Web.com wants to create an "end-to-ed online solutions company" focused on providing small businesses access to social media, online marketing and other web services.
In its press release, Web.com CEO David Brown said that the strategy of integration of network solutions "will be similar to the successful acquisition of Register.com, and be in a strong position to cross-sell and up-sell our services Network Solutions' approximately two million customers and hundreds of thousands of wholesale customers. "
Network Solutions was the domain name registration original U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency, the control com.,. Org. y. major net domain names. Until ICANN was formed in 1998, Network Solutions was also the only place that users can buy a domain name.
Network Solutions is not the only registrar / hosting company in the acquisition block. Earlier this summer, GoDaddy, the word's largest domain registrar, was sold to three private equity firms for $ 2.25 billion.