What is "directi"

Directi is an Internet domain name registrar company founded in 1998 by Bhavin Turakhia, who single-handedly wrote an advanced Fraud-detection algorithm, and was instrumental in the adoption of the seventy-day grace period for businesses concerned with the registry of IANA and ICANN. Directi is the first ICANN accredited registrar in India. The head office of Directi is in Mumbai, India, with subdivision offices in Delhi and Bangalore; Dubai and Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates; New York and Los Angeles, United States of America; and Zurich, Switzerland.

Directi is valued at over $1.4 billion, and has more than 1,000 employees. The company serves over 1,000,000 customers and has more than 50,000 channel partners, which is growing at a rate of 120% per annum. Directi services include communication and collaboration apps, social networking software, instant messaging, context analysis engines, anti-spam and antivirus solutions, large-scale billing and provisioning platforms, traffic monetization solutions, online advertising solutions, DNS management products, Linux and Windows server management software, and web hosting control panels.

Directi has eight offices in four countries.