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Centraal takes 'real' domain names into Germany

By Polly Raymond

Published: Tuesday 11 May 1999

Internet company Centraal has announced a partnership with Germany's leading search engine, Fireball.

Centraal has developed the RealNames system - a method of domain naming based on 'real names' instead of complicated URLs.

Centraal expects Fireball's adoption of RealNames to fuel its spread into Europe. The company's founder and CEO, Keith Teare, said Germany is one of the fastest growing Internet markets in Europe.

Centraal's technology is based on XML and supports most major languages from across the globe.