Draft:ICDSoft

Тhe first step (registering the icdsoft.com domain name) was made on October 12, 1999.{{cite web|url=https://whois.domaintools.com/icdsoft.com|title=ICDSoft.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools|work=WHOIS|date= |access-date=October 26, 2023}} In 2000, the company started working in Hong Kong as a reseller of other hosting services. The company purchased its first own hosting server in 2001 and opened its headquarters in Sofia, Bulgaria, one year later. The Bulgarian company was founded in 2002 in Sofia by an employee, who later transferred the company rights to the actual founder, Dimitar Dimitrov. Since 2016, the company has started using a reduced-hour working model of 6.5 hours a day (very close to the four-day working week model), which seeks to minimize commuting and optimize the productivity of employees.{{cite web|url=https://www.24chasa.bg/mneniya/article/9066466|language=bg|title=Във фирмата ми се работи 6,5 часа на ден с 2 месеца платен отпуск - хората трябва да са щастливи|trans-title=We work 6.5 hours per day with a 2-month paid vacation in my company - people should stay happy.}}

The company offers Linux-based hosting services with data centers in the United States (North America), Hong Kong (Asia), and Bulgaria (Europe). The company utilizes Apache, MySQL, PHP, and a highly-customized version of Debian. The company servers run on the Kernel-based Virtual Machine.

ICDSoft developed its own in-house Control Panel which does not require third-party licensing. It also offers an in-house developed Account Panel, similar in concept to WHMCS, to all customers for purchasing and managing services – hosting plans, domain names, SSL certificates, and upgrades.{{cite web |url=https://www.icdsoft.com/blog/what-is-whmcs-and-how-does-it-compare-to-icdsofts-account-panel |title=What is WHMCS and how does it compare to ICDSoft's Account Panel |date=March 10, 2020 |access-date=November 30, 2023}}

ICDSoft provides web hosting services for popular web-based software, e.g. WordPress, WooCommerce, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, PrestaShop.{{cite web |date=March 29, 2022 |title=Какви продукти разработва ICDSoft? |trans-title=What products does ICDSoft develop? |url=https://www.economy.bg/featured/view/50224/IT-produktite-v-Bylgariya-Kakvi-produkti-razrabotva-ICDSoft |access-date=November 30, 2023 |website=economy.bg |language=bg}}

The company has developed software (an innovative photo registry) to enhance accountability in timber transportation in Bulgaria to prevent and address incorrect assessments and inaccurate reporting of the quantities of transported timber. This software has been donated in favor of the Southwest State Enterprise (SSE) and is part of the joint initiative between the two organizations to improve control and ensure full accountability for the timber harvested and transported from state-owned forests.{{cite web |title=Иновативен фоторегистър на ЮЗДП |trans-title=Inovative photo registry of SSE |url=https://www.uzdp.bg/informatsia/novini/presinformatsii/inovativen-foto-registar-povishava-kontrolavarhu-darvodobiva-v-yugozapadnoto-darzhavno-predpriyatie |language=bg}}

The company's biggest environmental conservation effort is the firefighting brigade which has been in operation since 2012 with equipment worth over half a million dollars.{{cite web |date=August 16, 2024 |title=ICDSoft Fire Brigade работи на терен от началото на август |trans-title=ICDSoft Fire Brigade has been operating on the ground since the beginning of August |url=https://www.varna24.bg/novini/Bylgaria/Kaloyan-Hristov-ICDSoft-Fire-Brigade-raboti-na-teren-ot-nachaloto-na-avgust-2229756 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |language=bg}}{{cite web |date=March 26, 2020 |title=Реакция при горски пожари |trans-title=Response to forest fires |url=https://www.novastranica.com/view/43 |access-date=November 30, 2023 |language=bg}}{{cite web |date=11 December 2018 |title=Помагаме в гасенето на горски пожари като доброволци |trans-title=We help extinguish forest fires as volunteers |url=https://terminal3.bg/dalaverite-zaradi-koito-prodalzhava-da-ima-smisal-i-nadezhda/ |access-date=November 30, 2023 |language=bg}}{{cite web |date=26 September 2024 |title=За хората, за природата ни – Fire Brigade №1, доброволци в огъня! |trans-title=For the people, for nature - Fire Brigade #1, volunteers in the fire |url=https://bnr.bg/post/102050332/za-horata-za-prirodata-ni-fire-brigade-1-dobrovolci-v-ogana |access-date=April 2, 2025 |language=bg}}

The founder of ICDSoft, Dimitar Dimitrov, became the main sponsor of Zara Rutherford who broke the world record for youngest female pilot to fly solo around the world in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/zara-rutherford-youngest-woman-to-fly-world-solo|publisher=CNN|website=cnn.com|title=Teen pilot Zara Rutherford becomes youngest woman to fly the world solo|date=January 24, 2022|access-date=November 30, 2023}} ICDSoft was the sole sponsor of Zara's brother, Mack Rutherford, who became the youngest person to fly around the world on August 24, 2022.{{cite web |date=August 24, 2022 |title=Teenage Aviator Circles the Globe Solo, Setting a Record |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/24/us/mack-rutherford-teen-pilot.html |access-date=November 30, 2023 |website=The New York Times}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teen-pilot-sets-age-record-solo-flight-world-rcna44616|title=17-year-old pilot sets record for solo flight around world|website=nbcnews.com|date=August 24, 2022|access-date=November 30, 2023}} ICDSoft also sponsors the Lion Heart project which promotes outdoor endurance events.{{cite web |date=13 April 2022 |title=ICDSoft партнира на Лъвско сърце като сребърен спонсор |trans-title=ICDSoft partners with Lion Heart as a silver sponsor. |url=https://lionheart.bg/partniori/ |access-date=November 30, 2023 |language=bg}}

For many years, ICDSoft has been involved in charity, mainly focused on local schools{{cite web |date=November 15, 2020 |title=Ученическите лаптопи станаха дефицитни |url=https://www.segabg.com/category-observer/uchenicheskite-laptopi-stanaha-deficitni |access-date=November 30, 2023 |website=segabg.com}}. On September 20, 2018, ICDSoft started to offer free hosting and domains to educational institutions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, ICDSoft provided oxygen concentrators and protective equipment to institutions in need.{{cite web |date=December 2, 2020 |title=Български производител на предпазни шлемове постави логото на ICDSoft |trans-title=A Bulgarian manufacturer of protective helmets placed the ICDSoft logo |url=https://dobriteprimeri.com/2020/12/02/bulgarska-firma-za-shlemove-s-jest/ |access-date=November 30, 2023 |language=bg}}

Following the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, ICDSoft donated one year of hosting service to all customers from these geographical regions.{{cite web|url=https://www.icdsoft.com/en/news/company/the-earthquake-in-southeastern-asia|title=The earthquake in Southeastern Asia|publisher=ICDSoft|website=icdsoft.com|date=January 12, 2005|access-date=November 30, 2023}} ICDSoft continues to apply this practice to this day, in case of natural disasters or armed conflicts.{{cite web|url=https://istinskiistorii.com/%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%ba-%d1%81%d0%b5-%d1%81%d1%8a%d1%87%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%b0-%d1%87%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%88%d0%ba%d0%be%d1%82%d0%be-%d1%81-%d0%b1%d0%b8%d0%b7%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%b0/|language=bg|title=Как се съчетава човешкото с бизнеса – Урок по лидерство|trans-title=How Humanity Combines with Business – Leadership Lesson|access-date=November 30, 2023}}

During harsh winter months, ICDSoft provides free snow-clearing equipment to small communities to keep them connected to the rest of the world.{{cite web |date=February 2, 2022 |title=ДИМИТЪР ДИМИТРОВ ОТ ICDSOFT ИЗВАДИ СВОИ СНЕГОРИНИ, ВМЕСТО ДА ЧАКА "ПРОФЕСИОНАЛИСТИТЕ" |trans-title=DIMITAR DIMITROV FROM ICDSOFT TOOK OUT HIS SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE 'PROFESSIONALS'. |url=https://boulevardbulgaria.bg/articles/dimitar-dimitrov-ot-icdsoft-izvadi-svoi-snegorini-vmesto-da-chaka-profesionalistite |access-date=November 30, 2023 |language=bg}}

The company also holds patents in the construction{{cite web|url=https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=AU300765430&tab=NATIONALBIBLIO&_cid=P11-KM4P5J-12655-1|title=Self-supporting three-dimensional prestressed structure, method and device for its construction|access-date=November 30, 2023}} and medicine fields.{{cite web|url=https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=EP293970623&tab=NATIONALBIBLIO&_cid=P11-KM4P5J-12655-1|title=EP3641881 - CURATIVE CAPSULE|access-date=November 30, 2023}}

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