com, jointly with Phillip Hallam-Baker, VP and Principal Scientist at [[Comodo]], proposed the following DNS mechanisms to complement use of Domain Name System Security Extensions ([[DNSSEC]]):
 
* DNS Extended Service Parameters (ESRV) Record
* DNS Packet Layer Security
 
===Customers===
 
DNS.com serves direct customers including ecommerce websites, Software as a Service applications, and advertising and marketing agencies. DNS.com also provides transparent authoritative DNS services through its reseller distribution channel to Internet service providers such as domain name registrars and web hosting companies.
 
Industries that can benefit from the company's geolocation technology include online advertisers, online advertising networks, online retailers, and technology companies.
 
==Services==
 
Current services are managed [[DNS]] hosting and blocking [[DDoS]] attacks at the node level. Through the DNS.com administrative control center, geo-location or geo-targeting of websites is made possible. A [[JSON]] API allows developers to integrate the service into existing applications. The Comwired application itself is now offered as a white label solution using the DNS.com API.
 
As of November 2010, DNS.com has server nodes in 14 locations in North America, Europe, and Asia.


The cities in which DNS.com's nodes are located are
DNS.com was acquired by [[Comodo]], an internet security company, in 2011,<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/company/dns-com CrunchBase]</ref> with the plan to bring the DNS services originally created by Comwired Inc. to an even greater audience.<ref>[http://dns.tmcnet.com/topics/dns/articles/144086-dnscom-acquisition-2011-spreading-reliable-dns-an-even.htm tmcnet.com]</ref>


* NY/NJ Metro
==Network==
* Chicago IL
DNS.com has nodes located in the following cities:<ref>[http://dns.com/network/ DNS.com]</ref>
* Dallas TX
* Seattle, WA, USA
* Miami FL
* Chicago, IL, USA
* Atlanta GA
* Louisville, KY, USA
* Louisville KY
* Los Angeles, CA, USA
* Los Angeles CA
* Newark, NJ, USA
* Seattle WA
* Dallas, TX, USA
* Atlanta, GA, USA
* Miami, FL, USA
* Dublin, Ireland
* Manchester, England
* Frankfurt, Germany
* Luxembourg
* Luxembourg
* Dublin Ireland
* Manchester England
* Frankfurt Germany
* Amsterdam The Netherlands
* Singapore
* Singapore


The service is in direct competition to [[NeuStar]] [[UltraDNS]] and Dyn Inc. Dynect.
==References==
{{reflist}}


[[Category: Companies]]
[[Category:DNS Services]]


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Latest revision as of 15:48, 12 March 2021

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, Former 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 2008 as Comwired Inc., after two years of effort in forming a flexible, ultra reliable network solution for their small start-up business.[2] 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.[3]

Comwired Inc. purchased DNS.com in a private transaction in 2010,[4] and subsequently released a new website offering service plans tarketing the enterprise market.[5]

DNS.com was acquired by Comodo, an internet security company, in 2011,[6] with the plan to bring the DNS services originally created by Comwired Inc. to an even greater audience.[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


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