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Verisign Q2 2018 Domain Name Industry Brief: Internet Grows to 339.8 Million Domains in Q2 of 2018

Today, we released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the second quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 339.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately 6.0 million domain name registrations, or 1.8 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2018. more

ARI Registry Services Expands Top-Level DNS Services With Bold Plans

ARI Registry Services is today formally announcing the public launch of a service to offer Top-Level Domain (TLD) DNS services for new TLD applicants and country code TLD operators. more

Verisign Announces Increase in .COM/.NET Domain Name Fees

VeriSign, Inc., the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, today announced, effective Jan. 15, 2012, an increase in registry domain name fees for .com and .net, per its agreements with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). more

Neustar Launches Brand Assurance Program - Making it Easier for Enterprises to Secure Their Own gTLD

Neustar's Brand Assurance Program is an entry level program that helps companies, organizations and enterprises simply and affordably meet ICANN's registration requirements. It includes an easy migration path to additional services brands will need when they decide to fully deploy their generic top level domains (gTLDs).
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DDoS Attacks: Top 10 Trends and Truths (Video)

DDoS experts recently participated in a webinar conducted by Neustar for a revealing discussion on how DDoS attacks are evolving and what to look for in 2012. Watch the following on-demand webcast. more

.ORG Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Very First Registration - MITRE.org

As one of the original top-level domains, .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) today congratulates The MITRE Corporation for being the first registrant 25 years ago with the .ORG domain. Purchased on July 10, 1985, MITRE.org jumpstarted over 8 million subsequent registrations by becoming the very first .ORG domain holder. more

The IT & Tech Industry Badly Needs Female Reinforcement

Across the globe, just one quarter of IT & tech specialists are women, and in Europe, the proportion is even lower at 18.5 percent. At the age of 15, ten times more boys than girls have an interest in becoming tech professionals. more

RIGHT OF THE DOT and Verisign Enter into Marketing and Referral Arrangement for new gTLD Application

Under the arrangement, Verisign will refer gTLD applicants seeking premium domain consulting services to RIGHT OF THE DOT, and RIGHT OF THE DOT will refer clients requiring registration and resolution services for new gTLDs to Verisign. more

Neustar Announces nTLD Registry Services

The only thing tougher than getting a TLD is everything after. With the unprecedented launch of hundreds of new Top Level Domains (nTLDs), how will registry operators differentiate? Will their name space be trusted? Is their distribution strategy optimal? How will they continue to navigate the ever-changing ICANN policy landscape? more

Peering Versus IP Transit: Answering the Age-Old Question

The Internet is often described as a network of networks. In reality though, staying connected is often more complicated than that, especially as internet traffic volume increases by more than 40 percent every year. more

Join Paul Vixie & Robert Edmonds at the Upcoming Distinguished Speaker Series

Verisign Labs Distinguished Speaker Series is a quarterly forum to bring together members of the technical community to network and listen to distinguished speakers about issues related to internet technology. more

Radix Awards Contracts for .website, .host, .space, and .press to CentralNic plc

Radix FZC ("Radix") has exclusively signed a Registry Service Provision contract with CentralNic Group PLC, for Radix's four uncontested Top Level Domains .website, .press, .host or .space more

.PW Registry Extends Landrush Till March 22, 2013

The Registry for .PW – the Professional Web, today announced that the Landrush Period will be extended for 4 days, until March 22, 2013. more

Radix Launches Three New TLDs in Sunrise With Backing from 50+ Registrar Partners

Radix launched three of its uncontested extensions into Sunrise: .website, .press and .host. Radix enters its first Sunrise partnered with 50+ prominent domain registrars, establishing a strong foundation for success in the international domain market. more

A Snapshot of the Fundamentals of Threat Hunting

Like it or not but the face of cybersecurity has changed over the past few years and while conventional approach has taken a back seat lately, non-traditional methods are coming to the rescue. more