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Belleville is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. The population was 41,410 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of St. Clair County, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville and the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. Belleville, located within Southern... Illinois, is included in the Metro-East region of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. George Blair named the city of Belleville in 1814. Blair was born in 1760. Blair's family was of Scottish ancestry; his father was born in Scotland. Blair donated an acre of his land for the Town Square and an additional 25 acres that adjoined the Square for the new County Seat, thereby replacing the old county seat in Cahokia, Illinois. Belleville was incorporated as a village in 1819, and became a city in 1850. Although the name "Belleville" is French for "Beautiful City", most of the population is of a German heritage. It is said that Blair named the city Belleville because he believed that the sophistication of a French name would attract new residents.
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Network Solutions, LLC is a technology company founded in 1979. The domain name registration business has become the most important division of the company. As of January 2009, Network Solutions managed more than 6.6 million domain names. Their size, founding status, and longevity has made them one of the most important corporations affecting domain name price and policy. Network Solutions started as a technology consulting company founded by... Emmit J. McHenry in 1979, with approximately 30 employees, and focused its efforts on applications development. Network Solutions was acquired by Science Applications International Corporation in 1995, and listed on NASDAQ in 1997. John Dillon reports in MediaFilter.org, "Initially, the service was subsidized by the government. But, in May 1993, the National Science Foundation privatized the name registry and paid NSI $5.9 million to administer it. In September 1995, NSI instituted the fee system. A few months earlier, it had been bought out by Science Applications International Corp ." In 2000, Network Solutions was acquired by VeriSign, Inc. for $21 billion.
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