<s>
Gandi	B-Protocol
SAS	I-Protocol
(	O
Gestion	O
et	O
Attribution	O
des	O
Noms	O
de	O
Domaine	O
sur	O
Internet	O
–	O
"	O
Management	O
and	O
Allocation	O
of	O
Domain	O
Names	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
French	O
company	O
providing	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registration	I-Application
,	O
web	O
hosting	O
,	O
and	O
related	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gandi	B-Protocol
was	O
founded	O
as	O
a	O
domain	B-Application
registrar	I-Application
in	O
April	O
2000	O
by	O
Valentin	O
Lacambre	O
,	O
Laurent	O
Chemla	O
,	O
Pierre	O
Beyssac	O
and	O
David	O
Nahmias	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
following	O
internal	O
struggles	O
in	O
management	O
,	O
ownership	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
Gandi	B-Protocol
was	O
sold	O
to	O
a	O
team	O
led	O
by	O
Stephan	O
Ramoin	O
(	O
formerly	O
of	O
MultiMania/Lycos	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
investors	O
Joe	O
White	O
,	O
Eirik	O
Pettersen	O
(	O
co-founders	O
of	O
the	O
online	O
website	O
building	O
service	O
Moonfruit	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Warren	O
Stephens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Gandi	B-Protocol
launched	O
a	O
Xen-based	O
VPS	B-General_Concept
cloud	B-Architecture
hosting	I-Architecture
service	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
system	O
of	O
"	O
shares	O
"	O
and	O
scalable	O
resources	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
adjusted	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2011	O
,	O
Gandi.net	B-Protocol
was	O
the	O
25th	O
largest	O
registrar	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
domains	O
registered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
31	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
partnered	O
with	O
Gandi	B-Protocol
and	O
announced	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
register	O
domains	O
directly	O
through	O
their	O
Route	O
53	O
Service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
Gandi	B-Protocol
CEO	O
Stephan	O
Ramoin	O
announced	O
that	O
private	O
equity	O
firm	O
Montefiore	O
Investment	O
had	O
acquired	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2023	O
,	O
Gandi	B-Protocol
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Total	O
Webhosting	O
Solutions	O
,	O
forming	O
a	O
new	O
brand	O
,	O
Your.Online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gandi	B-Protocol
is	O
mostly	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrar	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gandi	B-Protocol
is	O
also	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
"	O
Gandi	B-Protocol
mail	O
"	O
offering	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
some	O
productivity	O
software	O
and	O
allows	O
to	O
use	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
Roundcube	B-Language
as	O
webmail	B-Protocol
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gandi	B-Protocol
does	O
not	O
advertise	O
,	O
relying	O
primarily	O
on	O
"	O
word	O
of	O
mouth	O
"	O
recommendations	O
from	O
existing	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
and	O
advocates	O
for	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
and	O
since	O
September	O
2010	O
has	O
supported	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
,	O
providing	O
them	O
with	O
free	O
domain	O
registrations	O
and	O
renewals	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
VPS	B-General_Concept
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
projects	O
that	O
Gandi	B-Protocol
supports	O
include	O
(	O
but	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
)	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Frontier	O
Foundation	O
,	O
Students	O
for	O
Free	O
Culture	O
,	O
The	O
Spamhaus	O
Project	O
,	O
Debian	O
,	O
Let	B-Application
's	I-Application
Encrypt	I-Application
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
GNOME	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Dotclear	B-Protocol
,	O
Mageia	O
,	O
Paris	O
Web	O
,	O
World	O
Wide	O
Fund	O
for	O
Nature	O
,	O
Sea	O
Shepherd	O
Conservation	O
Society	O
,	O
VideoLAN	B-Application
,	O
Adie	O
,	O
Canard	O
PC	O
,	O
International	O
Federation	O
for	O
Human	O
Rights	O
(	O
FIDH	O
)	O
,	O
Demotix	O
,	O
GoodPlanet	O
,	O
Jamendo	O
,	O
In	O
Libro	O
Veritas	O
,	O
Arrêt	O
sur	O
Images	O
le	O
retour	O
,	O
Software	O
Freedom	O
Conservancy	O
,	O
Geeklist	O
,	O
FlISoL	O
,	O
Wikiotics	O
,	O
and	O
FluxBB	B-Language
.	O
</s>
