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                                                           GoDaddy                                                                                                                                                                                                                    GoDaddy is a publicly traded Internet domain registrar and web hosting company.[4] As of 2014, GoDaddy was said to have had more than 59 million domain names under management, making it the world's largest ICANN-accredited registrar. It serves more than 12 million customers and employs more than 4,000 people.[5] The company is known for its celebrity spokespeople, Super Bowl ads and as being an online provider for small businesses. In addition to a postseason college football bowl game, it sponsors NASCAR. It has been involved in several controversies related to security and privacy. In addition to domain registration and hosting, GoDaddy also sells e-business related software and services. GoDaddy was founded by Bob Parsons. Prior to GoDaddy, Parsons sold his financial software services company, "Parsons Technology, Inc." to Intuit. The sale provided him with several million dollars in the mid-1990s. As a result, Parsons decided to retire. Parsons came out of his retirement in 1997 to launch Jomax Technologies, which later became GoDaddy Group Inc. GoDaddy received a strategic investment from top venture capital funds, KKR, Silver Lake and Technology Crossover Ventures.[6] Company name[edit] In 1999, a group of employees at Jomax Technologies were brainstorming and decided to change the company name. An employee said, "How about Big Daddy?" However, the domain name had already been purchased. Parsons replied, "How about GoDaddy?" The name was available, so he bought it.[7] Parsons said the company stuck with the name because it made people smile and remember it.[7] The company changed its name branding from "Go Daddy"[8] to "GoDaddy" in February 2006.[9] Company growth[edit] In 2001, soon after Network Solutions was no longer the only place to register a domain, GoDaddy was approximately the same size as competitors Dotster and eNom.[10] In April 2005, GoDaddy became the largest ICANN-accredited registrar on the Internet.[11] They also surpassed Network Solutions in domain names registered. Acquisitions[edit] In July 2012, GoDaddy announced it would acquire Outright for an undisclosed amount.[12] In August 2013, GoDaddy announced it would acquire Locu for $70 million.[13] In September 2013, GoDaddy acquired domain marketplace Afternic from NameMedia. GoDaddy will also acquire domain parking service SmartName and business name generator NameFind.[14] On October 15, 2013, GoDaddy acquired web hosting service provider Media Temple. In a newsletter sent to its customers, Media Temple said that they "will continue operating as an independent and autonomous company."[15] In July 2014, GoDaddy acquired Canary, a small Cambridge-based smart calendar service.[16] On August 20, 2014, GoDaddy acquired Mad Mimi, a Brooklyn-based email marketing service.[17] In April 2015, GoDaddy acquired Elto, "a San Francisco-based startup which had been offering a marketplace that helped connect business owners and other non-technical people to web developers who could help them establish and improve their web presence." [18] Infrastructure[edit] GoDaddy has a 65,000 square foot data center in The United States. This data center is connected to an optical fiber DWDM Ethernet backbone with a speed of 20 Gigabits per second.[19] In 2013, GoDaddy reached more than 55 million domain names under management.[20][21][22] At that time, GoDaddy was reported as the largest ICANN-accredited registrar in the world, at the size of four times their closest competitor.[23] They also have a 270,000 square foot facility in Phoenix, Arizona

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