[news release] CentralNic PLC, the global provider of registry and registrar services, announced today that it acquired the assets of DomiNIC GmbH, including the DomiNIC domain management software, the product of twenty years of development with a blue chip customer base in the German-speaking countries.

The DomiNIC products include:

1. DomiNIC for Brands – a domain name and user management tool, delivered as Software as a Service, ideal for .brand gTLD registries, large domain portfolio holders, and their advisors.
2. DomiNIC for Registrars – tools for registries and resellers, and to enable hosting companies, ISPs and other organizations to sell domains.

Ben Crawford, CEO of CentralNic, said: “The DomiNIC software products are the best we found anywhere in the world and already hugely successful in Germany, so we jumped at the opportunity to acquire the business and introduce it to a global client base.

CentralNic has also entered into a strategic alliance with German company DNSXperts as an outsource supplier of software development and support services for the DomiNIC software, allowing CentralNic to focus its own resources on rapidly growing the user base of DomiNIC via its global relationships and sales channels.

CentralNic has made two appointments to manage the acquired business. Marc McCutcheon has joined CentralNic as Manager overseeing the operations of the DomiNIC business. Marc previously spent seven years with leading corporate registrar and domain consultant NetNames. CentralNic has also appointed Luigi Turano as Business Development Manager of DomiNIC. Luigi spent the last six years as an analyst and consultant with Accenture and Wipro.

Crawford added, “When we listed on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market in September, we announced our intention to build our own customer-facing business as an important use of funds, and since listing we have moved rapidly and efficiently to achieve this serious competitive advantage for this CentralNic business.”

FEATURES OF DOMINIC FOR BRANDS

• Most advanced user administration system on the market with thousands of different levels of user access easily administered
• Connection to the registrars of your choice
• Connection of the user administration system to your preferred Name Servers for zone file management
• Point of entry zone file validation as well as scheduled zone file changes
• The ability to schedule creation, modification or removal of domains/zone files
• The ability to create a list of “Bad Words” (offensive terms, competitor names, unannounced ventures, etc.) which can either be blocked or set to require approval by an administrator
• The ability to fix the domain data or name servers used for domain registration by certain users
• The ability to specify the language that the console is displayed in
• The ability to create internal validation requirements (such as a Trademark license upload for a licensee account) as well as internal approval or notification system for domain requests

FEATURES OF DOMINIC FOR REGISTRARS

• Fully automated workflow for domain and zone management
• Integration of web hosting packages or terms of contract
• Easy integration with new registries
• Seamless integration of your CRM and billing processes
• Fine-grained concept of authorizations and roles
• Approval workflow to protect against unauthorized changes
• Support of New gTLDs
• Customizable white-label retail site

With the onset of the new GTLD program, registrars face the challenge of connecting their customers to a multitude of new registries and new domains. DomiNIC takes the complexity out of domain management by standardizing registry processes, and automating workflows.  It integrates seamlessly with existing systems, and provides registrars with the most advanced domain administration console on the market. It is a world leading registrar administration system, reducing cost, and increasing efficiency when managing large scale domain portfolios.

Details of the DomiNIC products may be found here: dominic.de