Our History

• • • Melbourne IT divests Digital Brand Services Division to Corporation Service Company for A$152.5 million
• • • Advantate becomes wholly-owned subsidiary of Melbourne IT
    • VeriSign honours Melbourne IT as a "Domain Pioneer" at .com 25th Anniversary
• • • Melbourne IT wins VMware’s Virtualization Champion of the Year Award
• • • Melbourne IT acquires VeriSign Inc's Digital Brand Management Services (DBMS) division
    • Melbourne IT and Fairfax Digital launch Advantate, a joint venture company providing search engine marketing services to SMEs
    • Melbourne IT's WebCentral brand receives the 2008 Microsoft Australia Hosting Services Partner of the Year award
• • • Melbourne IT acquires UK corporate domain management specialists, IDR Management Services
    • Melbourne IT's WebCentral brand receives the 2007 Microsoft Asia Pacific Hosting Partner of the Year award
• • • Melbourne IT acquires the Webcentral Group which includes Australia’s largest web hosting company, Webcentral, and the world’s leading provider of digital recording services for justice and public safety venues, For The Record
    • Melbourne IT wins an Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) Award for Excellence
• • • Melbourne IT wins an Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) Award for Excellence
    • Company has more than 3.8 million domain names under management
• • • Melbourne IT acquires European digital brand protection company, Cogent IPC
• • • Melbourne IT acquires Domainz, New Zealand's largest and most experienced domain name registrar
    • More than 2.3 million domain names under management
• • • Melbourne IT named in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500
    • Theo Hnarakis appointed CEO
• • • Melbourne IT named in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50
• • • Adrian Kloeden appointed CEO
• • • Melbourne IT is accredited by ICANN as a registrar for .com, .net and .org domains
    • Melbourne IT lists on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) with a ticker symbol of MLB
• • • The University of Melbourne creates Melbourne IT to work with the private sector on IT projects
    • Melbourne IT becomes the sole Australian domain name registrar for the .au domain
    • Professor Peter Gerrand appointed CEO