Web Host and Domain Name Provider GoDaddy Now Supports the OpenStack Foundation
 Web host and domain name provider GoDaddy now supports the OpenStack Foundation – a worldwide developers’ community working to establish an open source cloud operating system. The company, which is recognized as being the world’s largest domain name provider, leverages OpenStack for its cloud platform. The company will utilize OpenStack to enable small business customers to manage applications and services and provide a platform for customers’ applications.
The move is the second time in recent weeks that GoDaddy has underscored its commitment to OpenStack and the open source community. The company also recently announced that it would use the Spree Commerce platform as an ecommerce solution for small businesses.
GoDaddy's focus is to cater for smaller size businesses by giving them the tools they need for a world class online presence. The company manages 57 million domain names and has 12 million customers. A number of members of the GoDaddy executive team are part of the OpenStack community, including Elissa Murphy, the company’s CTO, and Charles Beadnall, its VP of Engineering. The company aims to engage engineers to “help develop, collaborate and contribute to the OpenStack community”.
"GoDaddy's reach will enable its 12 million users to realize the benefits of running their applications on open cloud technologies," explained Mark Collier Chief Operating Officer at OpenStack. "Service providers offering OpenStack powered solutions are a cornerstone of OpenStack's mission to be the ubiquitous, open platform for public and private clouds. We're glad to have GoDaddy as a sponsor of the Foundation and look forward to their continued code and community contributions."
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