MarkMonitor: Difference between revisions

{{CompanyInfo|

| logo            = MarkMonitorLogo.JPG

| type            = Privately Held

| industry        = Internet, Brand protection

| founded        = San Francisco, CA, 1998

| founders       = [[Faisal Shah]]

| ownership      =  

| headquarters    = 303 Second Street, Suite 800N<br/>San Francisco, CA 94107

| country        =  

| businesses      =  

| products        = Domain Management, Online Trademark Protection, Online Channel Protection, AntiPhishing Solutions

| website         = [http://MarkMonitor.com MarkMonitor.com]

| twitter        = MarkMonitor

'''MarkMonitor''' is an internet-based company that provides enterprise brand protection solutions and services.  It was founded in 1998 and is headquartered at San Francisco, California, with regional offices and operations centers in London, Boise, New York, and Washington, D.C. <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/companies/markmonitor LinkedIn]</ref>

 

As of November, 2010, MarkMonitor has  over 509,000 domain names under its management and safeguards the brands of companies like Facebook<ref> [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/Facebook-Targeted-in-Spam-Scam-603252/ E Week]</ref>, and [[Wikimedia Foundation]];<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:MarkMonitor Wikimedia Foundation] </ref>

MarkMonitor also has strategic alliances with [[Microsoft]], [[Yahoo|Yahoo!]], [[America Online Inc.]], [[Kroll]], [[The Steele Foundation]], [[Earthlink]], [[LexisNexis]], and the [[Anti-Phishing Working Group]].<ref> [http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=3786391 Bloomsberg Business Week]</ref>  

*1998- [[Faisal Shah]] founded MarkMonitor in San Francisco, CA .<ref> [http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=3786492&privcapId=3786391&previousCapId=422760&previousTitle=The%20Nielsen%20Company%20B.V. Bloomsberg Business Week]</ref>  

*2000- MarkMonitor became an [[ICANN]] accredited domain registrar. <ref> [http://www.americanexecutive.com/archived-spotlights-industry/it/7401-markmonitor-keeping-watch American Executive] </ref>  

*2001- MarkMonitor announced strategic alliance with [[Lexis-Nexis]], a research solution provider company.<ref> [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lexis-Nexis+Announces+Strategic+Alliance+with+Markmonitor.-a074210943 The Free Library] </ref>  

*2002- MarkMonitor also formed a strategic alliance with [[Eversheds]], an UK based law firm. <ref> [http://www.infotoday.com/IT/apr02/news1.htm Information Today] </ref>  

*2003- MarkMonitor announced a merger with [[Alldomains.com]],  a domain registration and management providing company from California. <ref> [http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/mar102203 The Web Host Industry Review] </ref>

*2004- MarkMonitor announced  participation in a comprehensive effort to stop online fraud, sponsored by the FSTC. The other participants included America's largest financial institutions, like: Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase, Comerica, Visa USA, ABN AMRO, KeyBank, Capital One and University Bank, and others. <ref> [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-817373/MarkMonitor-Joins-Major-Financial-Institutions.html GOLIATH] </ref>

*2005- MarkMonitor signed partnership contracts with AOL to develop a new initiative to protect its users against phishing. <ref> [http://news.softpedia.com/news/AOL-Is-Starting-the-Anti-Phishing-Offensive-9957.shtml Softpedia] </ref>  

*2005- It was announced that MarkMonitor, with [[Cyota]] Inc. and [[Internet Identity]] , would regularly provide information on confirmed phishing websites as part of efforts to help enhance the protection offered by Microsoft. <ref> [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/nov05/11-17EnhancesPhishingProtectionPR.mspx Microsoft.com] </ref>  

*2005- MarkMonitor annouced to work with [[Open Technology Solutions]] (OTS) to provide anti-phishing and fraud protection services.<ref> [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-139428801.html HighBeam.com] </ref>  

*2006- MarkMonitor announced the closing of a $12 million venture capital investment led by Cargill Ventures. <ref> [http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-11-2006/0004359554&EDATE= PR Newswire] </ref>  

*Domain Management: Domain Management establishes brands online including safety and security services with domain managements services

*MarkMonitor Brand Protection™ : Offers to eliminate fraudulent use of companies brands online to safeguard brand equity, web traffic, marketing investments, and revenue from paid search scams, unauthorized channels, counterfeit, pirated and grey market sales, false association, cybersquatting, and other online threats.

*AntiFraud Solutions: offers to protect enterprises and their customers from phishing and malware attacks as it predicts detects, blocks, monitors and shuts down phishing and malware sites.

 

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