DNN Corp. (formerly "DotNetNuke Corporation") is the steward of the DNN

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. Organizations use DNN to quickly develop and deploy interactive and dynamic

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Company overview

DNN Corp. was founded in 2006 by the leadership of the DotNetNuke open source project - Shaun Walker, Nik Kalyani, Joe Brinkman and Scott Willhite. In November 2008 the company raised

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financing from Sierra Ventures and August Capital. The company is headquartered in

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. In February 2009 the company launched the first commercial version of the DotNetNuke framework, the DotNetNuke Professional Edition, for critical web applications. In August 2017, DNN Corp was acquired b
ESW Capital.
The company's main product is the DNN (formally DotNetNuke) Web Content Management Platform which is available in both a free Community (Platform) and subscription-based Professional and Enterprise Editions (marketed as Evoq). DNN Corp. also operates the DNN Store where users purchase third-party modules and skins for the DNN CMS.

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