Industry

Avenue4 Helps IPv4 Sellers and Buyers Gain Market Access, Overcome Complexities

With more than 30 years combined experience providing legal counsel to the technology industry, Avenue4's principals have established unique expertise in the IPv4 industry, driving transparency and professionalism in the IPv4 market. more

Introduction to ACCELR/8 - Fast Lane to the IPv4 Market

We believe that the same quality of service that the professionals at Avenue4 have delivered to large block market participants, should be made available to all buyers and sellers within the IPv4 trading market. more

Avenue4 Launches ACCELR/8, Transforming the IPv4 Market with Automated Order-Driven Trading

Avenue4 LLC announces the launch of ACCELR/8, a new market platform that enables sellers with address space registered in the U.S., Canada and certain Caribbean regions to trade IPv4 number blocks directly with buyers from North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. more

.brands Spotlight: Banking and Finance Industries

The .brands Spotlight series takes a deep-dive into interesting facets of the .brands TLD space, looking at data sources to find insights about how .brands are being used across different industries, regions and organizations. This Spotlight piece focuses in on the global banking and finance industries. more

Google Buys Business.Site Domain for ‘Google My Business’

Radix has sold the domain name business.site to Google. As part of Google My Business, small business owners are able to make a website with a BUSINESSNAME.business.site domain name for free. The service is available globally to all merchants enrolled in Google My Business. more

Radix Announces Global Web Design Contest, F3.space

Radix has launch of a global web design contest, F3.space through which web designers, developers and existing customers are invited to submit their website on any of the 9 gTLDs operated by Radix, such as .ONLINE, .TECH, .SPACE, .STORE, .PRESS, .SITE, .WEBSITE, .HOST and .FUN. more

Global Domain Name Registrations Reach 330.6 Million, 1.3 Million Growth in First Quarter of 2017

The Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief released today reports first quarter of 2017 closing with approximately 330.6 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately 1.3 million domain name registrations. more

.TECH Gets Its Big Hollywood Break

Marketing and Advertising genius, Sheeraz Hasan, known for successfully creating huge social media amplification for Fortune 100 companies through celebrity endorsements and social media influencers, has announced the launch of his latest venture on a .TECH domain. more

Verisign Named to the Online Trust Alliance’s 2017 Audit and Honor Roll

Verisign has qualified for the Online Trust Alliance's (OTA) 2017 Honor Roll for showing a commitment to best practices in security, privacy and consumer protection. This is the fifth consecutive year that Verisign has received this honor. more

Why the Record Number of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking UDRP Filings in 2016?

By replacing the core criterion of the Policy with repurposed language found elsewhere, panelists inadvertently encourage Complainant companies to attempt to misuse the UDRP to steal domains that were registered long before those companies and associated product trademarks came into existence. more

Attacks Decrease by 23 Percent in 1st Quarter While Peak Attack Sizes Increase: DDoS Trends Report

Verisign has released its latest DDoS Trends Report for the first quarter of this year representing a unique view into the attack trends unfolding online. more

UDRP: Better Late than Never - ICA Applauds WIPO for Removing Misguided ‘Retroactive Bad Faith’

The Internet Commerce Association (ICA), a non-profit trade group representing the domain industry, applauds the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for removing misleading guidance from the newly released updated version 3.0 of its Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions. more