Domain Name News – May 29, 2011

Domain Name Registrations Reach 209.8 Million – At the end of March, 2011, there were 209.8 million domain name registrations worldwide, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign. This represents an annual growth of 15.3 million or 7.9%. The annual growth as reported three months ago was 12.1 million or 6.3%.…

Domain Name News – May 15, 2011

CIRA Launches New Member Portal – CIRA has launched a new Member Portal, offering improved navigation and functionality. The portal also features exclusive access to a weekly summary of Internet-related news stories. CIRA membership may be applied for free of charge by .CA registrants. IOC, Red Cross Seek To Have Names Reserved Under New gTLDs…

CIRA’s Board of Directors 2011 Election- Accepting Nominations

CIRA (The Canadian Internet Registration Authority) is a member-driven organization that manages Canada’s .CA domain name registry, develops and implements policies that support Canada’s Internet community, and represents the .CA registry internationally. Every year CIRA accepts nominations for their Board of Directors, which then gets brought to a National Vote. CIRA’s Nomination Committee is seeking…

Domain Name News – May 1, 2011

ICANN Appoints Chief Security Officer – Jeff Moss has been appointed as ICANN’s Chief Security Officer. He is the founder of the DEF CON hacker conference and Black Hat, a global technical security conference. .NL Domain Achieves 25 Year Milestone – SIDN, the registry for The Netherlands’ .nl domain, is celebrating the domain’s 25th anniversary.…