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Neustar to Establish its Own Brand-Specific Generic Top-Level Domain

Following today's approval of the new generic top level domain (gTLD) guidebook by ICANN, Neustar, a leader in Internet and telecommunications information and analysis, will be joining the ranks of Canon®, Hitachi® and other global brands in applying for a new gTLD. more

Afilias Launches Campaign to Educate “Brand Builders” on ICANN New TLD Program

To help global brand builders understand the complex ICANN application process - as well as the many benefits of owning and operating a unique dot.BRAND TLD - Afilias has created an easy-to-digest video and e-book to explain the program. more

Afilias and HiChina Form Partnership to Identify, Support Chinese Brands for ICANN New TLD Program

Afilias Limited, a global provider of Internet domain name registry and Managed DNS services, today announced that it has entered into a formal agreement with Chinese Internet services leader HiChina, a subsidiary of Alibaba.com, to help Chinese brands take advantage of ICANN's forthcoming New TLD Program. more

Celebrity Marketing Guru Jeffrey Hayzlett to Promote New TLDs for AusRegistry International

Mr Hayzlett will be tasked with generating greater awareness of the new Top-Level Domain (TLD) program within the most elite circles of the world's leading corporations, while also providing AusRegistry International's clients with strategic marketing services to complement its industry leading new TLD technology and consulting offering. more

Verisign on World IPv6 Day

Joining the likes of Cisco, Google, Yahoo, and other industry leaders, Verisign enables global IPv6 connectivity to its corporate website on June 8 - to mark World IPv6 Day - and thereafter, so that anyone with IPv6 Internet capabilities will be able to access the site. more

A Chat With Chris Sheridan at eNom About .ORG

Brian Cute, CEO of .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR), sat down with eNom's Chris Sheridan for an informal discussion about what's going on with .ORG, and about some of the important issues facing the Internet and the domain name space today. more

BlueCat Networks to Host Multi-City IPv6 Roadshow and Webinar, Sharing Insight and IPAM on IPv6

BlueCat Networks, the IPAM Intelligence company, today announced a North American IPv6 Roadshow to address the growing need for organizations to prepare now for the transition to IPv6, the largest network and services changeover in the history of the Internet. more

President Obama Names Neustar President and CEO Lisa Hook to NSTAC

The NSTAC is a group of up to 30 industry CEOs from major telecommunications companies, network service providers, information technology, finance and aerospace companies. The NSTAC provides the President with critical, collaborative advice and expertise as well as robust reviews and recommendations regarding national security, cybersecurity and emergency preparedness. more

Why Embrace IPv6 Now? Get the Latest from Expert Cricket Liu

As IPv4 nears depletion, the world is turning to IPv6 to meet the insatiable demand for IP addresses. The sooner you enable IPv6, the better. An 11th hour fire drill is the last thing you want as you convert to a dual-stack address base accommodating both protocols. more

Verisign’s Matt Larson Wins 2011 InfoWorld Technology Leadership Award

VeriSign, Inc. today announced that Matt Larson, the company's vice president of DNS research and a well-known expert on the Domain Name System, has won an InfoWorld Technology Leadership Award for 2011. more

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