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| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Employees | 907 |
| Revenue | 1.6B USD (2024) |
VeriSign provides domain name registry services to power the navigation of the Internet by operating a global infrastructure for a portfolio of top-level domains that includes .com, .net, .tv, .edu, .gov, .jobs, .name and .cc as well as two of the world’s 13 Internet root servers. The company's product suite also includes Network Intelligence and Availability Services, consisting of Distributed Denial of Service Protection Services, Verisign iDefense Security Intelligence Services and Managed Domain Name System Services. VeriSign was formed in 1995 and is based in Reston, Virginia.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 16 of 17 |
| Sector: Technology Hardware M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 16 of 17 |
| State: California M&A | 5 of 5 |
| Country: United States M&A | 13 of 13 |
| Year: 2006 M&A | 4 of 4 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 11 of 17 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-09-01 |
GeoTrust
Mountain View, California, United States GeoTrust, a certificate authority, provides retail and reseller services for SSL encryption, and website authentication, digital signatures, code signing, secure email, and enterprise SSL products. |
Buy | $125M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-04-30 |
Digital Brand Management Services - VeriSign
United States Digital Brand Management Services provides digital brand protection and performance IT related services. |
Sell | $50M |
