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Krista Papac, CSO <ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100913_ausregistry_international_krista_papac_as_chief_strategy_officer/ AusRegistry International Appoints Krista Papac as Chief Strategy Officer]</ref> | Krista Papac, CSO <ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100913_ausregistry_international_krista_papac_as_chief_strategy_officer/ AusRegistry International Appoints Krista Papac as Chief Strategy Officer]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:52, 26 February 2011
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| Type: | Privately Held |
| Industry: | domain registrar |
| Founded: | Melbourne, Australia (January 2000) |
| Headquarters: | Level 8 10 Queens Road Melbourne, VIC 3004 |
| Country: | Australia |
| Employees: | 11-50 |
| Website: | http://www.ausregistry.com.au |
| Twitter: |  @ausregistryint
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| Key People | |
| Adrian Kinderis, CEO [2] Krista Papac, CSO [3] | |
AusRegistry is the registry operator and wholesale provider for all commercial Australian domains (.au) including .net.au and .com.au as well as non commercial Australian domain names like .edu.au and .gov.au. [4]
History
AusRegistry was founded in 2000 and has its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. AusRegistry was initially founded under the name RegistrarsAsia Pty Ltd. (now AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd.).[5] AusRegistry Pty Ltd. is a subsidiary of the AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd. which was founded in December, 2001.
AusRegistry secured a four year contract to operate the domain name registry for auDA, in 2002. A second four year period was obtained in 2005, beginning in June of 2006. The .au Registry Licence Agreement that auDA has with AusRegistry was extended until 2014[6], which both parties announced in February, 2009.
Interesting facts about AusRegistry
AusRegistry has a subsidiary, named AusRegistry International, that allows for people outside Australia to buy .au domain names.
AusRegistry, under contract to the Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator (ORER), a statutory authority founded to manage the Australian Government's Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000[7], is the operator of the Renewable Energy Certificates Registry.[8]
On October 10th, 2010, AusRegistry ma reported that there were currently over 1.8 million .au domains registered and over 1.6 million .com.au domains registered. The total number of .au and .com.au registered domains grew constantly since 2008 by about 300,000 new domains each year.[9]
Awards
- 2002 Australian IT&T award
- 2003 MYOB/Telstra Victorian Government Small Business Award
References
- ↑ AusRegistry on LinkedIn
- ↑ Adrian Kinderis
- ↑ AusRegistry International Appoints Krista Papac as Chief Strategy Officer
- ↑ AusRegistry Pty Ltd. About AusRegistry
- ↑ About AusRegistry
- ↑ auDA extends AusRegistry's .au registry term to 2014
- ↑ ComLaw Act Compilations - Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 (174)
- ↑ What is the REC registry?
- ↑ AusRegistry EOM Report for General Release
External links
AusRegistry Group official website
AusRegistry official website
AusRegistry International official website