DigiCert extends its leadership in Digital Trust with acquisition of DNS Made Easy

DigiCert has acquired DNS Made Easy, a global provider of enterprise-grade managed Domain Name System (DNS) services, as well as affiliated brands, including Constellix. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The acquisition of DNS Made Easy expands DigiCert’s digital trust portfolio to include managed DNS services with one of the fastest DNS response times and global availability. It also enables DigiCert and its reseller partners to offer customers a seamless approach to certificate lifecycle management, including more efficient domain control validation, an integrated DNS and certificate experience, and simplified DNS configuration.

“DNS management is essential for digital business, and adding DNS Made Easy and its best-in-class solutions is further solidifying DigiCert’s role as the defining company in digital trust,” said Deepika Chauhan, Executive Vice President at DigiCert. "The combination of core web services — enhanced DNS management and DigiCert’s industry-leading certificate lifecycle management — provides a compelling solution to better service our customers and simplify certificate renewal.”

DNS Made Easy has experienced strong double-digit growth over the past few years by providing authoritative managed DNS services that are simpler, faster and more reliable on a global scale than other providers. The company’s offerings include high-performance response time, a proven record of five 9’s availability for more than a decade, internet traffic optimization, enterprise network monitoring as well as other advanced DNS and CDN management features. DNS Made Easy solutions are powered by a network that handles more than 38 billion resolutions per day and services leading digital brands such as Twilio, Palo Alto Networks and Under Armour.

“DNS Made Easy is thrilled to join forces with DigiCert,” said DNS Made Easy CEO Steven Job. “We have established a strong global network with industry-leading uptime, reliability and web load times. We’re excited about the scale of DigiCert’s operations — including its vast partner network — to help more companies of all sizes, including the world’s leading brands, experience a solution that improves their web operations and security.”