The best hosting cloud company GoDaddy

GoDaddy is an Internet domain registrar and web hosting company publicly traded.  In 2014, GoDaddy said it had more than 59 million domain names under management, making it the largest ICANN-accredited registrar in the world. It serves more than 12 million customers and employs over 4,000 people.  The company is known for its celebrity spokesperson, Super Bowl ads, and as an online provider for small businesses. Besides a postseason college football bowl game, which is sponsoring NASCAR. He was involved in several disputes related to security and privacy.

History

GoDaddy was founded by Bob Parsons. Before GoDaddy, Parsons sold its financial services software company "Parsons Technology, Inc." Intuit. The sale gave him several million dollars in the mid-1990s as a result, Parsons decided to retire. Parsons out of retirement in 1997 to establish Jomax Technologies, which later became GoDaddy Group Inc.

Company Name

In 1999, a group of Jomax Technologies employees were brainstorming and decided to rename the company. One employee said, "What about Big Daddy" However, the domain name had already been bought Parsons said. "What about GoDaddy?"? The name was available, so he bought.  Parsons said the company took the name as it makes people smile and remember. 

The company changed its brand name "Go Daddy" for "GoDaddy" in February 2006.

The growth of the company

In 2001, shortly after Network Solutions was not the only place to register a domain, GoDaddy was about the same size as Dotster and eNom competitors. 

In April 2005, GoDaddy has become the largest ICANN accredited registrar on the Internet.also surpassed Network Solutions domain name registration.

Acquisitions

    In July 2012 GoDaddy announced that it would acquire Outright for an undisclosed amount.

    In August 2013, Locu GoDaddy announced that it would acquire for $ 70 million. 

    In September 2013, GoDaddy domain acquired market NameMedia Afternic. GoDaddy also acquire SmartName parking service areas and the name of the company NameFind generator.

    October 15, 2013, acquired GoDaddy web hosting provider Media Temple. In a newsletter sent to its customers, Media Temple said "continue to operate as an independent and autonomous society." 

    In July 2014, GoDaddy has gained Canaries, intelligent calendar based in Cambridge favor. 

    The August 20, 2014, GoDaddy has gained Mimi, a Mad email marketing service based in Brooklyn.

    In April 2015, GoDaddy has gained Elto ", a startup based in San Francisco, which had been a market that has helped connect entrepreneurs and other non-technical people for Web developers that could help establish and strengthen its presence in the web. "

Infrastructure

GoDaddy has a data center 65,000 square feet in the United States. The data center is connected to an optical fiber backbone DWDM Ethernet with a rate of 20 gigabits per second. In 2013, GoDaddy has reached more than 55 million domain names under management. At this time, GoDaddy has been reported as the largest ICANN-accredited registrar in the world, four times the size of its nearest competitor. also have a center of 270,000 square feet in Phoenix, Arizona.