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2007-05-17T04:32:00.000-07:00

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About Web Designing :
Web design is the designing and graphical presentation of content shown on the Internet in the form of Web sites and other Web applications using many different forms of media. The basic design of most pages on the Web use HTML, CSS, and the newest form of language, XHTML. Many sites today also integrate various forms of dynamic, interactive content using E-Commerce, server-side languages such as PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor). Web design contrasts with Web development, which includes Web server configuration, writing Web applications, and server security.

About Web Hosting :
A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center. Webhosts can also provide data center space and connectivity to the Internet for servers they do not own to be located in their data center, called colocation.
Hosting uptime refers to the percentage of time the host is accessible via the internet. Many providers state that they aim for a 99.9% uptime, but there may be server restarts and planned (or unplanned) maintenance in any hosting environment.
A popular claim from the popular hosting providers is '99% or 99.9% server uptime' but this often refers only to a server being powered on and doesn't account for network downtime. Real downtime can potentially be larger than the percentage guaranteed by the provider. Many providers tie uptime, and accessibility, into their own Service Level Agreement, or SLA. SLAs may or may not include refunds, or reduced costs if performance goals are not met. One must be extremely careful when selecting a new company and they should read all terms and conditions carefully.

Types of hosting

Internet hosting services can run Web servers; see Internet hosting services.
Hosting services limited to the Web:
Free web hosting service: is free, (sometimes) advertisement-supported web hosting, and is often limited when compared to paid hosting. Shared web hosting service: one's Web site is placed on the same server as many other sites, ranging from a few to hundreds or thousands. Typically, all domains may share a common pool of server resources, such as RAM and the CPU. Reseller web hosting: allows clients to become web hosts themselves. Resellers could function, for individual domains, under any combination of these listed types of hosting, depending on who they are affiliated with as a provider. Virtual Dedicated Server: slicing up a server into virtual servers. each user feels like they're on their own dedicated server, but they're actually sharing a server with many other users. Dedicated hosting service: the user gets his or her own Web server and gains full control over it (root access for Linux/administrator access for Windows); however, the user typically does not own the server. Managed hosting service: the user gets his or her own Web server but is not allowed full control over it (root access for Linux/administrator access for Windows); however, they are allowed to manage their data via FTP or other remote management tools. The user is disallowed full control so that the provider can guarantee quality of service by not allowing the user the modify the server or potentially create configuration problems. The user typically does not own the server. Colocation web hosting service: similar to the dedicated web hosting service, but the user owns the server; the hosting company provides physical space that the server takes up and takes care of the server. This is the most powerful and expensive type of the web hosting service. In most cases, the colocation provider may provide little to no support directly for their client's machine, providing only the electrical, Internet access, and storage facilities for the server. Clustered hosting: having multiple servers hosting the same content for better resource utilization. Some specific Web services:
File hosting service:
hosts not web pages but files Image hosting service
Video hosting service Blog hosting service One-click hosting
Shopping cart software

About Domain Name Registration
A domain name registry, also called Network Information Centre (NIC), is part of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet which converts domain names to IP addresses. It is an organisation which manages the registration of Domain names within the top-level domains for which it is responsible, controls the policies of domain name allocation, and technically operates its top-level domain.
Domain names are managed under a hierarchy headed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), which manages the top of the DNS tree by administrating the data in the root nameservers.
IANA also operates the .int registry for intergovernmental organisations, the .arpa zone for protocol administration purposes, and other critical zones such as root-servers.net.
IANA delegates all other domain name authority to other domain name registries such as VeriSign.
Country code top-level domains (ccTLD) are delegated by IANA to national registries such as DENIC in Germany.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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Globat.com Unveils Free Web Hosting Sale

2007-03-28T12:11:00.002-07:00

Globat.com Unveils Free Web Hosting Sale

-->15th March 2007
Offers first 4 months on any new 1, 2 or 3 year hosting plan free of cost from the 14th of March to March 19th.
Globat.com, a web hosting company, yesterday announced a special free web hosting sale for St. Patrick's Day.
According to the company, from March 14th through monday, March 19th, the first 4 months on any 1-year, 2-year or 3-year hosting plan are free.
Each Globat.com web hosting package comes with a site builder, fast 1-Click installation of popular Web site software and a marketing package filled with free advertising credits and search engine tools. All these features are available free for 4 months, says the company.
"People tend to associate St. Patrick's Day with pots of gold, rainbows and the lucky 4-leaf clover," said Ben R. Neumann, President and CEO of Globat.com. "Well, now people can get lucky with a Globat.com Web hosting account! Not only will they get 4 months free, they'll also get a great foundation for broadening their business or personal pursuits online."http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/globat.com-unveils-free-web-hosting-sale_0315075924.htm

SWsoft Integrates with SUSE Linux Enterprise

2007-03-28T12:11:00.001-07:00

SWsoft Integrates with SUSE Linux Enterprise

-->15th March 2007
Delivers its Virtuozzo server virtualization software bundled with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell.
SWsoft, a virtualization and automation software, today announced it will deliver its Virtuozzo server virtualization software bundled with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell.
SWsoft will take a standard distribution of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and add the Virtuozzo software to deliver one integrated solution to customers. As a result, customers will have another choice for virtualization that leverages SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, says the company.
"Novell is committed to offering a variety of virtualization choices," said Holger Dyroff, Vice President of Product Management for SUSE Linux Enterprise. "Every day customers tell us they want to lower costs and improve server utilization through virtualization with SUSE Linux Enterprise. By creating a bundle with Virtuozzo to deliver through the SWsoft channel, we see this as an opportunity to expand our customer base."

DemoWolf Launches Private Nameserver Voice Tutorials

2007-03-28T12:08:00.000-07:00

DemoWolf Launches Private Nameserver Voice Tutorials

-->15th March 2007
Allows customers to setup their own private nameservers, and wish to reduce the number of support calls asking for help on how to do just that.
DemoWolf, a web hosting company, on Tuesday announced the release of a new series of Flash-based Voice/Audio tutorials for creating private nameservers at 15 domain name registrars.
According to the company, these Private Nameserver Voice tutorials are ideal for web hosting companies who allow customers to setup their own private nameservers, and wish to reduce the number of support calls asking for help on how to do just that.
When hosting companies purchase DemoWolf tutorials, they receive tutorials that are branded for their own company. The hosting company's logo is inserted into the first and last frame of every tutorial, and they also get their choice of custom text box colors to further brand the tutorials as their own. The new Private Nameservers Voice tutorials sell for $99.95 for the complete set of 15 tutorials. Each tutorial explains how to create private nameservers and covers a different domain registrar.
"We continue to expand our voice/audio tutorial inventory" says Rob Moore, President of DemoWolf. "Web hosting companies who have not yet seen or heard our voice/audio line of flash-based tutorials really should do so, because only then will they understand just how much professional quality the audio dimension adds to the tutorials."

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Syntellect Announces Phoenix Data Center

2007-03-28T12:04:00.000-07:00

Syntellect Announces Phoenix Data Center

-->19th March 2007
Provides managed IVR and contact center solutions as well as disaster recovery and avoidance services with the new facility.
Syntellect Inc., a provider of Customer Interaction Management solutions, today announced that their new Phoenix Data Center is fully operational.
According to the company, the addition of the Phoenix Data Center enhances Syntellect's Hosted Services Group capability to provide managed IVR and contact center solutions as well as disaster recovery and avoidance services for their IVR and contact center customers. Located in a facility that provides access to 40 telecommunication carriers and Internet service providers, it offers truly carrier neutral access for customers.
"Our new facility provides unsurpassed access to telecommunications carriers, data security and network connectivity. We are in a hardened facility with state-of-the-art access control. We share our facility with some of the biggest companies in the world who are also leveraging it to ensure 100% uptime for mission-critical applications," says Kevin McRee, Vice President of Operations for Syntellect. http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/syntellect-announces-phoenix-data-center_0319073331.htm

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Globalwebbrands.com Partners with Submitnet

2007-03-28T12:03:00.000-07:00

Globalwebbrands.com Partners with Submitnet

-->19th March 2007
Allows Globalwebbrands to market Submitnet's SEO tools under its subsidiary, URL Logix and also offers free 90-day usage to all new accounts.
Globalwebbrands.com, a Web hosting provider, today announced that it has entered into a new partnership with Submitnet, a search engine optimization provider.
According to the release, the new partnership allows Globalwebbrands.com to market Submitnet's SEO tools under its subsidiary, URL Logix. To help introduce the new tools, Globalwebbrands.com is offering free 90-day usage to all new accounts. Globalwebbrands.com has begun development on version 2 of the open-source Multihoster application. Multihoster is a PHP-based script that allows to run a free Web hosting service, even from shared hosting.
"Though we offer search engine optimization tools within our Web hosting control panel," stated Globalwebbrands.com CEO Daniel J. Briere, "we also had strong demand for more advanced tools. This is where Submitnet has really stepped up to the plate, helping us to fill a void in our services."

The Planet and HostGator Extends Partnership

2007-03-28T12:00:00.000-07:00

The Planet and HostGator Extends Partnership

-->19th March 2007
HostGator will lease 1,700 additional servers in The Planet's Houston and Dallas data centers, essentially doubling its server portfolio.
The Planet, a dedicated hosting company, and HostGator, a hosting provider, today announced that it has extended their business relationship with the signing of customer transaction of the two companies.
Through the terms of the agreement, HostGator will lease 1,700 additional servers in The Planet's Houston and Dallas data centers, essentially doubling its server portfolio. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, says the company.
"For the past five years, HostGator has continued a steady growth trajectory with The Planet as our hosting provider," said HostGator President and Founder Brent Oxley. "Starting with three servers – and now with many more – we have relied on The Planet for its reliability, scalability, bandwidth and service, which we believe is the best in the business. We have built our business based on service and one-on-one relationships with our customers, which is the hallmark of our success."
"Brent Oxley has built a business that clearly mirrors the American dream," said The Planet's Chairman and CEO Douglas J. Erwin. "Through a consultative review, our team evaluated the HostGator product portfolio to augment his server offerings and to scale his business for growth. Great companies are measured by the success of their customers, and we are proud that HostGator chooses The Planet as its on demand IT infrastructure provider."

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XSI Hosting Offers DNS, Mail Servers

2007-03-28T11:59:00.000-07:00

XSI Hosting Offers DNS, Mail Servers

-->20th March 2007
Launches the servers enabling XSI to provide DNS and email solutions from multiple physical locations, currently in the United States and England.
XSI Hosting, a web hosting provider, today announced that it has introduced Domain Name Service and mail servers.
According to the company, the servers allow the company to provide DNS and email solutions from multiple physical locations, currently both in the United States and England. By geographically dispersing these services, XSI Hosting can ensure email is not be lost if a connection to a main server were to go down for any reason. The DNS allows for faster domain name lookups, thereby increasing website load speed.
The company hopes to eventually add servers to additional countries to increase the redundancy of its network and provide better access for a wider variety of customers. It will also use the additional mail servers to aid in unsolicited bulk email (Spam) mitigation.
“We introduced redundant DNS and mail servers to provide a higher level of service and reliability to our customers, especially as we continue to deploy more advanced and mission-critical business-class offerings,” said Larry Stevens, CEO of XSI Hosting parent company Xanadu Servers, Inc. http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/xsi-hosting-offers-dns%2C-mail-servers_0320079312.htm

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Domaindiscount24.com Unveils .cn Sale

2007-03-28T11:57:00.000-07:00

Domaindiscount24.com Unveils .cn Sale

-->20th March 2007
Offers a discounted price of on new one year registrations of .cn domains for 3.28 Euros till April 30th, 2007.domaindiscount24.com, a German domain registrar, yesterday announced new one year .cn domain registrations at a price of only 3.28 Euro (3.90 Euro incl. VAT). This special promotion ends April 30.The company is part of the global reseller network of Key-Systems, recently awarded as top European .cn registrar 2006.Increased marketing activities are the first step in a broad cooperation between Key-Systems and CNNIC, the Chinese registry. This cooperation will result in further .cn specials after the current promotion period.In addition, the release also said that in 2006 .cn was not only the fastest growing ccTLD but with over 1.8 million registrations it is now ranked as the 4th largest ccTLD in the world.Part of the promotion are ASCII-code domains also containing third level domains like com.cn, net.cn, org.cn and all 34 regional .cn extensions (bj.cn, sh.cn, zh.cn etc.) http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/domaindiscount24.com-unveils-.cn-sale_0320078230.htm

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BroadGroup Announces First Data Center Awards Ceremony

2007-03-28T11:37:00.000-07:00

BroadGroup Announces First Data Center Awards Ceremony

-->20th March 2007
The awards will be announced at a ceremony taking place on the evening of 22nd March 2007 in London, as part of the 3rd Data Centres Europe event.BroadGroup, a data center provider, announced today that the first data centre awards will be announced at a ceremony taking place on the evening of 22nd March 2007 in London, as part of the 3rd Data Centres Europe event.Companies nominated across seven categories - some in more than one category - include (in alphabetical order): Active Power, APC, ARUP, Attenda, Bladelogic, Capgemini, Cartagon SL, Check Point, Datacenter Luxembourg, Digital Realty,etc. to name a few."The Data Centres Europe Awards Ceremony promises to be an exciting evening and high on the agenda of all competitors in this growing marketplace," commented Nicola Hayes, Vice President at BroadGroup, the Event Researchers and Organisers. "We can predict this event will be the largest regional gathering of leaders and decision makers in the sector. The event connects the Enterprise to the data centre, and the Awards provide commercially valuable benchmarks."

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BRS Media's dotFM ranked as One of the Top 50 Domain Registration Sites!Website Services

2007-03-28T11:33:00.000-07:00

BRS Media's dotFM ranked as One of the Top 50 Domain Registration Sites!Website Services

Magazine ranks dotFM 45th among the top registration sites worldwide.

San Francisco, CA. May 24, 2006 - San Francisco, CA. May 24, 2006 - BRS Media's dotFMŽ, the exclusive worldwide registry for Web addresses ending in .FM, announced today that the May 2006 issue of Website Services Magazine has listed dotFM (www.dot.fm) as one of the Top 50 Domain Registration sites on the web. BRS Medias dotFM was the first domain registry in the world to offer premium multimedia domains like .FM. Since 1998, dotFM has enabled thousands of web sites, radio stations and Internet radio companies to build and brand on the power of a .FM web address. "We're proud to rank among the top domain registration sites on the Web!" remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media Inc. "dotFM provides a remarkable opportunity for radio broadcasters, internet radio and media organizations worldwide to build on the branding strength of a .FM domain name." adding, "Were delighted to be in the midst of the top domain registration sites on the net." Website Services Magazine (www.websiteservices.com), an Internet Merchant Trade Publication, has put together a web ranking list of the top 50 domain registration sites worldwide. Their research for this report is provided courtesy of Ranking.com - the Web's largest provider of website popularity metrics. The list of the Top 50: Domain Registrations is located here: http://magazine.websiteservices.com/blogs/posts/articles/761.aspx dotFM currently offers .FM domain names to anyone interested in obtaining their own "Great Sounding Web Address!" at www.dot.fm or through any of our web affiliates, .FM registrars partners, and marketing associates worldwide. BRS Media, a member of the National Association of Broadcasters, the International Webcasting Association and the Webcaster Alliance, is a full service Internet e-commerce firm that helps radio and multimedia web sites build and brand on the power of the Web. Currently celebrating 10 years Online, the company's portfolio comprises: dotFM (www.dot.fm) & dotAM (www.dot.am), domain registrar of premium multimedia .FM and .AM domains; iDotz.Net (www.idotz.net) domain registrar of all gTLD domains (.com, .net, .org, .biz, .info & .name), as well as, boutique domains (.la, .tv, .cc, & .ws); iMobz.com (www.imobz.com), the coolest mobile content site featuring: ring tones, cell phone games, wallpaper and screensavers; @Radio.FM & @Radio.AM, free Web based email services; and the ever-popular Web-Radio (www.web-radio.fm), the leading portal for "tuning in" Radio on the Internet. BRS Media Inc. can be found on the World Wide Web at www.brsmedia.fm.dotFM and dotAM are registered trademarks of BRS Media, Inc.
For more information contact:BRS Media Inc. 760 Market St Suite 958San Francisco, CA. 94102Tel: 888-697-2860Fax: 888-418-2782Email: pr@brsmedia.fm

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.biz Domain Registration

2007-03-28T11:30:00.000-07:00

.biz Domain Registration

Global extensions - is suitable only for business sites (see details).
The following restrictions should be abide when registering a .BIZ domain name:The .biz domain can only be used for a "bona fide business or commercial use". A bona fide business use is one of the following: 1. To exchange goods, services, or property of any kind; 2. In the ordinary course of trade or business; or 3. To facilitate (i) The exchange of goods, services, information, or property of any kind; or, (ii) The ordinary course of trade or business.Registering a domain name solely for the purposes of: 1) Selling, trading or leasing the domain name for compensation, or 2) The unsolicited offering to sell, trade or lease the domain name for compensation Does not constitute a bona fide business or commercial use" of that domain name.For illustration purposes, the following do not constitute a "bona fide business or commercial use" of a domain name: 1. Using or intending to use the domain name exclusively for personal, noncommercial purposes; or 2. Using or intending to use the domain name exclusively for the expression of noncommercial ideas (i.e., registering Xsucks.biz exclusively to criticize or otherwise express an opinion on the products or services of X company, with no other intended business or commercial purpose).
Domain names can be up to 63 characters long, not including the extension charactersNote! Certain browsers, email programs and other web related applications may not support domain names over 26 characters.

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.com, .net, .org, .info

2007-03-28T11:29:00.000-07:00

.com, .net, .org, .info Domain Registration

Global extensions recommended for commercial and personal sites
Domain names can be up to 63 characters long, not including the extension characters.Note! Certain browsers, email programs and other web related applications may not support domain names over 26 characters.

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.tv Domain Registration

2007-03-28T11:27:00.000-07:00

.tv
Recommended for Television and Media related sites, and also for other commercial andpersonal sites.
Domain names must have less than up to 63 characters, not including the .tv extension.
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.fm domain registration

2007-03-28T11:19:00.000-07:00

.fm
Recommended for Multimedia and Radio sites.
Domain Names must contain between 4 and 23 characters, not including the .fm extension.
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.travel Domain Registrations

2007-03-28T11:10:00.000-07:00

.travel Domain Registrations

Namestrings and Conventions

Register .travel Domain

Initially, all names registered in the .travel top level domain will be at the
second level. All names must be correctly formed according to IANA name string
conventions. No two-letter names will be registered.

Sponsoring Organization Structure

STRUCTURE AND NATUREThe Travel Partnership Corporation ("TTPC" or the "Sponsor") is a District ofColumbia non-profit corporation formed for the purpose of sponsoring the.travel top level domain (TLD), a new sponsored top level domain (sTLD).Membership in TTPC is fully open to any bonafide travel trade industryassociations, organizations or entities. TTPC's rules of operation are set outin its bylaws, which are available on request. TTPC's current members number 13 organizations of which the following 9 arerepresented on its board: Pacific Asia Travel Association, International Hotel& Restaurant Association, World Travel & Tourism Council, InternationalAssociation of Convention & Visitor Bureaus, International Council of CruiseLines, The American Society of Travel Agents, International Air TransportAssociation, European Tour Operators Association, and United Federation ofTravel Agents' AssociationsMANNER OF CONDUCTING OPERATIONS INCLUDING POLICY-FORMULATION (i) TTPC - TTPC, a non-profit corporation owned by the global travel industrythrough its members, has been established for the sole purpose of serving the.travel sTLD community. TTPC currently has 9 members on its board and 4officers. It was incorporated in Washington D.C., on February 12, 2002(ii) Membership and Contributing Organizations - TTPC is a consortium of travelindustry bodies representing a cross-section of the global travel and tourismindustry (hereinafter the application will use the terms "travel industry", orvariations on that term, such as "travel sector", to denote the term "traveland tourism industry"). TTPC has a policy of open membership and currently themembers of the initial board represent approximately 70% of the potentialregistrant base within the 18 industry segments making up the .travel community(Part B "Appropriateness…" sets out these industry segments). There is no international umbrella organization spanning the entire travelindustry. There are some 700 associations and trade organizations in theindustry, all of which are eligible to become members of TTPC. TTPC has begunits membership recruitment with sectoral associations that, in turn, havemembership that includes national, local and individual entities. The currentmembership of TTPC provides endorsement by key organizations. Early membershipand support from TTPC's 9-member board was the essential first step to broadermembership recruitment. The 18 segments that TTPC has identified offer defined limits to membershipsuch that TTPC estimates that the effective registrant base of the .travelcommunity is approximately 500,000 entities. These organizations have long beenlinked through regional, national and sectoral associations and they regularlymeet in cross-sector trade gatherings, and, as needed, to develop and presentunified policy and promotion for legislative change or to address commonconcerns such as visa requirements. TTPC is a natural evolution of thiscommunity network. (iii) TTPC and the Registry - The interim board of TTPC directors has beenelected and is fully described in Part B "Initial Directors…" in thisapplication. The role of the board of directors is to determine and implementall policy for the .travel TLD under the terms of its contract with ICANN. Theboard, in developing and implementing policy, will be assisted by an executivecommittee and a communications committee.TTPC and Tralliance Corporation have divided key .travel operations amongspecialist services. TTPC, will develop the .travel community through: creationof products and services, pricing, eligibility, name selection, disputehandling and communication. Tralliance will provide day-to-day management ofthe registry including: implementation of TTPC policy, oversight of servicecontracts, financial management, and support for TTPC's policy and NeuLevel,Inc. will provide registry operator services. Authentication services will beprovided by travel associations, ChoicePoint, Inc ("ChoicePoint" or "CP") andthe International Air Transport Association (IATA). Details of these outsourcedservices are found in Parts C, D and E.Tralliance Corporation is the applicant. (In this application the terms"Tralliance", "Registry" and "applicant" refer to Tralliance Corporation."Registry Operator" and "NeuLevel" refer to NeuLevel, Inc.)FUNCTIONS AND MISSIONThe .travel TLD will be an sTLD serving the global travel community. The majorgoals of the .travel sTLD are: increased identity, increased adoption ofInternet technology and improved linkages between the industry and itscustomers. The present alternatives available under existing TLDs do not provide thetravel industry with benefits of identity, search efficiency or controlled nameselection. For the travel community, an sTLD offers: - Stronger community identity through an industry-wide common identifier andthrough the support of a specialized representative Sponsor, TPC;- Increased awareness of Internet usage and technology application within thecommunity, through the leadership role of its associations in the Sponsor andthrough the policy role of the Sponsor and Registry in Internet forums; - Application of name registration processes to services that improve thecommunity and the Internet, such as directory services (detailed in Part C1)and improved, current, Whois data (described in Part B (E));- Clear identification of leadership in technology within the community asindividual successes are highlighted;- Development of Internet policy expertise;- Dispute processes for eligibility and name selection review tailored to thecommunity and offering an early, low cost means of handling complaints; - Clear eligibility rules and authentication practices; and- Well-understood eligibility, and name rights offer certainty to potentialregistrants and consumers.Objective and transparent criteria for eligibility and independentauthentication will establish all registrants as legitimate providers oftravel-related products, services, and information. DEFINITION OF COMMUNITYThe .travel TLD will serve a community restricted to businesses, organizations,associations, and private, governmental and non-governmental agencies operatingin the portion of the travel industry defined by the eighteen travel sectorsset out in the section "Appropriateness of Sponsored Community". The Sponsorand its members have approved initial policies and procedures that define thiscommunity in the key areas of eligibility, name selection, authentication anddispute. The travel industry is well-supported by national, international and sectoralorganizations. It is an industry that has defined itself over many decades. Thetravel industry is linked through approximately 700 associations and tradeorganizations. From the International Air Transport Association (IATA), toorganizations of cruise operators such as International Council of Cruise Lines(ICCL), to hotel and restaurant associations such as International Hotel &Restaurant Association (IH&RA), to associations of travel agents such as UnitedFederation of Travel Agents' Associations (UFTAA), the travel industry isorganized by its associations, whose representatives, in turn, make up the TTPCboard. All of the foregoing organizations are members of TTPC. Each of the TTPC-identified business segments have for many years sharedpractices, have worked on business and political problems together and haveongoing communications programs. The associations in these industry segmentsexist because they have common needs and purposes. TTPC and the .travel toplevel domain will serve to link and support these existing lines of sharedactivity by reinforcing their commonality and shared identity. The travel industry and its segments have long been at the forefront of usageof information technology, as reflected by the fact that approximately 99% oftravel transactions today occur over computer networks. The .travel top leveldomain will serve as a recognition of the importance of information technologyin the travel industry and as a means of focusing industry attention on theimportance of understanding of, and participation in, development of theInternet, as well as exploring industry-wide initiatives in informationtechnology such as industry directories, privacy, security and intellectualproperty.OPERATION IN THE INTERESTS OF THE STAKEHOLDERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEINTERNETThe .travel TLD has put in place business and technical policies that willimprove the travel industry for its customers. The first of these relates toeligibility (details are found in Part B (C)). The .travel domain willpositively authenticate the eligibility of every registrant, providingconsumers with the first global system of industry recognition in the travelsector. This eligibility will be determined by independent authentication. Authentication data will be stored in a Registry database made up of datasupplied by each registrant in support of its eligibility and its name rights.This data will be checked annually and updated if it has changed and willprovide a single source of data concerning name rights and will serve to permitthe Registry to alert registrars and registrants of a potential need to updateWhois records. Stakeholders will also benefit from a second database-the .travelDirectory-(available at no extra charge at the time of registration), avalue-added service, that will hold product and service data supplied by eachregistrant on an "opt-in" basis organized around a specialized taxonomy andvocabulary created for the travel industry, facilitating searching by thepublic and the trade (the directory is referred to as the ".travel Directory"in this application).

Appropriateness of Sponsored TLD Community

COMMUNITY TO BE SERVEDThe .travel TLD will serve a community restricted to businesses, organizations,associations, and governmental and non-governmental agencies operating in thesectors of the travel industry represented by the eighteen travel segments setout below.The overall population within these sectors has been estimated to be in excessof 1,000,000 travel providers, purveyors, and associated entities. TTPC, aswell as research organizations, project that the effective .travel registrantbase, is approximately 500,000 entities. Specifically, the industry segmentsdefined by TTPC and their estimated size are:Industry Segment/Number of Potential RegistrantsTravel agents/100,000Tour Operators/1,500Airlines (scheduled and charter)/500Hotels/Resorts/550,000Restaurants/350,000Car Rental Companies/500Cruise lines/500Bus/Coach Operators/15,000Bed & Breakfast Houses/100,000Ferries/5,000Passenger Rail Lines/500Theme Parks/5,000Convention & Visitor's Bureaus/5,000National Tourism Offices/200Travel Guide/Magazine Publishers/500Camp Facility Operators/100,000Computer Reservation/Travel Technology Providers/100Travel-Consumer Research Orgs/100Total: 1,234,400The Registry has undertaken its own research of thousands of travel-related keywords applied against all gTLD zone files and estimates that only 10% of theeffective registrant base detailed in the projections above have web sitestoday. Thomson Publishing have provided the Registry with a similar estimate.The large number of potential registrants provides .travel its base andexpectation for growth.SERVING GLOBAL TRAVEL CONSUMERS1.35 billion scheduled passengers (international and domestic) flew onscheduled airlines and 9.2 million passengers took cruises in 2002 as reportedby the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Councilof Cruise Lines, respectively. A large and expanding consumer base brings withit a large and expanding base of travel businesses. These businesses aregrowing within the framework of the network of more than 700 associations andwithin the sectors defined by TTPC.TTPC will add new services that will support both the industry and consumers.It is the Registry's intention to offer all registrants an opportunity to havea .travel Directory listing at no extra charge at the time of registering adomain name (see Part C1 for details of .travel Directory). The .travelDirectory is intended to be a comprehensive library of information about alltravel products and services traded worldwide, to effectively and efficientlymatch buyers to sellers.SERVING THE GLOBAL TRAVEL INDUSTRYThe .travel top level domain will be the first and only means by which theentire global and regional travel industry and its organizations are abledirectly to participate in domain policy formation and implementation.Regional, national, international and sectoral associations are members of TTPCand will have a membership voice on its board. These same associations andothers will also, for the first time, have an opportunity to serve theirmembers by authenticating name eligibility placing those organizations intomeaningful, daily contact with DNS management and increasing awareness andunderstanding of the Internet and its use by their members.Since TTPC's membership includes associations these members are experienced inreceiving and reviewing membership information. Their role in authenticationdraws on this experience by extending the data they take concerning theirmembers to include name selection and eligibility data which they will thenverify according to their standard process. IATA will carry out the same datacollection and authentication for applicants that are not members ofassociations. This is also a standard procedure for IATA, which is thecredentialing agent for all travel agents in the world.APPROPRIATENESS OF THE COMMUNITY(i) Organization and Self-Definition - The .travel community is made up of morethan 1,000,000 individual entities organized within national/regionalassociations, which are in turn, members of their respective internationalassociations. For example, the American Hotel & Restaurant Association, GermanHotel & Restaurant Association, and Japan Hotel & Restaurant Association areall members of the International Hotel & Restaurant Association. This patternis repeated in essentially all sectors. TTPC's approach to membership to datehas been to recruit the highest level organizations first, since theserepresent the interests of their broad base of membership but there are fewerof these. Certain smaller segments such as ferries, passenger rail lines andbed and breakfast houses are not yet represented.There are approximately 700 organizations representing a potential registrantbase of 500,000 to 1,000,000 in the .travel community. Among them areorganizations formed as long ago as International Association of Convention &Visitor Bureaus in 1914 and the International Council of Cruise Lines asrecently as in 1990. When fully constituted, TTPC's board will be made up of 25members from associations representing almost 100% of the industry. The9-member interim board, representing approximately 70% of the potentialregistrant base of the travel community, has endorsed the .travel TLD and thisapplication.(ii) Size and Scale-The travel industry is international in size and ofsignificant global economic importance. Its size and scale can be highlightedby a few key statistics (from World Travel & Tourism Council sources):- The travel industry is estimated to have generated US$ 4.5 trillion of worldeconomic activity in 2003, and supports just under 200,000,000 jobs, directlyand indirectly.- International travel is an industry whose annual revenue is nearly four timesas large as the value of total global steel exports. Its revenue is 50% greaterthan that of the export value of the international clothing and textilesmarkets, and roughly equal to the value of global automobile exports.- The travel industry is a major source of worldwide employment. Tourismemploys two times as many people as are employed in agriculture globally; eighttimes as many as in mining; and three times as many as in communications.- Travel accounts for 10% of all international trade and 5% of total globaleconomic output.Not only are its economic magnitude and breadth important reasons for thetravel industry to be recognized in the Internet through its own domain, butits size and scale, both financially and in human terms, support its highdegree of potential viability as a top level domain.(iii) The Internet and the Travel Industry - The current online population ismore than 3,000 times the number of people who were online just seven yearsago. The travel industry's use of the Internet has kept pace with its overallrate of growth. According to Forrester Research, travel is the number oneelectronic commerce category. Forrester projected in 2003 that the total valueof online transactions would be approximately US$27 billion out of a totalonline commerce transactions amounting to US$95 billion, making it the singlelargest category in online commerce.Given the continuing growth of the Internet and the role that it now plays inthe industry, the travel business sector is keenly interested in establishingits own, industry-specific space on the Internet to more effectively conductbusiness.The importance of the Internet to the travel industry and the importance of thetravel industry to the Internet make the .travel community an appropriateaddition to the sTLD group.(iv) The Internet and Travel Consumers - The growth of the Internet hascoincided with a radical shift in consumer demand and behavior, whose impact isparticularly notable in the travel industry. At the same time as the Internetbrought consumers a breadth of selection, competitive price discounting, and anactive engagement in the search for products and services, the recent economicdownturn has marked a new level of careful consumer purchasing.Research firm Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell (YPB&R) has reported thatconsumers now have "strategic control" of their own travel plans; 6 out of 10users use the Internet for travel planning and 58% believe that they can getthe best rates online. According to YBB&R, the key consumers-now and in thefuture-will be those with access to the Internet via broadband connectivity,because this group wants to plan their own travel.With the Internet as an integral part of travel decision-making, the travelprovider community needs a "home" on the Internet where consumers will findready and intuitive access to the travel content and information.(v) Improved Searching - The travel industry is the largest "target" ofInternet searches. According to Overture (a leader in search advertising), inMarch 2003, the term, "travel" accounted for more Internet searches than anyother industries, with over 168,000,000 that month. Books, music, movies, andtickets combined accounted for the second largest number of searches with164,000,000.It is clear from these figures that travel searches are an important feature inmany, if not most travel transactions. Yet locating precise and detailedinformation is made more difficult by the current distribution of travelsuppliers across the Internet. A key aim and utility of the .travel TLD will be to relieve the frustration ofconsumers struggling in their quest to locate the greatest value, or mosttailored vacation, and to enable the members of the travel industry to turnthose searchers into satisfied customers. The .travel TLD will accomplish thisgoal, first by providing a single location identified as a source of travelindustry businesses and second, by establishing the .travel Directory ofproducts and services.

Representation

MANNER OF REPRESENTATION AND INPUT
Representation and member input for the .travel TLD will be led by the board
and executive committee of TTPC in consultation with membership and supported
by the Registry. The TTPC board will meet twice a year. In addition, the full
TTPC membership will meet in March of each year. Policy formation and
development is difficult to initiate in large groups and is an ongoing task
that is better suited to a small group that has a precise mandate. For these
reasons, the executive committee of TTPC will have the task of developing
policy, receiving policy input from members and bringing policy recommendations
to the board. The executive committee will be three people nominated and
elected by the TTPC board.
TTPC has also created a communications committee which, in coordination with
the Registry, will serve as a channel for the community to provide the board
input into how policies have been implemented, the experience of registrants
with these policies, the effectiveness of procedures (both technical and
non-technical) and opportunities to improve support and services. In this role,
the committee will complete the policy cycle by focusing on application of
policy in the community. As with the executive committee, the communications
committee will be a three-person committee drawing its mandate from the board.
The TTPC committees, by working closely with the Registry, will elicit comment,
advice and support from independent registrants, individual members of
associations, as well as registrars, on issues of policy and planning for
.travel services and procedures.
The Sponsor will participate in ICANN constituencies and programs, in most
cases through the Registry, which will serve as the ongoing participant and
which will communicate with the Sponsor on issues arising in ICANN. The
Registry will support the Sponsor in developing policies and positions on such
issues, which the Registry will then bring to ICANN forums on behalf of the
.travel TLD. The Registry will also communicate ICANN issues to registrants and
receive their input through its website, participation in trade meetings and
events, and through joint communications programs with TTPC
member-associations. Registrants will also be encouraged to participate in
those parts of the ICANN structure that are open to them.
In addition to these direct means of representation, the policies and
procedures adopted by TTPC for eligibility, authentication of eligibility,
dispute resolution and communication are all designed to reinforce its
representative nature and to implement its community mission. These policies
are detailed later in this application.

Openness and Tansparency

OPENNESSThe structure of TTPC is based on the principle that it is representative ofthe associations that make up the travel industry. TTPC membership is open toany bona fide travel association within the eighteen industry sectorsidentified as making up the .travel community, with these sectors togetherelecting 25 board members. TRANSPARENCYA sponsored top level domain receives policy delegation from ICANN, and itscommunity is part of the broader Internet community. As such, the Sponsor'spolicy and feedback mechanisms have been drawn with ICANN's public processesand forums in mind.Transparency in the .travel TLD will be based on two layers, one layer ofpredictable forums and procedures and one layer of reporting, comment,recommendation and modification. The first layer includes standard agreements,documented practices and procedures, and predictable timetables for meetings,review, consultation and comment and so on. The second layer involves broaddissemination of reports and other material, and mechanisms to receive input.TTPC plans to follow this structure of transparency.TTPC, prior to launch of its startup phase will finalize and publish thefollowing:- A .travel domain organization description, including its committees;- Meeting timetables for the TTPC board and its committees;- A policy and procedure manual covering all aspects of domain management fromregistration to disputes, to renewal transfers, privacy and registrarselection;- A policy review and initiation procedure; and- Standard registrar agreements.Also prior to launch of the startup phase, TTPC will publish communications andfeedback procedures including:- A segment of the .travel website devoted to communication to and fromregistrants, with a mechanism for public posting of communications fromregistrants;- A procedure for broad dissemination of board reports and policies for itsmembers; and - A procedure for policy initiation and modification by registrants through themembers, executive committee and the board of TTPC.ONGOING OUTREACHBeyond these formalized mechanisms of communication, TTPC and Tralliance willuse membership drives-promoting membership in TTPC-as a mechanism to continueto strengthen the membership, representativeness and participation in TTPC andthe .travel TLD policy processes. In addition, the well-established annualschedule of meetings and trade shows held by TTPC members includes more than 25annual gatherings at which the Registry will attend to communicate directlywith registrants and potential registrants as well as to promote the use of the.travel domain. In addition, TTPC's members are associations havingwell-established communications programs offering a direct communicationschannel to the industry through their newsletters, websites and email. TheRegistry will use all of these means to distribute information, TLD FAQs,presentation templates and so on. All of these methods will be in addition tooutreach through the Registry website and its own communications programs. TheRegistry has engaged an industry veteran to lead liaison with industryassociations.
Register .travel Domain

A. Add new value to the Internet name space

NAME VALUE
The domain name extension, .travel, provides a simple and recognizable category
name that identifies long-standing business activities and global social
activity, together with clear international institutional networks.
The name extension does not designate a recent trend in the Internet or the
information economy, nor does it designate a product or service. It is not an
abbreviated form that may not be recognized or changed by usage or location.
The travel sector identifies itself now by the designator "travel industry."
TTPC's membership, representing approximately 70% of the potential registrant
base of the 18 proposed industry segments, concurs that no key industry
organization is overlooked by the name extension.
The .travel name extension is the English language term used by the global
travel industry. Given the usage of English in all travel segments, the
extension, .travel, is a common, understood and accepted term that is
synonymous with the industry. The .travel top level domain is differentiated
from existing TLDs by virtue of the fact that it is the only domain that will
encompass all of the features that are essential both to identify the
registrant as part of the travel community and to provide that community the
support it requires.
In particular:
- No other domain offers a registration mechanism that is linked to association
and authentication data improving identification of industry members;
- No other domain offers eligibility and authentication that provide a
verification of extensive registrant information for all registrations; and
- No other top level domain links all registrant name selection to rights to
use that name, ensuring a high level of intellectual property protection.

SERVING THE GLOBAL TRAVEL INDUSTRY
The .travel top level domain will be the first means by which global and
regional travel industry organizations are directly able to participate in
domain policy formation and implementation. These same organizations will also,
for the first time, have an opportunity to serve their members by
authenticating name eligibility placing those organizations into meaningful,
daily contact with DNS management and increasing awareness and understanding of
the Internet and its use by their members.
The .travel Directory will assist the .travel domain holders in regions and
nations by making local and regional product and service suppliers more readily
searchable and by providing current and extensive data.
SERVING GLOBAL TRAVEL CONSUMERS
To facilitate consumers' needs to locate specific travel information it is the
Sponsor's intention to offer registrants a domain name with a listing in the
.travel Directory, to improve how .travel and its registrants will serve travel
communities. The .travel Directory will be a source of information about
travel products and services traded worldwide, helping to effectively and
efficiently match buyers to sellers. The state-of-the-art .travel Directory
will enable precise searching.
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
The .travel top level domain represents a collection of endeavors and
activities that are important in all regions of the world. The following are
examples of this span and importance (these and the data following in this
section are derived from the World Travel and Tourism Council):
In 2003, the world's travel generated close to US$ 4.5 trillion of economic
activity (total demand). The industry's direct impact includes; 67 million
jobs representing 2.6% of total employment, US$ 1.3 trillion of GDP equivalent
to 3.7% of total GDP.
In 2003, Asia/Pacific's travel is expected to generate US$ 947 billion of
economic activity (total demand). The industry's direct impact includes; 38
million jobs representing 2.3% of the total employment, US$ 265 billion of GDP
equivalent to 3% of the total GDP.
In 2003, Africa's travel is expected to generate US$74 billion of economic
activity. The industry's direct impact includes 5 million jobs representing
2.6% of total employment and US$ 21 billion of GDP, equivalent to 3.4% of total
GDP.
In 2003, United States' travel is expected to generate US$ 1.4 trillion of
total economic activity. The industry's direct impact includes 6.5 million
jobs representing 4.8% of total employment and US$ 462 billion of GDP
equivalent to 4.3% of total GDP.
SOCIAL ACTIVITY
Travel is perhaps the single most identifiable, cross-cultural social activity.
And, unlike many social activities that are private and local, travel is a
broad-based, naturally social activity that interacts necessarily with
suppliers, other travelers and travel information, all of which will be
facilitated and improved by the availability of the .travel extension and its
services on the Internet.
INSTITUTIONAL NETWORKS
TTPC has identified eighteen industry segments that define the travel
community. Spanning and linking these segments are approximately 700
associations and organizations. Among these, international organizations are
both of long-standing, such as the International Association of Conventions and
Visitor Bureaus have been in existence since 1914, while the International
Council of Cruise Lines was formed in 1990, indicating the continuing growth
and renewal in the institutions making up the travel system.
The travel industry's institutional network is international and will be
strengthened and improved by the existence of the .travel domain name as its
single point of reference on the Internet. The creation of TTPC by the travel
industry and its support by its representative associations is a direct
reflection of the value these associations see in the .travel top level domain.
The Internet of today is more than the communications network of a few years
ago, it is now an infrastructure giving rise to new issues of privacy,
intellectual property, network security and international trade in digital
products. The benefits and problems relating to these issues will require
coherent responses from well-informed communities sharing interests and
purposes. The .travel community, with its array of representative
organizations, will be better able to understand and respond to challenges and
opportunities of the Internet where a single domain name identifies them and
focuses issues through policy participation that is includes them.
BENEFITS TO THE DNS
Attracting new suppliers and users to DNS service is a matter of identifying
benefits to be received, and promotion and communication of those benefits to
prospective users. Key in these new benefits to the DNS system and its users is
that the .travel TLD will provide an authenticated identifiable domain for one
sector of business. Ancillary to its policies of eligibility and authentication
are annual checks of registrant information to ascertain if there have been
changes, leading to potential improvements in Whois delivery.
The .travel domain will offer the travel industry domain name benefits that
have not been available to now. The first of these is industry identification
on the Internet. Tied to this benefit is the industry and customer support that
is to be achieved through registrant authentication and name selection based on
name rights. Identification as part of the travel industry through name
registration will also carry with it optional inclusion in the .travel
Directory, a first in the travel sector.
In order to achieve maximum benefit from the availability of a new TLD,
benefits must be communicated. Through the .travel TLD, a large number of
associations will be involved in TTPC and as authentication agents. This base
of organizations, through their grassroots participation and fee revenue
generated from authentication, will have an incentive to inform their members
of the benefits of .travel name registration. To this point travel associations
have had no particular incentive to promote any name registration to their
members, a fact reflected in the current estimated 10% Internet penetration
rate.
Much of the current online activity in the travel industry now occurs through
intermediary organizations such as ticket brokers or consolidators, meaning
that many industry organizations have not had a reason to develop their own
Internet presence. With the availability of the .travel Directory and industry
authentication that a .travel name provides, these organizations will have a
compelling reason to register their own names and choose to list their products
and services in the .travel Directory.
COMPETITIVE BENEFITS
The launch of the .travel domain will place it in direct competition with many
registries, both gTLDs and ccTLDs, and should provide competitive
differentiation among registrars. There are many new service features in the
.travel domain:
- Improved identity through a name that identifies the registrant's business;
- Inclusion in the first central, .travel Directory for the travel industry;
- Authentication of industry membership;
- Registration of names that reflect registrant rights to name usage, with
reduced concern for cyber-squatting and speculation;
- A thick registry, with improved Whois;
- A Sponsor that is a representative of their industry and that provides a
channel and procedure for industry-specific policy development; and
- A dispute process that includes provision for industry-managed resolution of
eligibility and name selection denial, supplementing UDRP.
For registrars the .travel domain offers:
- A sponsored domain, that increases the number of such domains for those
registrars that are developing a specialty in sponsored domain services;
- A global, business-oriented domain with a large potential registrant base;
- An authentication process that adds value to the name selection, but which
does not impose additional technical or business burdens on the registrar.
Register .travel Domain

B. Protect the rights of others
This Part to a large degree summarizes the rights impact of policies provided
in more detail in Part B (C).
Screening for both eligibility and for name rights will be performed during the
registration, transfer or renewal process, prior to a name registration being
accepted or renewed. In addition, eligibility data will be updated annually and
any changes to relevant data will initiate an eligibility review in the same
manner as for an initial registration. Failure to meet eligibility criteria at
any time will give rise to a possible revocation of the registered name.
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants for a .travel domain name must be verifiable participants in the
travel industry and each name applied for be a name to which there is a right
that has been established through rights registration or use. Each applicant
will be required to declare which category of right it relies on for the
registration. In all applications, eligibility and name selection rights will
be authenticated by a third party specialist as detailed in Part B (C).
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Most abusive registrations can be eliminated or minimized by the eligibility
and authentication procedures policies proposed by TTPC. Only verified travel
organizations or businesses will be entitled to register a name. Name
registration in the .travel TLD by non-travel entities, to permit redirection
to non-travel sites or to provide non-travel information (e.g. pornographic
sites), will be virtually eliminated by requiring the applicant to be a member
of the travel industry. Cyber-squatting will be reduced by eligibility
requirements and virtually eliminated by name selection requirements.
NAME SELECTION REQUIREMENTS
In addition to protection against cyber-squatting, name selection requirements
virtually eliminate speculative and block purchases of registrations that
stifle use and expansion of the domain. A registrant must hold a right to the
name registered, virtually eliminating speculative generic or product-related
registrations.
PRIORITY OF RIGHTS
Several entities around the world may hold legal rights to the same name string
by virtue of use or under national registration systems. The .travel domain
will not attempt to assess equivalence or priority of rights. The first to
apply for a given name will be allowed to register that name if they otherwise
meet name selection and eligibility requirements. UDRP and Sponsor-created
processes such as CEDRP are the appropriate processes to deal with disputes
over priority of rights.
At the commencement of the startup period, members of TTPC whose membership and
eligibility data have been authenticated by their association not less than ten
days prior to the startup period, will be given the opportunity to register
names during the sixty day startup. No other applicants will be accepted during
that time. All other policies for eligibility and name selection apply equally
during startup and later. The startup period will provide a controlled test
phase for authentication systems, name selection procedures and registry
operations by opening registrations to pre-authenticated members of TTPC
member-associations, but will not otherwise grant priority to any applicants.
RESERVED NAMES
Some names such as country and place names (e.g. Russia, New York) and industry
names (e.g tickets, trips, global, international) may be names currently in use
by a travel entity. However, these names have a value to the entire travel
industry. Even though one business may have a legal right to the name its
registration would inhibit use by a broadly-representative agency. A limited
list of such words (e.g. major city names in English or the local language)
will initially be reserved and will only be opened for registration under
policies determined by the Sponsor after consultation with the community.
THIRD-LEVEL NAMES
The Registry will not create second level categories for the purpose of
registering names at the third level. Registrant rights to use the third-level
will be restricted in the .travel domain through the registrant contract in
order to prevent abusive sale to ineligible entities. Eligible name registrants
will be entitled to create third-level names for their own use, or the use of
controlled entities. Registrants will not be permitted to sell or distribute
names at the third level since these names might be obtained by ineligible
entities. Names at the third level will not otherwise be limited. Use of the
third-level by an ineligible entity will entitle the registry to revoke the
second level name.
ILLEGAL USE AND COMPLIANCE
Use of a name that is barred or prohibited by law or legal proceeding in any
jurisdiction, will permit the Sponsor to revoke the name.
The .travel domain policies and procedures on eligibility and name selection
provide a mechanism to ensure ongoing oversight. These policies can be readily
altered from time to time to provide any further limitations required by
applicable legislation.

C. Assurance of charter-compliant registrations and avoidance of abusive registration practices

ELIGIBILITY POLICY
Applicants for a .travel name must be, and will positively represent that they
are a member of the travel industry in one of the eighteen industry segments
initially identified by TTPC. After the startup phase, they need not be a
member of an association and may be an entity of any type, including a sole
proprietorship or partnership. In the course of name registration and prior to
name confirmation they will provide eligibility data including:
- Full name;
- Data supporting name(s) selected;
- During the startup period only: membership in an association that is a member
of TTPC; and
- Local business information, such as business license number.
The full registration and authentication process is detailed later in this
Part. What follows is a summary noting other policy elements.
A registration may also be denied in three other circumstances, all of which
require tracking procedures: a change of eligibility status during the
registration period; transfer to a new entity; renewal by the registrant where
eligibility status has changed.
Where the registrant's circumstances have changed (i.e. a change in any of the
information, such as change of business name) it will be contractually
obligated to file new authentication data and authentication will occur in the
same manner as in initial registration. Annual checks of authentication data
will be initiated by the Registry and the applicable association. The
registrant will be informed of the outcome of the all reviews. In the case of
denial of eligibility the registrant will be able to seek a review within 30
days and the name will not be impaired until the review request period has
lapsed. Where eligibility is denied a name will be revoked.
In the case of transfer to a new registrant, the original name
holder/transferor and transferee will be obligated to file new authentication
data under penalty of name revocation. The name will remain unimpaired until
authentication has occurred and any review request period has lapsed or a
review has been completed. In the case of a denial of eligibility of the
proposed name holder, the name will be revoked.
There will be no auto-renewals at the time of renewal; all registrants will be
required to complete a new authentication form or to confirm all original data.
Authentication, confirmation, deferral and denial will all occur in the same
manner as in initial registration.
Names that are denied in the course of initial registration will be returned to
the pool of available names. Names that are denied in the course of changed
circumstances, renewal and transfer will be held in reserve for six months and
then returned to the pool of available names.
NAME SELECTION POLICY
Name selection in the .travel domain will be restricted to names to which the
applicant has a right through registration, or use of the name as the name
under which it carries on business (the "Doing Business Name"). Each applicant
must designate the category of right it relies on for the registration.
The applicant will be entitled to apply for all names to which it has a right,
but will not be entitled to apply for certain reserved names that fall into
categories of country and place names and industry names (e.g. France, trip,
travel, ticket, beaches, international, global etc.). A limited list of such
industry names in English as well as the names of major cities in English and
local form, will be reserved pending finalization of policies in consultation
with the .travel community.
All names will be available on a first-come-first-served basis and the Sponsor
will not attempt to determine priority of rights among potential applicants
that may have similar rights to the same name.
THIRD-LEVEL NAMES
Third-level names will be restricted under the terms of the registrant
agreement in the manner detailed above in Part B(B).
REGISTRATION AND AUTHENTICATION
(i) Startup Phase - The sixty-day startup period is designed as a test of the
authentication process, the registry technical system as well as the Registry
operations. Registrations will be limited to members of associations that are
members of TTPC. Each applicant will supply data to become pre-authenticated by
their association. ChoicePoint, Inc. (CP), will perform the final
authentication and its database will be populated prior to the startup phase.
CP will issue each qualifying applicant a Unique Identification Number (UIN).
Holders of a UIN, register through an ICANN-accredited registrar, that has
entered into an agreement with the Registry (hereafter "registrar" means one
with dual accreditation). Each registrar will send to NeuLevel, the Registry
Operator, all required registration data, and the registrant's UIN. If the
name is available, NeuLevel will send the UIN, domain name, and registrant data
to CP for authentication. CP will authenticate by comparing the UIN, registrant
contact data, and domain name selection to its database received from the
participating travel associations and by verifying that the name selected
matches the .travel name selection policy.
If the CP authenticates a match, NeuLevel will complete the registration of the
domain and enter the domain name into the .travel zone and Whois databases. If
the authentication is not successful, NeuLevel will return the appropriate
failure code to the registrar, and the registration will not be completed.
At the conclusion of a registration, the registrar will give the registrant a
domain name's identity code and send them to the .travel Directory. The
registrant will not be required to enter data in the .travel Directory.
(ii) Go Live Phase - During the go-live phase, registration of .travel domain
names will be open to all entities, businesses (including sole proprietorships
and partnerships) and organizations involved in the travel industry, whether or
not they are a member-association of TTPC. All registrants will be required to
be authenticated, with a UIN from CP (if applicable), or during registration,
through a Registry authentication web site. Regardless of their manner of
authentication, all registrants will be required to register their domain name
through a registrar.
Registrants with a UIN will register a .travel domain name during the go-live
phase in the same way as during the startup phase. If the UIN submitted by the
registrant, along with other data meets all authentication and name selection
requirements, the name will be registered in the same fashion as in startup.
Registrants WITHOUT a UIN will submit required domain registration data to
NeuLevel via a registrar. In this circumstance, authentication by CP will not
occur in real time. Therefore, NeuLevel will reserve the domain name until it
is authenticated (or fails authentication as described below). Once the name
has been reserved, the registrar will be debited the full registration fee. The
registrar will then be required to provide the registrant with its domain
authorization code, and send the registrant to the Registry authentication web
site managed by NeuLevel to begin the authentication process.
The registrant will have 24 hours from name reservation to enter the required
data into the authentication web site using their authorization code. In
addition, the registrant will be required to indicate its primary country of
residence which will determine which authentication provider (i.e. CP or IATA)
will perform the authentication as follows.
- If a resident of the United States or Canada, CP will authenticate within 36
business hours, and will notify NeuLevel of the results. NeuLevel will notify
the registrar whether the authentication has been approved or failed and the
registrar will notify the registrant. Where authentication fails, the
registrant will be provided with information about the registry authentication
denial review process. No refunds will be issued for any registrant that fails
authentication, which TLD policy will be communicated to the registrant at the
beginning of the process.
- If the registrant is not a member of a TTPC association (or is a member
without a UIN) and is also not a resident of the United States or Canada,
NeuLevel will send authentication data to IATA via email. IATA will
authenticate within 12 calendar days, and notify NeuLevel. NeuLevel, will send
these results to the registrar. The registrant will be provided with
information about the appeal process through its registrar. No refunds will be
issued for any registrant that fails authentication, which TLD policy will be
communicated to the registrant at the beginning of the process.
If the authentication succeeds NeuLevel will register the domain. If the
authentication is not successful, NeuLevel will return a failure code to the
registrar, and the registration will not be completed. On name renewal every
registrant must renew their representation of eligibility and confirm or amend
their authentication data. In addition, the Registry and associations will
carry out an annual check of registrants to confirm that all authentication
data remains accurate. Where information has changed the Registry will
determine whether authentication should be repeated or Whois information
updated. The Registry will inform the registrant of any such requirement.
Transfer of a registered name from one eligible entity to another will require
the proposed new holder to submit its own authentication data and pass the same
authentication review as is required on initial registration. Failure to file
such data, or filing of false data will be grounds for revocation of the name
registration.
All ineligible entities will be denied name registration until they have filed
a request for repeat authentication. If they pass authentication they will be
permitted to select names that meet name selection criteria.

Register .travel Domain

D. Assurance of adequate dispute-resolution mechanisms

DISPUTE RESOLUTION
The .travel Sponsor, TTPC, has adopted authentication policies and procedures
that ensure eligibility at the time of initial application, on renewal and on
transfer and which provide a means to challenge eligibility.
The .travel domain will implement both the ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution
Policy and proposes to develop dispute policies similar to the Charter
Eligibility Dispute Resolution Policy now used by sTLDs, and will include both
policies in its registrant agreement. TTPC also proposes to supplement UDRP and
CEDRP-like policies with its own informal review process in the case of denial
of eligibility and name selection only. This process will permit a denied
applicant the right to apply for a review of its eligibility or name selection
denial. The dispute process will consider claims that the applicant meets
eligibility criteria or that the applicant has rights to a name that has been
denied where that name is not on the reserve list. Only a denied applicant will
be given access to the process conducted by a TTPC-named panel.
OTHER REGISTRATION
A registration may also be denied in three other circumstances, all of which
require tracking procedures: a change of eligibility status; transfer to a new
entity; and/or upon renewal by the registrant.
- Where the registrant's circumstances have changed (i.e. a change in any of
the information that is contained in the authentication data it filed, such as
its business name) it will be under a contractual obligation to the Registry to
file a new authentication data form and authentication will occur in the same
manner as in initial registration. However, in this case, a registrar is not
involved in the process and there is a presumption of eligibility so that the
name is not deferred or impaired. The registrant will be informed of the
outcome of the authentication review. In the case of denial of eligibility the
registrant will be permitted to seek a review within 30 days and the name will
not be impaired until that review has occurred or until the review request
period has lapsed. Where eligibility is denied a name will be revoked following
notice to the registrant. The same informal appeal process as is available for
initial registration and denial will be available at this stage.
- In the case of transfer to a new entity, the name registration will be
treated as in the case of a change of circumstances in the original registrant.
The original name holder/transferor as well as the new name holder/transferee
will be obligated to file new authentication data under penalty of name
revocation. The name will remain unimpaired until authentication has occurred
and the review request period has lapsed or a review has been completed. In the
case of a denial of eligibility of the proposed name holder, the name will be
revoked following notice to the registrant.
- In the case of a name renewal, there will be no auto-renewals and all
registrants will be required to complete a new authentication form or to
confirm all data originally filed. Authentication, confirmation, deferral and
denial will all occur in the same manner as in initial registration. As in the
case of initial registration, there will be no fee for re-authentication on
renewal, other than the normal name registration fee which will be the same as
for an initial registration.
Names that are denied in the course of initial registration are returned to the
pool of available names. Names that are denied in the course of changed
circumstances, renewal and transfer will be held in reserve for six months and
then returned to the pool of available names.
INELIGIBLE ENTITIES
All ineligible entities will be recorded and denied name registration until
they have filed a request for authentication due to a change in the
circumstances that caused them to be denied. Once authenticated, they will be
permitted to select names that meet name selection criteria.

Register .travel Domain

E. Provision of ICANN-policy compliant WHOIS service

The .travel top level domain will be a thick registry enabling the Registry to
provide complete Whois information. The Registry Operator will provide this
service.
The .travel domain will receive all applications through ICANN-accredited
registrars and each of these registrars will provide complete Whois
information. Updates of eligibility data annually as well as at the time of
transfer and renewal, will provide the Registry the opportunity to inform
registrars and registrants that Whois data may require correction. More
information on the Whois service is set out in Part E.
Source: http://www.icann.org/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/travel.htm

Register .travel Domain

.jobs Domain Registration

2007-03-28T10:58:00.000-07:00

.jobs Domain Registration

New sTLD RFP Application

Namestrings and Conventions

Domain names will be registered only at the second level (e.g.,
companyname.jobs). The .jobs sTLD will not be organized at the registry level
into any sub-domains or other lower level domains (e.g., third- or fourth-level
domains).

Sponsoring Organization Structure

Executive Summary of This Proposal
Employ Media LLC and The Society for Human Resource Management respectfully
submit this proposal for establishment of a .jobs sTLD for the benefit of the
international human resource management community (the sponsored TLD community)
and the Internet community as a whole. Registrations will be at the second
level and will comprise companyname.jobs, where "companyname" is the legal name
under which an employer does business or is commonly known. Registrations are
granted only to applications submitted by a qualified applicant - generally a
human resource manager of the employer such manager represents. The Society
for Human Resource Management ("SHRM"), as the world's largest association
devoted to human resource management, is uniquely positioned to represent this
sponsored TLD community and create policy therefore. Employ Media LLC ("Employ
Media") has been created by business and marketing professionals to manage and
market the .jobs sTLD, and is well-funded towards this goal. Employ Media has
entered into a long-term agreement with SHRM to provide policy governance
regarding the .jobs sTLD. Technical registry operations will be provided by
Verisign Naming and Directory Services (“VNDS”), a division of Verisign, Inc.
under contract to Employ Media. VNDS has empirically proven their capability
to provide world-class registry operations and maintain multiple-tld
interoperability.
The Sponsoring Organization and The Applicant
Prior to detailing the structure and nature of the Sponsoring Organization, it
will be beneficial to have an overview of the relationships among the parties
to this proposal (Employ Media, SHRM and VNDS). Employ Media is the applicant
of this proposal and is the party which would enter into a registry operator
agreement with ICANN in the event this proposal is accepted. Employ Media will
manage the business and day-to-day operations of the .jobs sTLD, including
marketing, sales, customer service, compliance, etc. As such, Employ Media is
the "Applicant" and/or "sTLD Manager." SHRM is the policy provider for the
.jobs sTLD and the representative of the sponsored TLD community to be served
by the .jobs sTLD. SHRM will interact with the sponsored TLD community to
determine and oversee policy and policy development. In this regard, SHRM is
the "Sponsoring Organization." Employ Media has entered into a long-term
agreement with SHRM for the provision of such policy development and oversight.
In such policy determination and oversight, SHRM is contractually obligated to
act independently of Employ Media and in the interests of the sponsored TLD
community. VNDS will be the provider of registry service functions for the
.jobs sTLD under contract to Employ Media. As such, VNDS is the "Registry
Operator."
SHRM (www.shrm.org) is the world's largest association devoted to human
resource management, representing more than 175,000 individual members with
more than 500 affiliated chapters in the United States and members in more than
120 countries. Founded in 1948, SHRM is a not-for-profit entity whose mission
is to advance the human resource ("HR") profession and serve the needs of HR
professionals by providing the most essential and comprehensive resources
available.
SHRM has considerable resources and experience for representing the HR
management community in a variety of matters. With a staff of more than 200,
SHRM has more than 20 specialized departments to serve the needs of HR
professionals. Through its regional and local meetings, website and other
forums, SHRM provides multiple venues for soliciting commentary and opinions
from the HR community and fostering debate regarding many issues facing the
community. SHRM's website alone exemplifies this role as a community forum by
providing many vehicles for receiving community input and providing community
services, including many chat rooms, bulletin boards, webcasts and online
forums. As an influential voice, SHRM is committed to advancing the human
resource profession to ensure that HR is an essential and effective partner in
developing and executing organizational strategy. Few, if any, organizations
are as qualified to speak for the HR community in terms of sTLD appropriateness
(to the community) and policy development.
Employ Media (www.employmedia.com) is a Delaware limited liability company
created for the purpose of managing the .jobs sTLD. Located in Cleveland,
Ohio, Employ Media was created, and is primarily owned, by Second Generation
Ltd, a family-owned limited partnership which focuses on entrepreneurial
investments and is also located in Cleveland, Ohio. Second Generation brings
to Employ Media considerable experience in business development, management and
marketing through, among other successful ventures, ownership of radio and
television broadcasting entities and provision of marketing expertise thereto.
Second Generation is committed to providing funding for Employ Media sufficient
to scale Employ Media to the size and ability necessary to successfully run a
stable, solid and dependable sTLD. For additional details regarding Second
Generation's experience, please see the "Initial Directors, Officers and Other
Staff" section herein.
Employ Media will be structured to provide efficient and effective management
of the .jobs sTLD. A copy of the operating agreement of Employ Media is
available upon request. For information regarding directors, officers, staff,
meetings, etc., please see further sections of this Part B and relevant
sections of Parts C and D.
Employ Media will function as the manager of the .jobs sTLD, providing
day-to-day operations of the sTLD, administering policy dictates from SHRM, and
overseeing technical registry operations provided by VNDS. Among Employ
Media's functions and missions is the commercialization and marketing of the
.jobs sTLD, but always acting within the policies as set forth by SHRM.
Inherent within Employ Media's functions and missions is maintenance of the
integrity of the .jobs sTLD, particularly in light of the desires of the
sponsored TLD community as detailed in SHRM's policies.
For a description of the policy-formation activities of SHRM and Employ Media,
please see the "Policy Making Process" section of this proposal.
The Community to be Served
As set forth in the .jobs charter (the "Charter"), a copy of which is available
upon request, the .jobs sTLD will be established to serve the needs of the
international human resource management community (the "Community"). As used
herein, "human resource management" is the organizational function that focuses
on the management and direction of people. The Community consists of those
persons who deal with the human element in an organization - people as
individuals and groups, their recruitment, selection, assignment, motivation,
compensation, utilization, services, training, development, promotion,
termination and retirement.
A key component to the Community is identification of the members of the
Community who are qualified to apply for a registration of a .jobs sTLD. As
detailed further in the Charter, a .jobs sTLD registration will only be issued
in response to an application which is submitted by a qualified applicant
(there are other restrictions to registration, but these restrictions are
discussed elsewhere in this application). A qualified applicant ("Qualified
Applicant") is a person who is (a) a member of SHRM; or (b) engaged in human
resource management practices that meet any of the following criteria: (i)
possess salaried-level human resource management experience; (ii) are certified
by the Human Resource Certification Institute; or (iii) are supportive of the
SHRM Code of Ethical and Professional Standards in Human Resource Management,
as amended from time to time (the "Code"). A copy of the Code is attached to
the Employ Media/SHRM agreement and is available at the SHRM website. The core
provisions of the Code include: (1) professional responsibility (add value to
the organizations they serve and contribute to the ethical success, credibility
and value of those organizations); (2) professional development (strive to meet
the highest standards of competence); (3) ethical leadership (exhibit
individual leadership as a role model for maintaining the highest standards of
ethical conduct); (4) fairness and justice (promote and foster fairness and
justice for all employees in their organizations); (5) conflicts of interest
(protect the interests of their stakeholders as well as their professional
integrity and not engage in activities that create actual, apparent, or
potential conflicts of interest); and (6) use of information (protect the
rights of individuals, especially in the acquisition and dissemination of
information while ensuring truthful communications).
The minimum threshold to be a Qualified Applicant is thus both being engaged in
human resource management practices and being supportive of the Code. In this
light a member of the Community can be a Qualified Applicant in many ways.
While many smaller entities do not have an “HR Manager,” most have at least
one individual who deals with the human element of the entity. While this
person may not desire to become certified or a member of SHRM, such person is
still a member of the Community (by virtue of their role of dealing with the
human element of the entity) and may become a Qualified Applicant by supporting
the Code. In an additional example, an independent recruiter can become a
Qualified Applicant by similarly supporting the Code.
The “Method of Ensuring Operation in the Interest of the Stakeholders of the
Community to be Served and the Internet at Large” is discussed immediately
below in Part A, Appropriateness of Sponsored TLD Community.

Appropriateness of Sponsored TLD Community

The Community is appropriate for the creation of the .jobs sTLD because, inter
alia, it is a clearly-definable community with a readily definable sub-class of
Qualified Applicants (for registering domains) and it is a group with clearly
defined needs (see below) which are not efficiently fulfilled by the current
DNS hierarchy of Top Level Domains.
As noted in Part B, Sponsoring Organization Structure, members of the Community
focus on the management and direction of people on behalf of the organization
they represent. This Community shares common goals, objectives and interests
including hiring people to perform the activities of the organization,
providing proper training, and facilitating appropriate rewards including
opportunities for individual achievement and advancement The commonality of
these interests transcend organizational size, industry, geographic location,
and business classification, forming the underlying interests and motivations
of the Community as a whole that long pre-dates the Internet. For example, one
of the many duties of an HR manager of an entity (a member of the Community) is
to attract quality employees to the entity. Similarly, one of the many goals
of an independent recruiter is to attract quality employees for the recruiter’s
clients (themselves employers). In performance of these duties, it is
incumbent upon these members of the Community to market their employer, and
further to promote access to information regarding the employer to potential
employees.
In recent years, the Internet has revolutionized the relationship between the
Community and the global labor market. The Internet has become a primary venue
for people seeking information and other forms of exchange regarding an
employer organization and notably its employment opportunities (jobs). A 2002
Pew study (see www.pewinternet.org/releases/release.asp?id=46) indicates that
over 50,000,000 people have used the Internet to search for a job and that
4,000,000 people per day search out new employment opportunities online,
representing a 60% jump since March 2000.
In response, the Community has demonstrated a common capacity to provide this
information in a self-administering way consistent with the goals, interests
and obligations this Community has historically shared with its employer
organizations. This has included evolving their Internet presence to focus
upon online employment as the platform for streamlined job-applicant
interactions in the staffing process. Use of the Internet has evolved to be an
integral organizational strategy of recruitment carried out by Community
members. As an example of this, 89% of Fortune 500 companies in 2002 linked to
their own employment section from their corporate home page (comprising over
75,000 job positions.) In 2003, 100% of the Global 500 in the Healthcare
industry offered a jobs page, 98% in the Manufacturing sector, 97% in the
Consumer sector, 92% in the High Tech sector, 91% in the Utilities sector, and
90% in the Financial sector. (See, www.ilogos.com/en/expertviews/trendwatch.)
For the Community, however, inefficiencies restrict the ability to communicate
and otherwise promote an exact Internet destination to the labor market. The
default evolution, by necessity (and skewed particularly within the .com zone),
has seen this Community implement creative methods (creative URL’s) including
use of a link or other reference to a particular part, sub web or third- or
fourth-level domain within the employer's website to communicate and promote HR
(including jobs) information. A shared and common need of this Community is
for a reasonable and consistent method for promotion and location by way of a
descriptive format within a new Top Level addressing hierarchy (i.e.
companyname.jobs). Such an sTLD will provide this Community efficiencies for
identifying the HR element -- an exact destination (i.e., a “jobs” page)
consistent with the organizational strategy this Community has historically
been charged to carry out, including with other forms of media, in its
communication to the labor market.
By way of this application for the .jobs sTLD, the Community, as represented by
SHRM, is requesting that ICANN approve delegation whereby its members can offer
a standardized address on behalf of the organization they represent for the
purpose of communicating such a destination to the labor market.
“Method of Ensuring Operation in the Interest of the Stakeholders of the
Community to be Served and the Internet at Large”
Operation of the .jobs sTLD in the interest of the stakeholders of the
Community is ensured by the relationship between Employ Media and SHRM. SHRM,
as an entity separate and distinct from Employ Media, has as its mission and
goal the furtherance of the stakeholders of the Community. SHRM's
participation as the policy delegate for the .jobs sTLD is just one more facet
in SHRM's mission. As a proven representative of the interests of the
Community, SHRM brings to the .jobs sTLD the same assurance of operation in the
best interests of the Community that SHRM brings to all other of its activities
in the best interests of the international HR community. Furthermore, the
Employ Media/SHRM agreement contractually obligates SHRM to act independently
from Employ Media and in the best interests of the Community in its role as
policy delegate. This independence and separation from Employ Media ensures
that operation of the .jobs sTLD, as manifested in the policy dictates of SHRM,
are made in the best interests of the Community rather than in the best
interests of the business of the .jobs sTLD (which is the job of Employ Media,
separate and distinct from the job of SHRM). For example, one policy of the
.jobs sTLD (as manifested in the SHRM/Employ Media agreement) is that only
Qualified Applicants may apply for a registration. Employ Media ensures that
this requirement will be enforced.
Furthermore, Employ Media is contractually obligated via the Employ Media/SHRM
agreement to manage the .jobs sTLD in conformance with the policies set forth
in the Agreement, the Charter and as provided by SHRM in its capacity as the
policy delegate. SHRM has several enforcement rights in the event of a breach
on the part of Employ Media, including up to obtaining injunctive relief to
ensure Employ Media's compliance therewith. These obligations as placed upon
Employ Media, and SHRM's ability to enforce same, further ensure operation in
the interest of the stakeholders of the Community.
Still furthermore, opportunities to register a domain in the .jobs sTLD will be
promoted and offered worldwide by Employ Media. Such opportunities will not be
abridged or limited in any way based upon race, gender, political affiliation,
country of origin or any other factor not delineated in the Charter or in the
registrant registration agreement.
Operation in the interests of the Internet at large will be ensured by the
agreement executed between ICANN and Employ Media. As with previous gTLD
agreements with ICANN, ICANN has enforcement rights vis-a-vis Employ Media's
obligations therein.
Furthermore, Employ Media will operate as set forth in this proposal, sections
of which detail Employ Media's outreach program to the Internet (e.g., by a
discussion board available to all), Employ Media's use of the UDRP construct,
Employ Media's performance obligations as subcontracted to VNDS, etc. For
example, a key concern of the Internet at large is protection of intellectual
property rights. As discussed in Part B, Protect the Rights of Others, Employ
Media will review the Qualification Document (as defined therein) of each
proposed registrant to guard against fraudulent registrations. This alone
protects the Internet at large from IP abuse from obvious cybersquatters and
nefarious registrants. In this light a company will not have pressure to
“defensively” register a domain prospectively against cybersquatters. Another
key concern of the Internet at large is the ability to be heard regarding
abusive registrations (if any slip through Employ Media’s enforcement
policies). As also discussed in Part B, Protect the Rights of Others, all
.jobs registrations will use the UDRP, modified as detailed therein to include
requirements regarding the Code. In this light, all members of the Internet at
large have at least one venue (a UDRP action) regarding any claims to .jobs
registrations.

Representation

SHRM will represent and take input from the Community in several ways.
Initially, as an association of HR professionals, SHRM is comprised of members
of the Community. Representation is achieved by the definition of being an
association (i.e., SHRM represents at least the subset of the Community which
are already SHRM members). Additionally, SHRM as an organization has been
receiving input from the Community since its inception. One of SHRM’s missions
is to take input from the Community in order to serve the best interests of the
Community. SHRM has empirically proven such input via many venues including
on-line forums and discussion groups, meetings, seminars, etc. Input from the
Community regarding the .jobs sTLD would be one more facet in this well-defined
and ingrained network of input channels.
Also, as detailed in Part B, Policy Making Process, SHRM will create a Council
(as defined therein) comprised of individuals representing various constituents
of the Community, including all sizes of employers, union and non-union
employers, government employers, international employers, etc. These
representatives will be chosen to ensure direct representation of all
stakeholders and constituents of the Community. As explained in the Policy
Making Process section of this proposal, the Council is integrally involved in
the policy process. As such, the Council has direct input into this process.
Thus, via the Council, the Community is additionally represented and given a
channel for input.
Still furthermore, and as detailed in the Policy Making Process herein, in the
event a task force is formed to review a proposed amendment (as defined
therein), a period of public comment will be held. During this period input
from the Community will be received, and such input will be incorporated in the
report of the task force.
Employ Media will also perform an outreach program as further detailed in the
Policy Making Process of this proposal. While the program is intended to
solicit input from the general Internet community, any stakeholder and/or
constituent of the Community is free to input opinions, information,
commentary, etc. into the program.

Openness and Tansparency :
Both SHRM and Employ Media are committed to and will promote openness and
transparency in policy making and managing the .jobs sTLD. For example, the
Policy Making Process as described in Part B, Policy Making Process, is open
and transparent, including providing access to any task force report and the
ability for all to submit comments thereon (and then subsequently providing
access to the final task force report). As further described therein, the
results of the policy making process (i.e., the decisions of the SHRM Executive
Committee and Employ Media) are particularly made available, along with meeting
minutes, notice provisions, etc.
Furthermore, the Community (via SHRM) and the public (via Employ Media) will be
encouraged to participate and comment in both policy making and TLD management.
Through use of the SHRM and Employ Media websites, both the Community and the
public will be able to follow the policy process and TLD management. Via these
websites (and other venues as described herein), commentary and opinion will
also be solicited. Generally speaking, all documents, minutes, commentary,
etc. relating to both policy and TLD management will be made publicly available
unless privacy concerns dictate restricting public access.

Initial Directors, Officers, and Other Staff

SHRM is an established organization with a complete board of directors and a
successful management team. The board and management team include (board
position identified first):
Chair of the Board, David B. Hutchins, SPHR, CEBS, CCP, Senior VP/Chief
Administration Officer
Chair Designate, Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., J.D., SPHR, Executive VP, General
Counsel & Secretary
Secretary, Janet N. Parker, SPHR, Senior VP, Corporate Employee Relations,
AmSouth Bank
Treasurer, Judith L. Streeter, PHR, Senior VP, HR, North American Lodging
Operations, Marriott International, Inc.
Director-at-large, C. Dennis Montgomery, SPHR, Manager of Organization
Development & Training, OGE Energy Corp.
Director-at-large, Judy Clark, CPC, SPHR, President, HR Answers
Director-at-large, Mary Cheddie, SPHR, VP, HR, The Orvis Company, Inc.
Director-at-large, Nancy L. Volpe, SPHR, Director of HR, Elan Nutrition, LLC
Director-at-large, Robb E. Van Cleave, SPHR, IPMA-CP, Director Employee &
Administrative Services, Wasco Co.
Director-at-large, Robert O. Gonzales, Senior VP and Managing Director,
Employee Services, Fidelity Investments
Director-at-large, Clinton R. Gurney, Managing Director, HR, LDS Church
Director-at-large, Rita Bennett, Director, Corporate Development Strategy for
Care International
Director-at-large, R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr., DBA, CEO, Roosevelt Thomas
Consulting & Training, Inc.
President, CEO (Ex-Officio, Nonvoting Member), Susan Meisinger, SPHR, SHRM
The contact person at SHRM for the purposes of this proposal is Gary Rubin,
Vice President Publications and New Media. Mr. Rubin is responsible for SHRM’s
flagship publication, HR Magazine (circulation 170,000), as well as its other
award-winning publications such as Employment Management Today. Mr. Rubin has
more than 19 years of experience in publishing and new media management. Most
recently, Mr. Rubin served as the founding Vice President and General Manager
for the Magazine, Newsletter and Catalog Division at NewsStand, Inc. Mr. Rubin
was a founding board member of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, is
currently an Emmy Awards voting member for the Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences, serves on the board of directors for Boys Life Publishing, and is
Chairman of the HR Committee for the Business Publishers Association (ABM).
Additional information regarding SHRM directors, officers and staff, including
a description of each director’s position description and a list of all
officers, is available at the SHRM website and upon request.
Regarding Employ Media, pursuant to its operating agreement, Second Generation,
Ltd. has been appointed as the manager of Employ Media. Second Generation is a
Cleveland-based limited partnership primarily owned by the Embrescia family (of
which Tom and F. Matthew, detailed below, are members). Second Generation has
and is currently invested in multiple business entities representing multiple
industries, including media ownership, direct marketing, manufacturing and real
estate. In its sixth year of operation, Second Generation is a continuation of
Embrescia family business and/or investments with a history of greater than 30
years.
Employ Media’s operating agreement identifies the following key personnel and
their position. Each position below is a non-compensated position:
Thomas F. Embrescia, Chairman (non-compensated position): Mr. Embrescia has
spent the past 25-30 years of his career owning and managing FCC-licensed radio
and television properties throughout the United States. Mr. Embrescia’s
company Second Generation Television has built and/or currently owns and
operates television and radio affiliates in the Midwestern and Southern United
States. In addition to broadcasting activities, Mr. Embrescia was the co-owner
and Chairman of Sports Marketing, Inc., a sports network which has marketed the
broadcasting rights to professional sports teams. Tom was a successful partner
in Radio Direct Response, a .com marketer representing such companies as
Priceline.com. Tom is also Chairman and owner of Partners, LLC, a direct
marketing company. Mr. Embrescia is on the board of directors of ACME
Communications, the owned and operated arm of Warner Brothers Television
Network with television stations across the United States.
Scott Finerman, Treasurer/Secretary (non-compensated position): Scott is and
has been the Chief Financial Officer of Second Generation for the past 5 years.
Prior to this position, he was a partner in a regional accounting firm for 17
years. Scott has a history of involvement in community organizations,
including holding the position of President and/or Treasurer for many of these
organizations. A C.P.A. and an attorney (inactive), Scott has a B.B.A. from
The University of Michigan and a J.D. from the Cleveland Marshall College of
Law.
Ray Fassett, Vice President (non-compensated position): Ray has spent most of
his career in the small business and start-up environment. Ray began his
career in public accounting and subsequently joined the division of a newly
formed holding company that specialized in career fair events throughout the
U.S. There Ray was instrumental in launching a successful online career portal
which was eventually sold to a joint venture owned by the Washington Post and
Chicago Tribune. Since then, Ray has been a key member of a pure Internet
start-up, partially owned by Microsoft, pioneering technologies and products
pertaining to Digital Rights Management (DRM). As an individual, Ray has
actively participated in ICANN processes and attended ICANN meetings when
possible.
F. Matthew Embrescia, Vice President (non-compensated position): Matthew is
currently an advisor to Second Generation and is involved in the management of
many of Second Generation’s interests. A graduate of Georgetown University,
Matthew has worked throughout the United States primarily in media sales (e.g.,
radio, broadcast television and cable).
Employ Media, if this proposal is accepted, will engage qualified, dedicated
and experienced personnel for each salaried officer and/or key personnel
position as set forth in Parts C and D of this proposal. Employ Media will
also have an Advisory Board as detailed in the next section. Advisory Board
members will include:
Richard Celeste: Mr. Celeste, a former ambassador to India and Ohio governor,
is currently the President of Colorado College. A Yale University graduate and
Rhodes scholar, he was governor of Ohio from 1983 to 1991 and the United States
ambassador to India from 1997 to 2001. Mr. Celeste also headed the Peace Corps
under President Carter and has served on several corporate boards, including a
British Petroleum Co. advisory board.
Marty Pompadur: Marty Pompadur has extensive international business
experience. He is the Chairman of News Corporation Europe and has served as a
director thereof since November 2003. In June of 1998, Mr. Pompadur joined
News Corp as Executive Vice President of News Corporation, President of News
Corporation Eastern and Central Europe and became a member of News Corp’s
Executive Management Committee. In January of 2000 he was appointed to his
current position. Prior to joining News Corp, Mr. Pompadur was President of RP
Media Management and held executive positions at several other media companies.
He currently sits on the Boards of Metromedia International, Linkshare, News
Out of Home B.V., Balkan Bulgarian, RP Coffee Ventures and Sky Italia. Mr.
Pompadur is also a principal owner of Caribbean International News Corporation,
which publishes two Spanish language daily newspapers - El Vocero and El Mundo.
John W. Graham: John Graham serves as Chief Executive Officer of Nationwide
Advertising Service (NAS), a position he has held since 1983. NAS, an agency
of McCann-Erickson Worldwide, is the largest advertising agency in Ohio and one
of the largest agencies of its kind in the world, and has been headquartered in
Cleveland for over 50 years. John is a member of the Board of Directors of
Gund Business Enterprises, owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA basketball
team, the Cleveland Rockers of the WNBA and operator of the Gund Arena. John
has been recognized as one of the “Greater Cleveland 100 Top Entrepreneurs.”
Jamie Kellner: Mr. Kellner is the Chairman and CEO of the WB television
network and ACME Communications, the WB’s third largest station group. Mr.
Kellner has spent a distinguished career in the television industry. A former
Chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc., Mr. Kellner revitalized
the venerable CNN and polished Headline News into the youngest-skewing cable
news network. At the Fox Broadcasting Company, Mr. Kellner served as President
and COO, successfully nurturing Fox into a major player in broadcast
television. Mr. Kellner has also served as President of the Orion
Entertainment Group and Vice President of First-Run Programming at Viacom
Enterprises.
Scott DePerro: Mr. DePerro is a co-owner of Goldstar Holdings Ltd., an
investment partnership which actively invests in start-up and entrepreneurial
companies. Scott has over 20 years of business experience. In 1979 Scott,
with his brother Jeff, founded Aim Executive, Inc., an industry leading
national human resources consulting firm that was a pioneer in integrated HR
services. Aim Executive grew rapidly, being named to the Inc. 500 list of
fastest growing privately held companies in America for four consecutive years.
In 1997 Aim Executive was acquired by Spherion, and the Deperros’ remained for
four years as Division Presidents of this Fortune 500 global human capital
management firm. Scott is a Certified Personnel Consultant.

A. Add new value to the Internet name space

There is significant name value in the .jobs sTLD. The pursuit and maintenance
of employment is one of the oldest and longest-lasting fields of human,
institutional and social endeavor. The HR profession embodies this pursuit and
maintenance. One word that both signifies and symbolizes this endeavor from
both the perspective of the HR community and all employees (actual and
prospective) is “jobs”. Employment applicants want a job with an employer and
HR managers are tasked with managing the pursuit and maintenance of jobs for
the employer.
As previously noted, as of 2002 approximately 50,000,000 people had used the
Internet in the pursuit of a job. The prevalence of job boards and entire
businesses relating to the on-line job process (e.g., job postings, resume
submissions, etc.) further illustrates the ingrained manner in which jobs and
the Internet are currently entwined. When a potential employee accesses an
employer’s website for employment information, he or she is looking for a job
or looking to learn about a job.
The search for a job (and related HR services) is an endeavor that has
importance in every geographic region of the world, for every region has
employers that need employees. The word “jobs” itself has broad international
understanding in multiple languages, and does not have any negative or
derogatory meaning in any other language. Since the pursuit of jobs is likely
to continue as long as there are employers in the world, the .jobs sTLD has
lasting value. Furthermore, since the string “jobs” is relatively short and
easy to type (only 4 characters with no repeat characters) it is unlikely to be
deemed an inconvenience (such as with a longer domain name), which will prolong
its value. The string is similarly easy to spell, which will still further
prolong its value.
The string is appropriate to the scope of the Community. As previously noted,
members of the Community are generally tasked with promoting their employers to
potential employees, usually in terms of available jobs. In this regard, jobs
are the product which the Community needs to market. As such, the TLD string
“jobs” is entirely appropriate, as it exactly identifies the product which is
the main focus of the Community.
The string “jobs” is clearly differentiated from existing TLD’s. On a
character level, no other TLD is plural and no other gTLD begins with the
letter “j”. On a conceptual level, no current TLD serves the same purpose.
Other TLD’s connote general business, commercial enterprise, non-profit
organizations, educational organizations, museum organizations, cooperatives,
airline industry enterprises, general information and individual countries.
None of these TLD’s are aimed at the HR community, and none are
employment-specific.
Furthermore, Community needs regarding marketing and other uses regarding
“jobs” are not being met by current TLD’s at the second level. Either multiple
levels of domains are required (e.g., third- and fourth-levels) or extended
URL’s are necessary (domain.com/jobs; domain.biz/other/jobs; etc.). There is
no consistency, which leads to inefficiencies both within the Community and
through the Internet at large. Such inconsistency and convoluted nature of
current URL fixes (e.g., domain.com/xxxxx/jobs, etc.) complicates the
Community’s task of marketing their product (jobs). Such inconsistency
confuses the general Internet community and is inefficient (e.g., bandwidth
waste as job seekers must go through several entry pages until the employment
page is reached).
The .jobs sTLD delivers a choice to end users and likely attracts new supplier
and/or end user communities to the Internet. The choice is simple: if you are
searching for information regarding jobs, an end user may still choose the old
ways (drill down to a job page from the home site of an employer; use a search
engine to try to find a job page of an employer, etc.) or may simply choose the
streamlined approach of resolving to the companyname.jobs website. Use of the
.jobs sTLD will not eliminate current choices (as the links on the
companyname.com home website will now link to the companyname.jobs URL instead
of the older companyname.com/xxxxxxx/jobs URL), just add a streamlined
approach. Employ Media believes that this streamlined approach, along with the
marketing advantage such gives to the Community, will result in at least new
end user communities on the Internet, as ease and simplicity of access
generally increases use. Furthermore, new supplier communities may evolve as
members of the Community begin to address website design issues regarding their
companyname.jobs site (e.g., if special design modifications are desired for
the site).
The .jobs sTLD also delivers additional e-mail functionality to the Community
and the Internet at large. For example, an e-mail address of
“hr@companyname.jobs” can be used for job and/or HR-related inquiries, and
“resume@companyname.jobs” may be used for resume submission.
Employ Media believes that the .jobs sTLD will enhance competition in the
domain registration services at least as such relates to competition among the
registrars. As multiple registrars become qualified to accept .jobs
registrations (by e.g., becoming accredited ICANN registrars and entering into
a standard registrar agreement with Employ Media), competition between such
registrars will result. Historically speaking, such competition generally
drives retail prices down, which may further increase demand for the domains.
As many registrars have begun marketing a “turn-key, one stop-shopping”
solution to many of their corporate or other-entity clients, maintaining
additional registration(s) for .jobs domain(s) for each such entity will
compliment their current services and marketing strategy.
It is further believed that, as a general proposition, the existence of an
additional TLD will increase TLD registry competition. However, it is not
anticipated that .jobs registrations will take away many current TLD
registrations. However, certain subgroups of the Community may create
significant competition among TLD registries. For example, independent
recruiters are a key constituency of the Community. As a high percentage of
their on-line presence may comprise job listings (as their core business
offering), it is anticipated that this constituency may choose to migrate from
current TLD registrations (likely in .com or .biz) to .jobs. In this instance,
competition with existing TLD registries will be enhanced.
As detailed above, the .jobs sTLD will have a broad geographic and demographic
impact. The marketing and pursuit of jobs is truly global and generally spans
all demographics. The Community is a global community, as illustrated by the
prevalence of Personnel Management Associations (“PMA’s”) throughout the world
(e.g., the World Federation of Personnel Management Resources, of which SHRM is
a founding member, has over 50 international association members spanning most
continents). The mere existence of such broad and highly-populated HR
associations in every geographic region of the world illustrates the
significant size of the Community which the .jobs sTLD will serve. With the
diversity of the Community and the flexibility of marketing that the .jobs sTLD
gives members of the Community, Employ Media believes that in due time a large
number of registrants will be attracted. Eventually, as knowledge of the .jobs
sTLD permeates the knowledge of the general community of the Internet, end
users will associate job hunting with the .jobs sTLD. They will come to expect
that an employer (particularly large employers) will have a .jobs site, and
will go directly to companyname.jobs first in search of job and other
employment-related information. Recognizing this, members of the Community
will take advantage of such an association and will be further encouraged to
register their own companyname.jobs domain.
In this light the .jobs Charter is of significantly broad scope to encompass
all members of the HR community, whether they choose to be a member of an
association (or become certified) or not. Yet the Charter is not overly broad,
and includes the significant limitation of requiring members of the Community
to support the Code as a pre-requisite to becoming a Qualified Applicant.
Registrars
A .jobs sTLD further adds value to the Internet name space by fully
incorporating the ICANN-accredited registrar community into the sTLD. Employ
Media will encourage all registrars to become sellers of .jobs domains. As
such, selection and engagement of registrars will be by objective criteria
applied fairly to all; specifically, Employ Media will have standard registrar
terms governing the relationship between Employ Media and each registrar which
wishes to participate in the .jobs sTLD. Employ Media believes that there is
little additional burden to registrars in selling .jobs sTLD’s - Employ Media
performs the task of applicant verification (i.e., reviewing the Qualification
Document, the identity of the Qualified Applicant, the name of the proposed
registrant, etc.), and the technical interface with Employ Media/VNDS is very
similar to the current .com/.net registry/registrar interface (as it is
provided by the same entity - VNDS). Employ Media believes that availability
of .jobs registrations via multiple registrars would be a benefit to the
Community (as a convenience factor), the Internet at large (also as a
convenience factor) and Employ Media (in terms of, at least, marketing).

Register .jobs Domain

B. Protect the rights of others
The .jobs sTLD has policies and practices which minimize abusive registration
activities and other activities that affect the legal rights of others, and
which further provide safeguards against unqualified registrations and ensure
compliance with ICANN policies.
.jobs domain registrations are limited to the legal name of an employer and/or
a name or abbreviation by which the employer is commonly known. As detailed in
Part C, Current Operations I, all prospective registrants must submit a
Qualification Document (generally speaking, third party written proof of status
as an employer organization, such as, e.g., in the U.S., a Form 941) which will
be reviewed by Employ Media for approval prior to authorizing registration.
This will significantly minimize fraudulent entities from obtaining a
registration. This will also minimize registration of a name by an entity
which does not have such a legal name or is not commonly known by such a name.
This will minimize cybersquatters and/or domain prospectors. Furthermore,
abusive “overreaching” applications (i.e., requesting domains which do not
reflect the name of the entity (legal or commonly known)) will be rejected
under this practice.
Unqualified registrations will be further minimized by the requirement of a
Qualified Applicant to submit an application for registration. In the event an
application is submitted without a Qualified Applicant, the application will be
rejected. In the event an application is accepted with what turns out to be a
fraudulent Qualified Applicant, the registration may be deleted.
All registrants are required to enter into a Registration Agreement. The
Registration Agreement obligates the prospective registrant to support the
Code, to certify that a Qualified Applicant has submitted the application, that
the any statements made during the registration process (and in the
Registration Agreement) are complete and accurate, that (to the registrant’s
knowledge) the registration or intended use of the domain name will not
infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights of any third party, that the
registrant is not registering the domain name for any unlawful purpose, that
the registrant will not knowingly use the domain name in violation of any
applicable laws or regulations, and that the registration is subject to ICANN’s
UDRP (as modified for .jobs) and all applicable laws (such as
anti-cybersquatting legislation).
It is acknowledged that Employ Media’s proactive screening processes may not
catch 100% of all abusive and/or non-compliant registrations. It is further
acknowledged that circumstances may change during a registration period,
placing the registrant out of compliance with the Registration Agreement. In
the event of a such a later-determined abusive or fraudulent application, a
complaint may be filed under the UDRP and the registrant will have to submit to
UDRP arbitration. During this action, an independent arbitrator will determine
whether the actions of the registrant have violated the Registration Agreement.
If so, the registration is subject to cancellation. Alternatively, in the
event of an abusive or fraudulent use of a domain, the registrant is similarly
subject to the UDRP and the prospect of cancellation. Via UDRP and other
enforcement (e.g., via litigation) of the Registration Agreement, abusive
and/or unqualified registrations are significantly minimized.
Employ Media further recognizes that there is an added risk of abusive and/or
unqualified registrations during the start-up of the .jobs sTLD, and that such
a time is of particular significance in terms of the legal rights of others.
In this light, it is anticipated that .jobs will launch with at least one and
more likely two start-up periods.
A first start-up period would be limited to a pre-defined pool of Qualified
Applicants and registrants. Such a restriction is related to the interests of
the Community, i.e., they would encourage registration by the registrants which
have the most significant impact on the Community. Furthermore, it is of
benefit to the Community that Qualified Applicants be expeditiously validated.
In this light, the first start-up period will be limited to Qualified
Applicants who can supply written documentation to Employ Media that they are a
registered member of SHRM or a similar Personnel Management Association (such
as a PMA which is a member of the World Federation of Personnel Management
Associations - www.WFPMA.com). During this initial launch phase (expected to
be the first six months), Employ Media will target its resources and outreach
to this pre-defined pool of Qualified Applicants. Upon completion of the six
month period, Employ Media will report to ICANN the results of compliance
conformity and, if scoring at or above a threshold value (e.g., 90%), will
request to advance to the second start-up period.
The second start-up period, also to last six months, will expand the pool of
Qualified Applicants to the same pool as during standard operation of .jobs.
After this six month period, Employ Media will again report to ICANN the
results of compliance conformity, and if scoring above a threshold value, will
advance past the start-up period to normal operations.
During normal operations, Employ Media may seek the assistance of Verification
Partners to assist and streamline the registration process. Employ Media
understands that many employer organizations must already comply with third
party requirements regarding proof of employer status. For example, most
automated payroll services, such as ADP, require proof of employer status.
Employ Media will seek relationships with Verification Partners of the global
community where such proof of compliance may be shared and is consistent with
the geographic jurisdiction of the applicant.
It is believed that such a dual start-up period construct will alleviate many
abusive registrations and “legal rights” claims.
It is acknowledged, however, that during either of the start-up periods, that
multiple potential registrants may apply for a single .jobs domain name. If,
after Employ Media’s screening practices, more than one qualified potential
registrant remains, an attempt will be made to resolve the situation among the
qualified parties. As the best interests of the Community reflect a desire to
have employers accurately associated with a .jobs domain, parties will be
encouraged to implement a mechanism which allows all users to accurately
resolve to the employer of choice (e.g., a general redirection page) or to
decide among themselves which entity will get the registration. In the event
that a resolution can not be achieved, the applications will be reviewed by
Employ Media to determine if any priority can be determined based upon the
established guidelines. For example, it is anticipated that an exemplary
guideline would be that an applicant for an exact legal name would take
priority over an applicant for a commonly-known name which is not a legal name.
In the event no such priority exists (or if more than one applicant remains
after such a screening), a random priority will be determined. The
randomly-determined top priority applicant will be provisionally indicated as
the registrant. All additional potential registrants which were in the random
drawing will be ranked by the random draw. Each such ranked potential
applicant will be given an opportunity within a limited time frame to file a
stream-lined .jobs-modified UDRP complaint against the provisional registrant
to determine priority of rights. The winner of the UDRP action may then be
challenged by the next-in-line ranked potential applicant until all potential
applicants have had the opportunity to make a UDRP case. Upon the conclusion
of this process the last remaining potential applicant is allowed to register
the domain name.
It is not anticipated that such a situation will arise during normal
operations, where “first come, first serve” will be implemented, subject to
UDRP filings by subsequent parties based upon trademark/tradename rights,
registrant use issues and/or registration issues.

C. Assurance of charter-compliant registrations and avoidance of abusive registration practices

Several precise measures for discouraging registration of .jobs domain namesthat infringe the intellectual property rights of others are detailed in theproposal section immediately preceding this section. Additionally, it is notedthat a major concern of other TLD’s, namely, trademark infringement, is oflesser concern as such relates to the .jobs TLD. As the Charter and thecurrent policies prohibit all registrations which are not trade names orcommonly-known names, few (if any) applications for trademark.jobs will getthrough Employ Media’s screening process. This means that there will be littlepressure on current trademark holders to believe that they have to defensivelyobtain all of their “trademarks.jobs”. One event wherein a trademark right maybe affected is the instance wherein an applicant has a trade name and/or acommonly known name which is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark. In this event a trademark holder is free to file a UDRP action (as modified for.jobs). Of note, however, is the effect on likelihood of confusion of the.jobs sTLD. Namely, due to restrictions set forth in this proposal, aregistration in the .jobs sTLD will be associated with an employer, and moreparticularly the HR aspects of an employer (and still more likely jobpostings). Each such matter would likely be highly fact-specific, however, andis more adequately addressed in a UDRP action or litigation.Several precise measures for minimizing abusive registrations and ensuring thatonly charter-compliant persons or entities are able to register .jobs domainsare also detailed in the proposal section immediately preceding this section,including Employ Media’s screening processes of requiring a Qualified Applicantand review of the Qualification Document.A reserved list of names will be employed to prevent inappropriate nameregistrations. Furthermore, certain groups of domains will be reserved, suchas, e.g., a list of occupational identifiers (e.g., the U.S. Bureau of LaborStatistics list of SOC occupations), industry identifiers (e.g.,healthcare.jobs) and certain geographic identifiers (e.g.,northeasternohio.jobs). These restricted lists are in addition to therestriction that .jobs domains comprise only trade names or commonly-knownnames. In the event other domains are made available for registration (whichwould require a policy amendment subject to Council and SHRM approval), suchdomains will be specifically enumerated (i.e., not creatable by an applicant)and will be pre-screened to remove any inappropriate names.The .jobs sTLD will comply with all applicable trademark andanti-cybersquatting legislation. In the event of an inconsistency between suchlegislation and the procedures of Employ Media, Employ Media will revise itsprocedures to be in compliance therewith. In the event of such aninconsistency with the Charter or a SHRM-dictated policy, Employ Media willsponsor a proposed amendment to the Charter and/or policy and work with SHRMand the Council to create and implement compliant policy.Protection for famous names and trademarks will be provided during thescreening process of the Qualification Document by Employ Media. To the extentthat a famous name or trademark is applied for which does not match (in EmployMedia’s best judgment) the name of the applicant on the Qualification Document(including proof of a “commonly known name”), the application will either berejected or the applicant will be notified of a requirement for additionalQualification Documents relating to the issue of the famous trademark or name. In the event Employ Media allows such a registration, the holder of the famoustrademark or name may pursue a UDRP action (as modified for .jobs) against theregistrant (or may pursue litigation).Safeguards will also be taken to minimize abusive transfers. A .jobsregistration may not be transferred between different registrants until thetransferee has submitted an application by a Qualified Applicant, submitted aQualification Document which has been approved by Employ Media, and otherwisecomplied with the standard requirements for a qualified registrant. Suchsubmission will not be required for a registrar change.Of note, where in this proposal it is indicated that a Registration Agreementwill be entered into, or that a Qualification Document must be received, orthat a registrant must agree to submit to the UDRP, it is understood that suchactions will take place integrally with the registrars. For example, EmployMedia will require all registrars which accept .jobs sTLD registrations torequire a registrant to agree to a Registration Agreement containing termsdescribed in this proposal. Employ Media will be a named third partybeneficiary with strict enforcement rights. Qualification Document(s) may bereceived by the registrar and then forwarded to Employ Media for screening. All registrars which accept .jobs registrations will be required to adopt theICANN UDRP.

D. Assurance of adequate dispute-resolution mechanisms

The .jobs sTLD will adhere to the ICANN UDRP (i.e., Employ Media will require
all registrars which register .jobs domains to adhere to the UDRP), modified as
set forth herein. It is anticipated that the UDRP will be used in at least
three instances: (1) resolving post-registration claims regarding the domain
name itself; (2) resolving post-registration claims regarding use of the domain
name; and (3) during any start-up phase(s).
The standard UDRP policy will be modified as follows for .jobs TLD disputes:
The requirement that the domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a
trademark or service mark in which the complainant has rights is modified to
include “...confusingly similar to a trademark, service mark or trade name in
which the complainant has rights or the name under which the complainant does
business...”. This will grant standing to an entity based upon the entity’s
trade name or name under which it does business.
The requirement that a complainant show that a domain has been registered and
is being used in bad faith is modified to require a showing that the domain has
been registered and/or is being used in bad faith. This modification will
allow a claim based upon bad faith on the part of the registrant during either
registration or use.
Additional indicia of bad faith use will be added. These indicia will include
(1) use of the domain name inconsistent with the Code and (2) use of the domain
name in connection with a list of prohibited uses, which will include
pornography (except for employment therein to a named employer), hacks/cracks
content, etc. The list of prohibited uses will be compiled by Employ Media
with the assistance of SHRM to identify uses which the Community desires to be
prohibited.
Currently enumerated circumstances for proving a right and legitimate interest
will be amended to include trade names and names under which business is done
where trademarks and service marks currently are noted. A showing of bad faith
registration or use, however, will be considered as prima facie evidence of no
legitimate interest.
The remedy requested provision will be revised in the event transfer is
required. Transfer as a remedy will only be effectuated after the successful
complainant has otherwise qualified itself to Employ Media’s satisfaction as a
qualified registrant for the domain name at issue (including submitting a
Qualification Document approved by Employ Media, etc.).
With regard to resolving post-registration claims regarding the nature of the
domain name itself, a claimant will only have standing for a UDRP action if it
can prove the first modified prong of the UDRP. In other words, such a
claimant must have rights in a trademark, service mark or trade name, or do
business under a name, which is confusingly similar to the registered domain
name. This is actually broader than the standard UDRP. To win, a complainant
must show bad faith registration or bad faith use. If victorious, the remedy
is cancellation unless the complainant can otherwise make a showing to Employ
Media that it is a qualified registrant for the domain name at issue.
A complaint may also be filed under the UDRP for bad faith registration or use
of the domain name. Under this type of complaint, the complainant need not
prove the first prong of the UDRP (relating to confusing similarity), but the
only possible remedy from this type of UDRP claim is cancellation. If a
claimant wishes a transfer, it must file a UDRP action under post-registration
claims regarding the nature of the domain itself. The difference is a
complaint filed under the former will be used by a complainant with its own
rights in the domain (i.e., is its own business name), while the latter
complaint relates to registration and use of the domain and may be filed by
anybody (e.g., Employ Media may file a complaint under this theory to cancel a
domain which Employ Media believes is being used inconsistently with the Code).
Upon consulting with SHRM, Employ Media will determine whether a claim filed
under the latter theory will allow third parties (such as SHRM, the Council or
Employ Media) to file amicus curiae with the arbitrator of the claim.
A modified version of the UDRP may be used during any start-up phase, if
multiple Qualified Applicants apply for the same domain.

Register .jobs Domain

E. Provision of ICANN-policy compliant WHOIS service

The .jobs TLD will operate with a thick registry (see Part E of this proposal).
VDNS will maintain a shared registration system for all accredited registrars
who register .jobs domains. WHOIS access will be facilitated in compliance
with ICANN policies. It is anticipated that information will be provided which
is consistent with the WHOIS information currently provided in other TLD’s,
including identification of the registrant and contact information therefore,
administrative, technical and billing contacts, creation and expiration date
and DNS settings.
It is not anticipated that the identity or information regarding the Qualified
Applicant will be made generally available. An exception may be made for UDRP
filings or litigation, but confidentiality may be required by a recipient in
such a situation. The Qualification Document will not be made generally
available. A similar exception may be included for UDRP filings or litigation,
but any such disclosure will only be under strict confidentiality requirements.
For technical details regarding how a complete, up-to-date, reliable and
conveniently accessible WHOIS database will be provided, see Part E of this
proposal.
Employ Media ensures that the .jobs WHOIS database and access thereto will
comply with emerging ICANN privacy policies, if and when they become approved.

http://www.icann.org/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/jobs.htm

.jobs Domain Name Registration

mobiSiteGalore.com to be Showcased at CTIA Wireless 2007

2007-03-28T10:56:00.000-07:00

mobiSiteGalore.com to be Showcased at CTIA Wireless 2007

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Chosen by mTLD.mobi, the team will be on view at Hall A3, Stand 1995 at the Orange County Convention Center Orlando, Florida from March 27th - 29th.mobiSiteGalore.com, a mobile website builder from Akmin, today announced that it has been chosen by mTLD.mobi to be showcased at the CTIA WIRELESS 2007, the largest and most comprehensive trade show of all things in the Wireless industry. CTIA WIRELESS 2007 will be held at Orange County Convention Center Orlando, Florida from March 27th - 29th. The mobiSiteGalore team will be available for questions and direct interaction at Hall A3, Stand 1995 at the venue.The builder offers a revamped Partner Program that enables service providers to offer a powerful mobile website building service to their customers either directly as mobiSiteGalore, or through a co-brand or even by private branding it completely.dotMobi's Director, Developer Initiatives, Ronan Cremin said, "We have seen many web-based authoring tools for the mobile platform but this seems to be the best. It scores an almost perfect score in our new MobiReady report."

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Netflix Selects BladeLogic

2007-03-28T10:54:00.000-07:00

Netflix Selects BladeLogic

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Chooses its suite of data center automation solutions as the platform to automate their infrastructure.
BladeLogic, Inc., a data center automation software provider, yesterday announced that Netflix, Inc., a online movie rental service, has selected BladeLogic's suite of data center automation solutions as the platform to automate its IT infrastructure.
By selecting BladeLogic Operations Manager, Netflix will be able to streamline operations and improve service availability by automating the lifecycle of its data center management processes including provisioning, patching, compliance and day-to-day server and application configuration management. In addition, Netflix will also implement BladeLogic Orchestration Manager, a software solution that provides process automation using event-driven workflow and data integration with other best-of-breed systems management software tools, claims the company.
"As the world's largest online movie rental service, Netflix has a highly complex IT infrastructure consisting of a large number of servers and applications to support its rapidly growing business," said Dev Ittycheria, President & CEO, BladeLogic. "By selecting BladeLogic, Netflix leverages a next-generation automation platform to manage its sophisticated computing environment to meet the needs of its business. We are extremely proud to add Netflix to our roster of blue-chip customers." http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/netflix-selects-bladelogic_0320074968.htm

Afilias Announces 4 Million .info Registrations

2007-03-28T10:52:00.000-07:00

Afilias Announces 4 Million .info Registrations

-->20th March 2007
.info is available for sale through 183 registrars and 74% out of the 4 million domains are active, including 1 million dedicated sites.Afilias, a provider of domain name registry services, today announced that the .info generic top-level domain has reached 4 million domain names under management, marking a milestone months after crossing its fifth anniversary of real time registrations available to the public.According to the company, the four millionth name, leger-europe2007.info, was registered in the United Kingdom by the registrar MelbourneIT. To support this milestone, Afilias has issued a 4 Million Milestone analysis report that details updated insight on the .info domain. Key highlights include North America is the top market for .info domain sales with Europe in second place, the US is the top country for .info registrations followed by Germany, .info is available for sale through 183 registrars, or domain name retailers, 74% of .info sites are active, including 1 million dedicated sites, and the highest aftermarket sale on record for .info was NewYork.info which sold for over US$46,000 in September 2006."Afilias has built the most successful brand of the new top-level domains in .info and has provided an attractive and popular alternative to .com and other generic TLDs," said Roland LaPlante, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Afilias. ".info continues to be an Internet address that individuals and businesses choose to showcase their information on the Web. It is gaining popularity worldwide, increasing overall sales volume and even establishing itself as an emerging domain in the aftermarket and pay-per-click markets."

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Register.com Partners with Web.com

2007-03-28T10:51:00.000-07:00

-->22nd March 2007
Enter a strategic partnership to provide each others services.Register.com, an ICANN accredited domain registrar, and Web.com , Inc., a web services provider, yesterday announced that the two companies have entered into a strategic partnership to offer website design tools, hosting and domain services to their respective customer bases.The two companies have agreed to a licensing arrangement covering all existing and pending patents for both companies. Under the agreement, Web.com will become Register.com's provider of website building tools utilizing Web.com's Site Builder technology and hosting services. Also under this agreement, Register.com will become Web.com's provider of domain names and parked pages for the Web.com brand."As a longtime leader in the industry, Register.com brings extensive expertise and a history of service excellence in the domain business," stated Jeff Stibel, President and CEO, Web.com. "We view our new relationship with Register.com as a true win-win for both companies.""This partnership will enable Register.com to offer our customers best of class do-it-yourself tools and website hosting services specifically designed to help small businesses build and manage their online presence," said Larry Kutscher, CEO of Register.com.

Host Color Launches New PowerTools

2007-03-28T10:49:00.000-07:00

Host Color Launches New PowerTools

-->22nd March 2007
Includes forums, content management systems, statistics tool and program for internet marketing campaigns management.Host Color, a web hosting provider, today announced that it has installed new applications for its PowerTools package – a pack of pre-installed software including, forums, CMS software, web statistics tool and program for internet marketing campaigns management.According to the company, the new installed tools are Dolphin and Orca in two-in-one package. Dolphin is a web community software and the new version of the forum offers a script which allows the possibility to install and run the new AJAX forum platform Orca. Together the community pack is called by its developers Wolphin. The company also announced it is now developing its new business model and it will introduce it in the coming weeks."Host Color is very happy to announce this as we are trying to improve our services everyday by giving our customers more reliability and different type of software so they can take full advantage of our offerings. The PowerTools package has become very popular because of the pre-installed pack of software scripts helping our clients to boost their online presence that is why we are trying to add more and more software and improve our hosting control panel Next Color v2.0," said Stanimir Dimitrov, Head of the Developing Team at Host Color.

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R1Soft Launches CDP for MySQL

2007-03-28T10:48:00.000-07:00

R1Soft Launches CDP for MySQL

-->22nd March 2007
Releases an add-on module in May to enable its data protection software to backup online MySQL databases running on Linux-based servers.Righteous Software, a disk-based backup solutions provider, today announced that it will release an add-on module in May to enable its line of data protection software to backup online MySQL databases running on Linux-based servers.According to the company, the module, available as a premium add-on to the company's existing CDP Server for Linux, creates frequent disaster recovery restore points for MySQL databases—with the ability to store 100 recovery points per day. Each recovery point is a point-in-time snapshot of the database, and administrators can revert the database to any stored recovery point via a simple, point-and-click interface."Legacy backup solutions, such as tape backup or rsync, require server administrators to conduct data back ups at large intervals, such as nightly or weekly. With MySQL databases, the problem is exemplified, because database administrators often have to perform full dumps of the database while it is offline to avoid interrupting constant SQL transactions," said David Wartell, R1Soft Founder and CEO. "We have solved this problem by introducing the first-ever backup solution that provides hands-off, near-continuous data protection for MySQL. In essence, we have shrunk the database backup window to nearly zero."

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Microsoft Updates its Hosting Solutions

2007-03-28T10:46:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Updates its Hosting Solutions

-->22nd March 2007
Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration Version 4.0, and Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting Version 4.5.Microsoft, yesterday announced updates to two solutions for hosting service providers: Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration Version 4.0 and Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting Version 4.5.The solutions make use of features in the recently launched Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, two Microsoft products that improve communications and information sharing and increase worker productivity. With these updates, service providers will have an expanded set of tools along with guidance to help them deliver a complete suite of hosted services to small and midsize businesses, says the company."Hosting providers are at a critical crossroads as the demand for hosted services continues to increase exponentially, particularly from SMBs," said John Zanni, Director of Worldwide Hosting at Microsoft. "Successful hosters need to go beyond traditional hosting and cost-effectively develop and offer value-added services that will help deepen customer relationships and differentiate themselves from the myriad commodity options that currently exist. Microsoft provides the platform, solutions and guidance to help service providers achieve this."
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EnCirca Offers .cn for $7.99

2007-03-28T10:44:00.000-07:00

EnCirca Offers .cn for $7.99

-->22nd March 2007
Applies on a one year registration of all ASCII-based .cn domain names and the promotion will end April 30, 2007.EnCirca, a ICANN accredited registrar, yesterday announced an 80% price reduction on .cn domains for companies and users residing outside of China.According to the company, the special promotion applies to a one year registration of all ASCII-based .cn domains. The promotion will end April 30, 2007.There are no restrictions on who can own a .cn domain name. This special pricing will generate a surge in new registrations for the .cn domain. The .cn domain grew 60% in 2006 to a total of 1.6 million domains, becoming the fourth largest country-specific domain, the release said."China is determined that its .cn domain will compete with the .com domain name for companies and users striving to conduct business in China," says Tom Barrett, a Spokesperson of EnCirca. "This promotion will also attract more speculators into the market. If companies and brand owners have not protected all of their trademarks in the .cn domain, now is a good time to do so."
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Opsware Introduces the Zero Latency Data Center

2007-03-28T10:43:00.000-07:00

Opsware Introduces the Zero Latency Data Center

-->22nd March 2007
Releases a new version of its software suite designed to deliver the Zero Latency Data Center.Opsware Inc., a provider of data center automation software, yesterday announced a version of its software suite designed to deliver the Zero Latency Data Center.In the Zero Latency Data Center, there are no manual, error-prone hand-offs between processes that should be integrated, no cracks between infrastructure groups because of their use of incompatible tools, no discrepancies in information caused by geographic distance, nor any of the wasteful and now unnecessary causes of delays and inefficiencies that have plagued data centers, the company explained in its release. "The Zero Latency Data Center unlocks the power of technology for global businesses and represents a major turning point in enterprise IT," said Ben Horowitz, President and CEO of Opsware Inc. "Now IT can assume the roles it was always meant to have: the engine of breakthrough business accomplishment, the agent of game-changing competitive advantage. Delays, outages and cost-overruns caused by IT latency have for too long stifled business progress. The Opsware Automation System makes the Zero Latency Data Center a reality. It enables frictionless IT operations, yielding orders-of-magnitude improvements in efficiency; in quality and consistency of service; and in compliance. Even better, it puts within reach the highest aspirations of business powered by technology."

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LINX Announces Partnership with The Colocation Exchange

2007-03-28T10:42:00.000-07:00

LINX Announces Partnership with The Colocation Exchange

-->22nd March 2007
Focuses on the colocation requirements of current and prospective LINX members.The London Internet Exchange, a UK based nonprofit exchange, yesterday announced the launch of a new partnership agreement with The Colocation Exchange Ltd, an internet service provider.The appointment of Colo-X as a LINX Partner will provide a benefit to members looking for suitable colocation space in London or across the UK as a whole, says the company.Tim Anker, Founder and Director of The Colocation Exchange said, "We are delighted and honoured to be joining the LINX Partnership Programme. The colocation industry is going through a period of significant change at present and we are confident our expert market knowledge and years of experience will be of great benefit to both existing and prospective LINX members for whom colocation services are a vital component. Furthermore our independence of the providers we work with is a great fit with LINX's own neutrality and member owned status."LINX, CEO,John Souter commented: "I am very pleased to welcome Colo-X as a new LINX partner. The colocation search facility they provide will be of tremendous benefit to our members so we at LINX are looking forward to working with Tim and his team for many years to come."

Globalwebbrands.com Discontinues Terabyte Hosting

2007-03-28T10:41:00.000-07:00

Globalwebbrands.com Discontinues Terabyte Hosting

-->23rd March 2007
Plans to introduce dedicated servers and virtual private server web hosting solutions to its portfolio of services later this year.
Globalwebbrands.com, a web hosting provider, today announced that it has discontinued its $200/month Terabyte web hosting plan.
Globalwebbrands.com plans to introduce dedicated servers and virtual private server web hosting solutions to its portfolio of services by the first of July. The company, which recently discontinued its web design services to focus on web hosting, has received customer feedback demanding higher caliber offerings, says the company.
"In the past, we have always referred clients needing VPS or dedicated solutions to our partners. However, we have lately received stronger demand for a complete family of services that allows our users to effortlessly upgrade to higher-grade solutions with us as the need arises," stated Globalwebbrands.com CEO Daniel Briere. "This is an important step towards continuing to establish Globalwebbrands.com's new position as a leading Web hosting provider worldwide." http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/globalwebbrands.com-discontinues-terabyte-hosting_0323073763.htm

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Digital Realty Trust Acquires NYC Connect Datacenters

2007-03-28T10:39:00.000-07:00

Digital Realty Trust Acquires NYC Connect Datacenters

-->23rd March 2007
Purchases leasehold totaling 33,700 sq. ft. of datacenter space from NYC Connect located in New York City for $24.5 million.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a corporate datacenters and Internet gateway management company, today announced the acquisition of a leasehold totaling 33,700 sq. ft. of datacenter space from NYC Connect located at 111 8th Avenue in New York City.
The purchase price was $24.5 million. The acquisition consists of two suites located on the third and seventh floors of the building. The suites are 94% leased and are being managed by Digital Realty Trust, claims the company.
"The acquisition of the NYC Connect datacenters represents an opportunity for us to expand our presence to over 120,000 square feet of mission critical datacenter space in 111 8th Avenue, a premier hub for Internet connectivity for the northeastern U.S. and one of the premier Internet gateway and corporate datacenter facilities in the world," commented Michael Foust, CEO of Digital Realty Trust.

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NeuStar Launches .biz Multilingual Domain Names

2007-03-28T10:38:00.000-07:00

NeuStar Launches .biz Multilingual Domain Names

-->23rd March 2007
Deploys internationalized domain names for Chinese and Japanese languages in the .biz top-level domain.
NeuStar, Inc., a communication services provider, today announced that it has deployed internationalized domain names for Chinese and the Japanese languages in the .biz top- level Internet domain. Interested registrants will be able to secure .biz domain names using these characters from April 21, 2007.
NeuStar's Chinese and Japanese IDN offerings make available 19,000 Han and 178 Katakana and Hiragana characters. All IDN names in .biz can be registered in 1 to 10 year increments, and will be available on a 'first come, first served' basis from accredited .biz registrars.
"China and Japan are two of the world's largest markets for IDNs, and BIZ is the first global domain to implement Chinese and Japanese IDNs in a manner that fully respects the linguistic cultures of both language groups," commented Richard Tindal, vice president of domain name services at NeuStar. "With IDNs becoming more prevalent, we expect that .BIZ will become an essential component of every savvy international company's media mix, particularly among firms with large Chinese- and Japanese-speaking customer bases. Because .BIZ is a generic TLD, it is global in scope, and can reach businesses that operate in these languages anywhere around the world."

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Domains at Retail Adds Assisted Service Plan

2007-03-28T10:37:00.000-07:00

Domains at Retail Adds Assisted Service Plan

-->23rd March 2007
Includes add-ons like backup and recovery and security scans and available specifically to all dedicated server customers.Domains at Retail, a web hosting company, on March 21st, 2007, announced that it is expanding options for its dedicated server customers by adding an Assisted Service Plan, a professional solution without the traditional costs.The company stated that technical support will address needed patches, backups, monitoring and vulnerability assessments.Customers can get the power of a dedicated server without having to perform all of the administrative tasks associated with an unmanaged account such as server startup, patching and anti-virus protection. Add-on services, with the purchase of a service contract, include security scans, backup and recovery, monitoring and escalation management at no additional fee. Custom engineering options are also available, billed at a flat hourly rate."An important notion for companies wanting a dedicated servers is the daunting task of server maintenance. The Assisted Services plan for Dedicated Servers shifts the role of IT server maintenance to us," said an employee from the company.

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LiquidShark Announces Domain Name Sale

2007-03-28T10:29:00.000-07:00

LiquidShark Announces Domain Name Sale

-->23rd March 2007
Sells domain names for just $1.99 with the purchase of any other product on their website.LiquidShark.com, a web hosting company, today announced domain names for just $1.99 with the purchase of any other product on their website. Plus, your $1.99 domain name comes with all the free extras you expect from LiquidShark.com including new online photo filer, quick blog, free hosting with Website Builder and complete email.The company also provides search engine optimization products such as TrafficBlazer. This program is designed to quickly drive traffic to your website and to help get you ranked high on Google, MSN and Yahoo. Additional resources on building your .com are offered free on the LiquidShark blog.
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Switch and Data Selects Cogent as SingleCNXT-i Partner

2007-03-28T10:28:00.000-07:00

Switch and Data Selects Cogent as SingleCNXT-i Partner

-->23rd March 2007
Cogent's service will now be available to order through a single source of contact at Switch and Data.Switch and Data, a provider of Internet exchange and colocation services, yesterday announced that Cogent Communications Group , Inc., an Internet service provider, has been added as a new SingleCNXT-i partner.Cogent's service availability in 20 Switch and Data data centers in North America is now available to order through a single source of contact at Switch and Data.Switch and Data's SingleCNXT-i provides the efficiencies of access to multiple providers with the convenience of a single point of contact. With a diversity of carriers available in its data centers, the SingleCNXT-i service was designed specifically to meet the requirements of Internet-reliant companies seeking colocation and Internet access, the release said.“Cogent is always looking for cost-effective ways to extend our reach. Working with Switch and Data to simplify and consolidate the sales process in their facilities by their sales team is a win for the customer and a win for Cogent as well,” said Dave Schaeffer, CEO at Cogent Communications.
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FastNext Launches Easter Specials

2007-03-28T10:18:00.000-07:00

FastNext Launches Easter Specials

-->26th March 2007
Offers 3 to 12 months of free hosting on its shared hosting services as part of its Easter promotion.
FastNext, a web hosting provider, yesterday announced Easter Special on its Shared plans.
According to the company, when ordering one of the shared plans and every new customer gets extra 3, 6 or 12 free months. All shared plans from FastNext with webspace and traffic are equipped with features, such as unlimited parked domains, subdomains, MySQL databases, postrgeSQL databases and additional FTP accounts.
These plans also includes cPanel control panel for Linux plans and Helm Control Panel for Windows ones, various web statistics tools, nightly backups, 24/7 technical and live support. They were created for multi-domain hosting, so they are the variant for those webmasters who have a lot of sites – get handy control panel which allows managing all accounts from one place, using all available features, the company said in its release.

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Host Gator to Launch Search Engine Optimization Hosting

2007-03-28T10:17:00.000-07:00

Host Gator to Launch Search Engine Optimization Hosting

-->26th March 2007
Enables customers to optimize their web sites for search engines by enabling them to host on multiple C classes.
Host Gator, a web hosting provider, announced last week that it will launch hosting services enhanced for search engine optimization under the brand SEO Hosting.
With the expected SEO capabilities, this new service enables customers to optimize their web sites for search engines by enabling them to host on multiple C classes. SEO Hosting is being offered as low as $5 per month per C Class. Customers will have the ability to add or remove C Classes as they desire. Any customer with more than 50 sites will be assigned a dedicated account representative, the company said in its release.
"Host Gator is always listening to its customers and we strive to do all we can to meet their needs, especially in niche areas such asthis," said Brent Oxley, President and Founder of Host Gator. "This is a truly a fantastic offering for webmasters and web publishers that want to do everything they can to optimize their web sites for search engines. None of our competitors can match our combination of both this technical capability and our rock solid hosting infrastructure."

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Free Rider Offers Discount on .com Transfers

2007-03-28T10:16:00.000-07:00

Free Rider Offers Discount on .com Transfers

-->26th March 2007
Allows transfer of .com domains for $6.95 from any other hosting company until the end of March.
Free Rider Web Hosting, a web hosting provider, yesterday announced that it is offering a special rate for people wanting to transfer their .com domain from their existing service provider.
Until 31 March, customers can transfer their domain to Free Rider Web Hosting for $6.95 and includes a one year extension, claims the company.
"Some customers think that transferring their domain will be a difficult process, but we have tried to make the process as simple as possible," said Simon Drain, CEO of Free Rider Web Hosting. "With our special rate, there has been no better time to transfer your domain. Customers with several domains or who renew their domain for several years will certainly appreciate the savings."
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Verizon Completes SAS 70 Examination of Data Centers

2007-03-28T10:14:00.002-07:00

Verizon Completes SAS 70 Examination of Data Centers

-->26th March 2007
Clears the SAS 70 Type II examination of its Internet colocation centers and its managed hosting centers.
Verizon Business, a provider of information technology solutions, today announced the completion of the SAS 70 Type II examination of its Internet colocation centers, known as Premium Data Centers. The company also completed the SAS 70 Type II examination of its managed hosting centers, called Smart Centers, and their operating environments. According to the company, the examinations, performed by Ernst & Young LLP, addressed the sustainability of Verizon Business' design of controls as well as the operating effectiveness of those controls within the processes of its Premium and Smart Data Centers, from which the company delivers managed services.
"Verizon Business is dedicated to delivering performance excellence to enterprise customers," said Nancy Gofus, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Verizon Business. "The successful conclusion of our SAS 70 Type II examinations further underscores the Verizon Business commitment to establishing and maintaining appropriate controls over our processes to help us achieve high standards of quality and stringent metrics for security and reliability."

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Idera Launches Version 4.0 of SQLsafe

2007-03-28T10:14:00.001-07:00

Idera Launches Version 4.0 of SQLsafe

-->26th March 2007
Allows database administrators to define, automate and monitor backup schedules across multiple servers and databases enterprise-wide.
Idera, a provider of management and administration solutions for Microsoft SQL Server, today announced version 4.0 of SQLsafe, a backup and recovery solution for SQL Server databases.
According to the company, it allows database administrators to define, automate and monitor backup schedules across multiple servers and databases enterprise-wide.
Other features in SQLsafe v4.0 include IntelliRestore - a recovery time in the event of data loss by providing graphical point-in-time recovery using a sliding time scale. Choose a point in time and SQLsafe will assemble all the backup components and execute the operations necessary to restore the database to the specified point in time.
Multiple database restore - Saves time in emergency recovery situations by allowing DBAs to quickly restore multiple databases at once using a simple restore wizard. Reliable, high-performance backup & recovery for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and support for advanced backup options in SQL Server 200, the company claimed in its release.
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DemoWolf Releases New Plesk 8 Tutorials

2007-03-28T10:13:00.001-07:00

DemoWolf Releases New Plesk 8 Tutorials

-->26th March 2007
Offers 49 new Flash based voice tutorials for companies using Plesk 8 hosting control panel to their customers.
DemoWolf, a web hosting company, today announced the release of 49 new Flash-based Voice tutorials for the Plesk 8 web hosting control panel.
These Voice tutorials were developed for hosting companies who offer the Plesk control panel to their hosting customers. DemoWolf's 'Voice Tutorials' are similar to their standard tutorials. However, what sets them apart from demos produced by other companies, is the addition of voice/audio narration, says the company. "We have developed these voice/audio narrated Plesk tutorials at the request of our customers" says Rob Moore, President of DemoWolf. "People are requesting voice versions of our tutorials more frequently, as they see the added value in having audio narration help their customers through the demonstrations."

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NetServiceCompany.com Includes Assisted Service Plan

2007-03-28T10:11:00.002-07:00

NetServiceCompany.com Includes Assisted Service Plan

-->26th March 2007
Handles server management of the virtual dedicated server, to maintain security, perform backups, monitor performance and analyze traffic.
NetServiceCompany.com, a web hosting and domain registrar company, today announced that it will include an Assisted Service Plan expert server setup, with monitoring and maintenance.
According the company, the assisted service plan has been added to NetService Company's portfolio, to handle server management of the virtual dedicated server, to maintain security, perform backups, monitor performance and analyze traffic, at no extra charge.
All of NetServiceCompany.com Virtual Dedicated Server plans also will come with $75.00 of free Google AdWords credit upon opening an account.
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mobiSiteGalore Launches 5 New Language Versions

2007-03-28T10:11:00.001-07:00

mobiSiteGalore Launches 5 New Language Versions

-->27th March 2007
Offers German, Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch; enables users to create & publish mobile web content that works across all mobile phones.
mobiSiteGalore, a website builder from Akmin, yesterday announced the launch of mobile website builder in 5 new languages. mobiSiteGalore's language versions include German, Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch.
mobiSiteGalore is a web-based tool that enables users to create & publish mobile web content that works across all mobile phones. Users can make unlimited changes to their mobile websites or even rollback their websites to any earlier published version at any time and also free unlimited support is always available for all users, claims the company.
mobiSiteGalore CEO, Prashanth says, "the kind of aesthetics that works in the US might not work in Germany or Japan for instance. That is why our language versions are not mere translations, but are complete localized versions designed to meet the needs of native speakers of these languages. We also want to extend the localization to include the design templates as well in the coming months."
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Bladelogic Release 7 Receives Data Centres Europe Award

2007-03-28T10:09:00.000-07:00

Bladelogic Release 7 Receives Data Centres Europe Award

-->27th March 2007
Named the 2007 Data Centres Europe Most Innovative New Data Centre Software Product; employs next-generation Synchronous Management architecture.BladeLogic, Inc., a provider of data centre automation software, today announced that the latest version of its software solutions, BladeLogic Release 7, has won the 2007 Data Centres Europe Most Innovative New Data Centre Software Product award. The company received the award in a special ceremony held on March 22, 2007 in London, as part of the 3rd Annual Data Centres Europe event.BladeLogic Release 7 received the award due to its innovative functionality and the value creation it provides to European enterprises, service providers and government organisations. BladeLogic Release 7 allows organisations to synchronise all configuration management activities across IT teams performing different management actions through BladeLogic's Synchronous Management architecture. “We have been able to build a large stable of blue-chip European customers by providing tremendous business value through innovative technology. We are very proud to be recognised by Data Centres Europe as an innovator and leader in the data centre management sector. On behalf of all the BladeLogic employees in Europe and around the world, I am very pleased to accept this prestigious award”, said Luca Lazzaron, Vice President, EMEA, BladeLogic.
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NeuStar Extends Contract with .hk

2007-03-28T10:08:00.000-07:00

NeuStar Extends Contract with .hk

-->27th March 2007
Announces a two-year extension of its contract to provide secondary DNS services, the original of which was executed in November 2005.
NeuStar, Inc., a provider of global communications and Internet industry, yesterday announced that it has been awarded a two-year extension of its contract to provide Secondary DNS services for .hk, Hong Kong's top-level Internet domain. The original contract was executed in November 2005.
NeuStar's Managed DNS Service allows HKIRC to maintain a global network presence while also providing the network and software diversity that HKIRC requires.
"NeuStar is proud to continue its relationship with HKIRC in support of creating a more secure and more stable online experience for Hong Kong's Internet community," said Ben Petro, Senior Vice President of NeuStar Ultra Services. "NeuStar is a recognized leader in providing interoperability and security services to the global Internet community, and we power over 20 global country code and generic TLDs. With the proliferation of network threats and attacks, safeguarding a country's DNS infrastructure is critical -- and NeuStar takes this responsibility seriously. NeuStar continues to innovate and grow to support mission-critical networks and the evolution of the Internet infrastructure."
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Quality Technology Services Announces Data Center Plans

2007-03-28T10:07:00.000-07:00

Quality Technology Services Announces Data Center Plans

-->27th March 2007
Offers an on-site substation dedicated to the facility located in downtown Atlanta. Phase 1 build-out will be ready for occupation by November, 2007.
Quality Technology Services, a data center provider, yesterday announced the 200,000 sq. ft. Phase I build-out of the Quality Metro Tech Center, a data center in downtown Atlanta.
To date, 130,000 sq. ft. of space has been sold and plans for Phase II to expand the facility an additional 200,000 sq. ft. are underway. Upon completion of all phases, the one million square foot building will have over 600,000 sq. ft. of raised floor, the company claimed.
The Phase I build-out includes 21 Megawatts of usable UPS power, 200,000 sq. ft. of raised floor, and over 40 Megawatts of generator backup. The facility, located near downtown Atlanta, boasts an on-site substation dedicated to the Quality Metro facility. The site has a fiber access to major network providers. Phase I is estimated to be complete and ready for occupancy by Nov. 2007, claims the company, they added in their release.
"The ability to provide a fully managed high density power and cooling solution across a 200,000 sq. ft. raised floor area puts QualityTech in the top echelon of large scale data center providers," said Mark Waddington, President of QualityTech.
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AIT Partners with Barracuda

2007-03-28T10:06:00.000-07:00

AIT Partners with Barracuda

-->27th March 2007
Permits organizations to monitor internet traffic and bandwidth besides providing administrative tools with regards to access levels.
Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc., a web hosting company, today announced that they have concluded a partnership which permits AIT to sell Barracuda products.
Barracuda's web filter product permits organizations to monitor internet traffic and lessen bandwidth consumption. Administrators can setup groups and users, block access, warn on certain sites, allow others and disallow users from searching for pornographic images, claims the company.
"I am excited about this partnership," said Bill Harrison, Product Manager for AIT, "It is a perfect match with AIT's product line. Barracuda's security products allow system administrators and network administrators to concentrate on the network and not on the traffic and consumption of the resources. Barracuda is a product that will install in seconds and literally show a return on investment in days."
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Benchmark Launches Bulk Email Dedicated Server Program

2007-03-28T09:49:00.000-07:00

Benchmark Launches Bulk Email Dedicated Server Program

-->27th March 2007
Provides server space and IP address to heavy email users and eliminates the need for clients to share IP for their email.
The Benchmark Internet Group, an Internet-based marketing tools provider, today announced that it has launched a Bulk Email Dedicated Server Program, designed for permission-based, high-volume email senders.
According to the company, the service targets customers sending over 250,000 emails a month, and provides them with their own IP address and server space. Benchmark's Bulk Email Dedicated Server Program also gives clients the advantage of not having to share IP addresses with other email senders. By sharing IP addresses with senders using less-than-stellar practices, the delivery rates of even the most reputable customers can suffer, the company claimed in its release.
"Our program gives bulk senders and companies with a large Internet presence the unique opportunity to build great reputations with ISPs," says Curt Keller, CEO of The Benchmark Internet Group. "If clients use our service, emails sent from them will always feature the same IP address. We also use SPF as one of our authentication schemes. By using a permission-based list and good practices, our bulk email clients come across as trustworthy with ISPs, improving delivery rates and their overall reputation as a sender."
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AllCheapWeb Offers .info Domains at $0.99

2007-03-28T09:41:00.000-07:00

AllCheapWeb Offers .info Domains at $0.99

-->27th March 2007
Offers several free services like total DNS control, status alerts, domain locking, online photo filer and hosting besides .info domains at 99 cents.AllCheapWeb.com, a provider of web hosting services, on March 25th, 2007, announced one year .info domain name registration at only $0.99.The company will also provide several free services in addition to the low $0.99 price including total DNS control, status alerts, domain locking, online photo filer, blog, web hosting, email, starter web page, domain forwarding and domain masking.A source from the company stated that .info domains are an attractive and popular alternative to .com and other generic TLDs. These domains continue to be an Internet address that individuals and businesses choose to showcase their information on the Web. http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/allcheapweb-offers-.info-domains-at-%240.99_0327078414.htm

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WiseNav Announces Website building Competition

2007-03-28T09:40:00.000-07:00

WiseNav Announces Website building Competition

-->28th March 2007
Accepts entries from residents of Canada, the USA and the UK. Presents $1000 to the winner besides a year's free web hosting.
WiseNav, a Canadian software company, today announced WiseNav's website building competition.
According to the company, the best site will win US$1,000 and there are four runner-up prizes of US$250. Each winner will also receive a year's free web hosting. The competition is open to anyone resident in Canada, the USA and the UK. All entrants have to do is create their own personal website, and they will have until the end of April 21 to build the website. Entrants will also be asked for their feedback on the way the next version of WiseNav works - in return for three months free hosting of their website. Entries can be made by clicking on the competition link at wisenav.com.
Mike Hensman, CEO of WiseNav Inc, said: "Web 2.0 is changing everything and WiseNav makes it possible for everyone to benefit. We will shortly be releasing version 3 of WiseNav/personal - the website tool that means your website is only limited by your imagination. We have set this challenge so that consumers can prove that version 3 really has removed the limitations of traditional website tools."

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Server Intellect Acquires ValiantHost

2007-03-28T09:38:00.000-07:00

Server Intellect Acquires ValiantHost

-->28th March 2007
Allows Server Intellect to further develop its FogBugz hosting solutions.
Server Intellect, a provider dedicated web hosting solutions, announced today it has completed its acquisition ValiantHost, a FogBugz hosting provider.
The acquisition allows Server Intellect to further develop its FogBugz hosting solutions. FogBugz, developed by Fog Creek Software, is a unique Web-based application that allows software development teams to efficiently organize and track software bugs.
"Server Intellect has a rich history of looking toward the future and actively implementing hosting solutions that will strategically benefit our customers, both for today and tomorrow," said Eric Pratt, Managing Director of Server Intellect. "By further developing our line of Application Hosting solutions, we hope to empower our developer customers with a technology that enables them to do their jobs more efficiently and effectively."

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Server Intellect Acquires ValiantHost

2007-03-28T09:35:00.000-07:00

The Planet Enhances Private Rack

2007-03-28T09:29:00.000-07:00

The Planet Enhances Private Rack

-->28th March 2007
Adds new services of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 5500 Series Firewalls and Foundry ServerIronXL load balancer for its private rack customers.
The Planet, a dedicated hosting company, today announced that they added new services for its private rack customers with the availability of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 5500 Series Firewalls and Foundry ServerIronXL load balancer.
The Planet's Cisco ASA 5500 Series Firewalls offer customers access to next-generation security and VPN solutions, so their organizations can securely deploy mission-critical Web sites and applications, the company said in its release.
"The onslaught of e-commerce sites has driven security, performance and scalability to the top of the agenda for our customers. And in light of PCI data standard compliance, the ability for Web site visitors to execute secure transactions with rapid response rates is critical," said The Planet's Vice President of Marketing, Steve Kahan. "Cisco ASA Firewalls and the Foundry ServerIronXL load balancer build on our commitment to delivering premium performance and compliance and security solutions with an on demand IT infrastructure. This is especially critical to private rack customers who employ multiple servers as the IT backbone for their business."
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Touch Support Introduces Outsourced Hosting Support

2007-03-28T09:20:00.000-07:00

Touch Support Introduces Outsourced Hosting Support

-->28th March 2007
Adds outsourced support to Windows web hosts on the same lines of that provided to Linux hosting companies.
Touch Support, LLC, a provider of server administration services for the web hosting industry, today announced that it has expanded its services to incorporate Windows hosting products, including the Helm and Plesk control panel software run on Windows Server 2000 and 2003.
The Windows support department was created to fulfill the outsourced support needs of Windows web hosts, as well as an increasing number of Web hosts. Touch Support will operate its new Windows support department under the same guiding principles as its Linux support department, including the same commitment to rigorous performance metrics, efficiency techniques and quality-control, claimed the company.
"In the past year, we noticed a trend of mainstream hosting companies expanding into areas previously occupied by specialty providers. This shift ultimately resulted in an increase in the number of companies providing Windows-based hosting services," said David Lindahl, Touch Support General Manager and co-founder. "Naturally, this increase created stronger demand for Windows support services, a sector of the hosting support industry we look forward to serving."http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/touch-support-introduces-outsourced-hosting-support_0328078243.htm

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