Geir Rasmussen
Encyclopedia
Geir Rasmussen is one of the founders of the .name
top-level domain
and was the CEO of The Global Name Registry
(GNR) until the company was acquired by VeriSign
on October 1, 2008. Previously Mr Rasmussen was a founder of the personal email provider Nameplanet.com acquired by Netidentity.com in 2002. Nameplanet.com is now part of Tucows
following an acquisition in June 2006.
.name
The domain name "name" is a generic top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet. It is intended for use by individuals for representation of their personal names, nicknames, screen names, pseudonyms, or other types of identification labels....
top-level domain
Top-level domain
A top-level domain is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain name, that is, the last label of a...
and was the CEO of The Global Name Registry
Global Name Registry
The Global Name Registry, Limited was the operator of the .name top-level domain for individuals' names as delegated by ICANN on August 1, 2001....
(GNR) until the company was acquired by VeriSign
VeriSign
Verisign, Inc. is an American company based in Dulles, Virginia that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet's thirteen root nameservers, the authoritative registry for the .com, .net, and .name generic top-level domains and the .cc and .tv country-code...
on October 1, 2008. Previously Mr Rasmussen was a founder of the personal email provider Nameplanet.com acquired by Netidentity.com in 2002. Nameplanet.com is now part of Tucows
Tucows
Tucows was formed in Flint, Michigan, USA in 1993. It incorporated in Pennsylvania and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
following an acquisition in June 2006.