LogicBoxes (www.logicboxes.com), a software and consulting company specializing in solutions for ICANN-accredited registrars and Web hosting companies, announced on November 30 its participation as a sponsor in the ICANN 2004 annual meeting in Cape Town. The meeting is officially hosted by UniForum SA in association with the South African Department of Communication and the South African Domain Name Authority, and will be held from December 1 to December 5 in Cape Town, South Africa (http://icann.org/meetings/capetown).
DomainMart (www.domainmart.com), a provider of domain-name secondary-market services, announced on December 1 that it has issued a warning to participants in affiliate programs of the potential of brand name dilution and traffic hijacking. The warning also outlines counter measures to monitor and protect third-level domain names. DomainMart points out that in such situations, there are two levels of initiatives that customers can take to protect their brand name. The first step is to find out whether such an infringement is underway and the second is a proactive measure to monitor and limit damages from such violations. As for the second level of proactive protection, DomainMart has developed a service to monitor and notify when infringements take place.
The Go Daddy Group, Inc., parent company of GoDaddy.com (www.GoDaddy.com), the number one registrar of new domain names, announced on November 30 that it now offers its customers an intuitive user control panel that makes it easy to manage domain name system (DNS) records. Available at no additional cost, the new, managed DNS control panel will support both Go Daddy customers and non-Go Daddy customers, and provide a reliable DNS management service for gTLDs such as .com, .net, .org, and ccTLDs such as .tv, .de, and .jp.
Sedo (www.sedo.co.uk), one of the world's largest domain marketplaces having a database of more than 2 million domains and completing several hundred domain transactions worldwide every month, announced on November 30 its purchase of the domain.co.uk domain. The co.uk market, only behind .com and .de in terms of size, is on the threshold of massive growth and Sedo is delighted to provide the market with much-needed impetus by acquiring what is without doubt the best name for a .co.uk domain platform.
DonationChannel Inc. (www.donationchannel.org) announced on November 30 the availability of a branded domain name service included free of charge with the recently released Enhanced RealBird aerial map viewer (www.realbird.com). With this feature, agents can reserve and use a domain name such as “myname.RealBird.com”. These sub-domain names are pointing to the agent’s Enhanced Realbird Viewer and can be used as a convenient way to link the viewer to the agent’s website or to add it to their email signature.
Register.com, Inc. (www.Register.com), a leading provider of global domain registration and Internet services with approximately three million domain names under management, announced on November 29 the release of Register.com Data Backup Service, an easy to use automated back up tool specifically designed to meet the needs of small organizations and individual users. Unlike traditional back up methodologies that are time consuming and labor intensive, Register.com Data Backup is a straightforward Web-based solution that eliminates the need to manually switch media while at the same time storing multiple days of data offsite with secure 24x7 access to files.
Softrack Technologies (www.softracktech.com), a Pakistan-based software development company providing high quality and cost effective information technology solutions to global companies and small businesses, and WildWest Domains (www.wildwestdomains.com), an ICANN-accredited domain name reseller and part of the Go Daddy Group, Inc., announced on November 29 the launch of the new domain registration and web hosting web site www.softrackdomains.com. This new domain registration and web hosting web site has a user friendly interface and allows net users and surfers to easily register domain names and web hosting spaces online.
ITWeb.co.za (www.itweb.co.za) announced on November 26 that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (www.icann.org) will expose South Africans to the Internet's international flavour at a meeting in Cape Town next week. UniForum SA (http://co.za/), the administrator for the .co.za domain name, will host the meeting, while the communications department will stage a gala event for delegates. Those scheduled to attend include ICANN chairman and “Father of the Internet” Vinton Cerf, and its president and CEO, Paul Twomey.
ChinaTechNews.com (www.chinatechnews.com) announced on November 25 that China National Network Information Center (www.cnnic.net.cn) is urging Chinese citizens to start using .cn domains instead of the more popular .com domain name extensions. Registrations for .cn in China has increased to more than 400 000, but CNNIC says there are still over 700 000 .com domains registered to users in China. CNNIC reminds users that money paid when purchasing .com domains goes to overseas operators, while money for .cn domains stays in China.
LogicBoxes (www.logicboxes.com), a software and consulting company specializing in solutions for ICANN-accredited registrars and Web hosting companies, announced on November 25 enhancements to the Bulk Registration feature of its flagship Domain Registrar Automation product OrderBox v4.2. OrderBox is the only comprehensive Registrar Automation Suite in the market and currently powers over 20 ICANN-accredited domain registrars.
