Industry

Internet Adds 4.5 Million Domain Names in First Quarter of 2011

Four and a half million domain names were added to the Internet in the first three months of 2011, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief published by Verisign, Inc. The first quarter of 2011 closed with a base of more than 209.8 million domain name registrations across all Top Level Domains (TLDs), or a 2.2 percent increase over the fourth quarter of 2010. more

AusRegistry International Appoints Former ICANN Manager Donna Austin

AusRegistry International announced today it has appointed Donna Austin to the role of Senior Domain Name Industry Consultant, in a move that reinforces the organisation's mission to establish an industry-leading position as a provider of Domain Name Registry Services. more

BlueCat Networks Partners with Westcon Group to Strengthen European Distribution Channel

BlueCat Networks, the IPAM Intelligence™ company, today announced a partnership with Westcon Group, a leading distributor of data center, networking, security, mobility and convergence solutions. more

Verisign and Coalition for ICANN Transparency, Inc. (“CFIT”) Resolve Litigation

Verisign, Inc., the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, announced today that it has entered into a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release with the Coalition for ICANN Transparency, Inc. ("CFIT"), CFIT's members, and specified related parties that resolves the over five-year long CFIT litigation. more

Digital Hollywood Taps Domain Name Expert Ben Crawford for Insight on New Internet Policy

How are .music and .xxx transforming the entertainment industry? With a new era in Internet policy looming, Digital Hollywood Spring welcomed Ben Crawford, CEO of CentralNic and dotBrand Solutions, as a panelist during last week's conference at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Marina del Rey, California. more

Businesses Lack Safeguards Against DDoS Attacks and DNS Failures, New Research Shows

A significant percentage of organizations are ill-equipped to prevent and respond to web infrastructure failures caused by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and Domain Name System (DNS) failures, according to two new research studies commissioned by Verisign, Inc. more

BlueCat Networks Sets Industry Standard with 5-Hour On-Site Repair for IP Address Management, DNS

BlueCat Networks, the IPAM Intelligence company, today announced a new 5x7 standard Customer Care program to deliver five-hour on-site repair, seven days a week for its new lineup of IP Address Management (IPAM), DNS and DHCP hardware appliances. more

How a .COM Can Also be a .ORG: Open Compute Project

Something I've been discussing a lot recently is how a .COM can also be a .ORG. Facebook, the social media giant, is currently the most visited .COM in the world. What's interesting, however, is that even Facebook has recognized the incredible value of .ORG... more

CentralNic, .US.ORG Reserve Olympics Trademark to Protect Against Cybersquatters and Brand Abuse

.US.ORG today announced its decision to place the well-known Olympic trademarks on a reserved names list rather than offering them for sale on a first-come first-served basis, as has previously been the tradition in the domain name industry. more

From JZ.UK.COM to M8.UK.COM: Two Character UK.COM Domain Names Released

Premium British domain extension UK.COM has made two character domain names available on a first-come, first-served basis through leading British registrars. UK.COM is the only domain extension to currently offer unrestricted Two Character Domains for instant registration. more

AusRegistry International Appoints Robin Schmitt as Chief Operating Officer

AusRegistry International announced today it has appointed Robin Schmitt to the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO), in a move that reinforces the organisation's mission to establish an industry-leading position as a provider of Domain Name Registry Services. more

BlueCat Networks’ IPAM Solution Extends Microsoft Windows DNS and DHCP Infrastructure

The new solution is the only leading IPAM solution available as a virtual appliance on the Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization and cloud platform. It is also available as a virtual appliance on VMware or as a hardened physical appliance. more