IDG Contributor Network: GoDaddy goes cloud, and throws in applications for good measure

GoDaddy is a funny beast. On the one hand the hosting business is huge, boasting 14 million customers worldwide and managing over 60 million domain names. It offers primarily small-business owners a one-stop shop. A place to buy their domain name, build their online presence, gain customers and manage their business.

On the other hand, however, GoDaddy is a bit of an anachronism. in a world which sees high-flying cloud infrastructure providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and DigitalOcean ramp up massive growth, GoDaddy seems a little . . . old school.

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