The intelligent infrastructure service provider VeriSign (www.verisign.com) announced on April 11 that it will place a new Internet domain server for .com and .net in Sao Paulo, Brazil, by the end of June. The new server will provide Latin American Internet users with enhanced connections, greater security and increased reliability for .com and .net commerce and communications. VeriSign's new Brazil server will provide higher connection speeds, enhanced security and greater reliability of Internet services for the more than 22 million Internet users in Brazil and the more than 58 million total Internet users in Latin America.
Mark McLaughlin, senior vice president, VeriSign naming and directory services, said that VeriSign is pleased to have a dedicated presence through its VeriSign Brazil office and to be able to offer advanced Internet infrastructure to serve Brazilian companies, the government, and individuals.