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.ORG, The Public Interest Registry Names Brian Cute as CEO

.ORG, The Public Interest Registry today appointed Mr. Brian Cute as chief executive officer. With more than 12 years of experience in the Internet and communications industry, Mr. Cute will assume his leadership position on February 1, 2011. more

BlueCat Networks Joins the Cisco Developer Network as a Registered Developer

BlueCat Networks, the IPAM Intelligence™ company, today announced that it has joined the Cisco Developer Network as a Registered Developer within the Integrated Services Router technology category. more

Internet Infrastructure Leaders Join Movement of Companies Verifying Their Technology for DNSSEC

A trio of Internet infrastructure leaders joined a growing movement of companies testing their technologies with Verisign following a landmark achievement in Internet security. As Verisign has now deployed Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in .net, Arbor Networks, Infoblox and RioRey, have completed testing of their technology solutions in the Verisign DNSSEC Interoperability Lab. more

Landrush for New Domain Extension - .GR.COM

Starting at 6pm GMT today, a new "zone" of domain names ending with the extension .GR.COM is being launched in a Landrush. Unlike other domain extensions launched over recent years, no premium "keyword" domains will be withheld from sale, meaning that domains like shop.gr.com, athens.gr.com and games.gr.com are available for registration. more

Neustar’s UltraDNS Management Portal Goes Mobile

UltraMobile is currently available for devices running the Android operating system and will be coming soon to Apple's iOS. UltraMobile provides instant alert information and critical functions that users could previously only access from within the UltraDNS Managed Services Portal. more

Temple University Deploys BlueCat Networks’ Virtual DDI Technology to Simplify Network Management

With its existing DNS/DHCP solution discontinued, Philadelphia-based Temple University (Temple) began looking for an alternative solution to manage its DNS/DHCP services. The selected DDI (DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management (IPAM)) solution would be tasked with simplifying management of the more than 25,000 devices that connect to Temple's domestic campuses' networks at any given time on a daily basis. more

dotHOTEL Selects Afilias as New TLD Registry and DNS Provider

At the 39th International ICANN Meeting, Afilias announced that it has been selected by dotHOTEL® as the registry services and DNS provider for its application to ICANN for the .hotel new top-level domain. dotHOTEL is supported by the International Hotel and Restaurant Association, the world's largest association of hospitality providers. more

Iron Mountain and Afilias Create Program for New gTLD Registry Applicants

Under the terms of this co-referral program, Iron Mountain will refer prospective gTLD Registry Operators to Afilias for Domain Name Registry Services, and Afilias will refer prospective Registry Operators to Iron Mountain for data escrow services. more

.ORG, The Public Interest Registry Hires Don Blumenthal as Senior Policy Advisor

Prior to joining PIR, Mr. Blumenthal created and then directed the Federal Trade Commission's Internet Lab, a pioneering effort in the development of facilities dedicated to the collection and development of evidence needed to prosecute illegal online activity. more

CentralNic Completes Largest DNSSEC Deployment

CentralNic Ltd, the global domain name registry, today announced that it has completed the largest deployment of DNSSEC of any registry to date. CentralNic, which operates the registry system for 22 domain extensions has finished rollout of the new security technology across all its extensions.  more

Afilias Secures .GI, .MN, and .SC Domains with DNSSEC

Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services, today announced that it has enabled Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for .GI, the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for Gibraltar, .MN for Mongolia, and .SC for the Seychelles. more

PIR Hosts .ORG in Real Time With David M. Scott: Web Strategy, Domain Names, and Building Your Brand

What's in a domain name? With over 8.5 million registrants, .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR), manager of the world's third largest generic top-level domain, held an intimate breakfast and discussion today with acclaimed marketing specialist David Meerman Scott to impart answers to this fundamental question. more