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In Celebration of Marriage Equality Each New .LGBT Name Donates $20 to the It Gets Better Project

.LGBT (dotLGBT) domain registry operator Afilias announced the launch of the .LGBT Pride Program in celebration of two recent victories for LGBT equality: the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling regarding the right to marriage equality in the US, and Ireland's legalization of same-sex civil marriage.

Afilias Adds .PROMO to Its Expanding List of Top Level Domains

Global domain registry operator Afilias announced today they are expanding their new top level domain (TLD) portfolio to include dotPROMO (.PROMO), the new home of promotional offers on the web.

LogicBoxes Helps .MN Registry Grow by 350%

LogicBoxes, the business consulting and automation technology provider for ccTLD & New gTLD Registries, Domain Registrars and Web Hosts, today announced the milestone achievement of completing 10 successful years of partnership with Datacom LLC, the .MN Registry.

TLD Security, Spec 11 and Business Implications

After successfully securing your new TLD, launching it, and executing on your meticulously devised marketing plan, the only other concern you face is Security. Unfortunately, predicting exactly when and to what degree a security threat will occur can be difficult but you can take steps to make your new TLD a source of legitimacy and credibility.

Case Study: MailChimp Achieves Efficient Execution and Reliability with PowerMTA

With over 5 million users, and delivering over 16 billion emails per month, MailChimp is one of the most highly regarded Email Service Providers, especially among those focused on small and medium sized businesses.

Verisign Named to the Online Trust Alliance’s 2015 Honor Roll

Verisign is excited to announce that we made the Online Trust Alliance's (OTA) 2015 Honor Roll for showing a commitment to best practices in security, privacy and consumer protection. This is the third consecutive year that Verisign has received this honor.

LogicBoxes Powers .NGO & .ONG Retail and Wholesale Channels for ENSET

LogicBoxes, the Vertical Integration Solutions Provider for New gTLDs & ccTLDs, today announced its business alliance with Enset, a subsidiary of Public Interest Registry (PIR), to establish wholesale and retail channels for .NGO & .ONG domains.

Case Study: Emma Swaps Its SMTP Infrastructure for PowerMTA to Handle Growing Mail Volume

A major obstacle that drove Emma to consider PowerMTA was an expected forthcoming collision between mail volumes that had risen to 375M messages/ month, and its 10-year-old, home-grown PHP-based system.

3 Key Steps for SMBs to Protect Their Website and Critical Internet Services

The National Small Business Association (NBSA) recently released a report revealing that half of all small businesses have been the victim of a cyber-attack -- and the cost of dealing with these attacks has skyrocketed to $20,752 per attack.

Key Considerations for Selecting a Managed DNS Provider

I spend a lot of time talking with customers about how they choose their managed DNS provider. In listening to their stories over the years, I have noticed that many of them use similar (if not identical) criteria to make this very important decision.