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| logo = Key-SystemsLogo.gif               

| logo = Key-SystemsLogo.gif               

| type = GmbH (limited liability - Germany)               

| type = GmbH (limited liability - Germany)               

| industry = Internet, Domain Names            

| industry = Domain Registrar            

| founded = 1998             

| founded = 1998             

| headquarters = Kaiserstraße 172-174<br/>66386 St. Ingbert         

| headquarters = Im Oberen Werk 1<br/>66386 St. Ingbert         

| country = Germany     

| country = Germany     

| businesses =           

| businesses =           

| products = [[domaindiscount24]] (dd24), [[RRPproxy]], [[BrandShelter]], [[SkyWay-DataCenter]], [[KS Registry Services]], [[DN Worker]]

| employees = 51-200

| website = [http://key-systems.net Key-Systems.net]             

| website = [http://key-systems.net Key-Systems.net]             

}}

}}

'''Key-Systems Group''' is an ISP and hosting company. It was founded in 1998 by [[Alexander Siffrin]] and received it's accreditation from [[ICANN]] as an official [[:Category:Registrars|registrar]] in October, 2000. The German company has subsidiaries in the USA and Mexico and provides services to its end-customers and resellers through its three domain portals: [[RRPproxy]], [[BrandShelter]], and [[domaindiscount24]].<ref>[http://www.widepr.com/company/850/Key_Systems.html Wide PR.com]</ref>    

'''Key-Systems Group''' is a leading international internet service provider. Key-Systems was founded in 1998 by [[Alexander Siffrin]] and received it's accreditation from [[ICANN]] as an official [[:Category:Registrars|registrar]] in October, 2000. The German company has branch offices in the USA and in Brasil and provides services to its end-customers and resellers through its domain portals: [[CentralNic Reseller]] (formerly [[RRPproxy]], [[BrandShelter]] and [[domaindiscount24]] <ref>[http://www.widepr.com/company/850/Key_Systems.html Wide PR.com]</ref>.

As of Jan, 2012, Key-Systems has over 3,2 million [[gTLD]] & [[ccTLD]] domains under its management.<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/reports/total_domains/KEY-SYSTEMS.NET Web Hosting Info.com]</ref> There are another 1 million domain names registered by companies of the Key-Systems Group and more than 1,9 million domains on the platform of Moniker (part of the KeyDrive SA since January 2012). The group is currently ranked second among leading registrars for global [[TLD]]s in Europe. They currently offer the fully-automated registration of more than 300 top-level and second-level domains.<ref>[http://www.key-systems.net/company/history.php Key-Systems History]</ref>

As of Jan, 2014, the Key-Systems/ [[Moniker]] Group has over 6 million [[gTLD]] & [[ccTLD]] domains under its management.<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/reports/total_domains/KEY-SYSTEMS.NET Web Hosting Info.com]</ref> The group is currently ranked second among leading registrars for global [[TLD]]s in Europe. They currently offer the fully-automated registration of more than 300 top-level and second-level domains and the will add over 700 new TLDs.<ref>[http://www.key-systems.net/company/history.php Key-Systems History]</ref> The Registry Services of KSregistry GmbH is now concentrated in the CentralNic Registry, providing Registry Services to 118 TLDs.

Key-Systems Group is part of [[KeyDrive SA]], which was formed through a merger between Key-Systems and [[NameDrive]] in July 2011. In February, 2012, KeyDrive acquired former rivals [[Moniker]] and [[SnapNames]] from [[Oversee.net]] for an undisclosed amount. Following the acquisition, the KeyDrive registrars collectively ranked sixth in the list of the world's largest [[ICANN]]-accredited [[registrar]]s for generic TLDs.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/moniker-and-snapnames-join-key-systems-stable/ Moniker and Snapnames join Key-Systems Stable]</ref>

Key-Systems Group is part of [[KeyDrive SA]], which was formed through a merger between Key-Systems and [[NameDrive]] in June 2011. In Januuary, 2012, KeyDrive acquired former rivals [[Moniker]] and [[SnapNames]] from [[Oversee.net]] for an undisclosed amount. Following the acquisition, the KeyDrive registrars collectively ranked sixth in the list of the world's largest [[ICANN]]-accredited [[registrar]]s for generic TLDs.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/moniker-and-snapnames-join-key-systems-stable/ Moniker and Snapnames join Key-Systems Stable]</ref> Snapnames was sold in 2014 to web.com. Since August 2018 Key-Systems is part of the enlarged [[CentralNic]] Group. In 2023, CentralNic Group PLC was rebranded to Team Internet Group PLC.

 

 

==History==

==History==

* In 1998, [[Alexander Siffrin]] founded Key-Systems GbR (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts), a civil law partnership company, in Friedrichsthal/Saarland, Germany.  

* In October 1998, [[Alexander Siffrin]] founded Key-Systems GbR (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts), a civil law partnership company, in Friedrichsthal/Saarland, Germany.  

* Key-Systems GbR was turned into a limited liability company Key-Systems GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) in 2000. <ref>[http://www.key-systems.net/company/history.php Key-Systems.net]</ref>

* Key-Systems GbR was turned into a limited liability company Key-Systems GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) in 2000. <ref>[http://www.key-systems.net/company/history.php Key-Systems.net]</ref>

* Key-Systems participated in [[Verisign]]'s [[IDN]] testbed in 2002. At this point, Key-Systems provided more than 60 different domain name extensions.       

* Key-Systems participated in [[Verisign]]'s [[IDN]] testbed in 2002. At this point, Key-Systems provided more than 60 different domain name extensions.       

* In 2004, the company was relocated from Bexbach to Zweibrücken. In 2010 Key-Systems' headquarters were relocated from Zweibrücken to St. Ingbert, in its own company building.

* In 2007, Key-Systems took over the former [[Verisign]] Namestore Business for leading ccTLDs, migrating the ccTLD domain portfolios to the [[RRPproxy]] platform.  

* In 2007, Key-Systems took over the former [[Verisign]] Namestore System, migrating more than 200,000 domains to the [[RRPproxy]] platform.

* In May, 2009, Key-Systems founded its US subsidiary in the Washington D.C. metro area, and [[Bonnie Wittenburg]] was announced as Executive Vice President for Key-Systems USA, Inc. <ref>[http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200905/1241531607.html Free Press Release]</ref>

* In October, 2008, Key-Systems invested in a software developer company [[Avarteq]].<ref>[http://www.openpr.com/news/129424/Key-Systems-invests-in-software-specialist-Avarteq.html Open PR.com]</ref>    

*In July 2009, Key-Systems invested in[DevKey Domain Management Solutions, buying 49% of its share.<ref>[http://www.pr.com/press-release/166886 PR.com]</ref>      

* In May, 2009, Key-Systems founded its US subsidiary in the Washington D.C. metro area, and [[Bonnie Wittenburg]] was announced as Executive Vice President for Key-Systems USA, Inc. <ref>[http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200905/1241531607.html Free Press Release]</ref> In November, 2009, Key-Systems opened another subsidiary in Monterrey, Mexico to focus on the Latin American Market.<ref>[http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/112409_Key_Systems_Establishes_Latin_American_Presence_with_Office_in_Mexico Web Host Industry Review]</ref>

* In 2010, Key-Systems moved to its new own corporate headquarter in St. Ingbert and built its own TIER III datacenter (SkyWay-DataCenter)</ref>

*In July 2009, Key-Systems invested in [[DevKey]] Domain Management Solutions, buying 49% of its share.<ref>[http://www.pr.com/press-release/166886 PR.com]</ref>      

* Since July 2011, Key-Systems continues on as a subsidiary of [[KeyDrive SA]], which also is the owner of [[NameDrive]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/moniker-and-snapnames-join-key-systems-stable/ Moniker and Snapnames join Key-Systems stable, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

* In 2010, Key-Systems took over the majority of [[AZ.pl]], a leading Polish domain registrar company, moved to its new corporate headquarter in St. Ingbert and built its own TIER III datacenter (SkyWay DataCenter).<ref>[http://www.pr-inside.com/key-systems-takes-over-majority-of-r1817639.htm PR Inside]</ref>

* In January 2012, [[Moniker]] and [[SnapNames]] were acquired from [[Oversee.net]] by [[KeyDrive SA]]<ref>[http://domainincite.com/moniker-and-snapnames-join-key-systems-stable/ Moniker and SnapNames Join Key-Systems Stable, DomainIncite.com]</ref>.

* Since July 2011, Key-Systems continues on as a subsidiary of [[KeyDrive SA]], which also is the owner of [[NameDrive]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/moniker-and-snapnames-join-key-systems-stable/ Moniker and Snapnames join Key-Systems stable, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

* In February, 2012 Key-Systems outsourced its registry services division KSregistry into a new subsidiary, [[KSregistry GmbH]]<ref>http://key-systems.net/businessareas/ksregistry.php</ref>.

* In January, 2012, competitive Israeli [[registrar]], [[Domain The Net]], filed a preemptive lawsuit against Key-Systems over their respective brand management trademarks. The services in question are Key-System's [[BrandShelter.com|BrandShelter]], and [[Domain The Net]]'s BrandShield. Key-Systems had previously filed a complaint noting that the BrandShield mark was confusingly similar; in response, DomainTheNet preemptively sued in order to beat out any forthcoming lawsuit from Key-Systems and establish that no one entity can claim "Brand[blank]" as a trademarked term.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/key-systems-sued-over-brand-protection-trademark/ Key Systems Sued Over Brand Protection Trademark, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

* 2013 [http://www.towebbrasil.com toweb Brasil] joins the Key-Systems stable.

* In February, 2012, it was announced that [[Moniker]] and [[SnapNames]] were acquired from [[Oversee.net]] by [[KeyDrive SA]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/moniker-and-snapnames-join-key-systems-stable/ Moniker and SnapNames Join Key-Systems Stable, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

* 2014 [[DotSaarland GmbH|dotSaarland]] GmbH starts its operation of the new Geo TLD .saarland ([http://nic.saarland nic.saarland]); (Key-Systems holds the majority of the dotSaarland GmbH)

* 2016 [http://www.traffic.club traffic.club] starts its acivities

* 2017 [[OpenRegistry]] joins the KeyDrive stable.

==Products and Services==

==Products and Services==

Key-Systems provides services to its end-customer's resellers through its three domain portals.

Key-Systems provides services to resellers, companies and end-customer's through its three domain portals:

* [[domaindiscount24]] (dd24): domain registration portal, including web and mailspace offers available in five different languages, targeted at retail customers.

* [[CentralNic Reseller]] (formerly RRPproxy: for domain-resellers of both [[gTLD]] and ccTLD domain names, CenntralNic Reseller provides registration of domains through a WebInterface, Direct-Socket-Access, Email-Template, or [[API]].

* [[RRPproxy]]]: for domain-resellers of both [[gTLD]] and ccTLD domain names, RRPproxy provides registration of domains through a WebInterface, Direct-Socket-Access, Email-Template, or [[API]].        

* [[BrandShelter]]: helps to manage and monitor huge domain portfolios, and includes support in planning, executing and operating a [[TLD]] including registry services by [http://key-systems.net/businessareas/ksregistry.php?lang=en KSregistry].

* [[BrandShelter]]: helps to manage and monitor huge domain portfolios, and includes support in planning, executing and operating a [[TLD]] including registry services by [http://key-systems.net/businessareas/ksregistry.php?lang=en KSregistry].

* [[domaindiscount24]] (dd24): domain registration portal, including web and mailspace offers available in five different languages, targeted at retail customers.

==Awards==

==Awards==

[[Deloitte]] Technology placed Key-Systems 2010 23rd in the “Deloitte Fast 50 Technology Award Contest,”<ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/up-to-the-minute/keysystems-named-fast-50-deloitte-technology/8280 Domain Name News.com]</ref> after being placed 22nd in the list of the fastest-growing technology companies in Germany in 2009 and 8th place in the “Deloitte Fast 50 Technology Award Contest” in 2008.

Key-Systems received the '''Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award''' in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. <ref>[http://www.deloitte.com/view/de_DE/de/branchen/technology-media-telecommunications/technologyfast50/awardkategorien/73a883a19e853310VgnVCM3000001c56f00aRCRD.htm Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2011]</ref> <ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/up-to-the-minute/keysystems-named-fast-50-deloitte-technology/8280 Domain Name News.com]</ref>

==References==

==References==

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