Results on.info Presented by: Desiree Miloshevic, Director, Business Development Milan – November 5, 2002 –
2CONFIDENTIAL Agenda l Introduction to Afilias l Market Overview l Results on.info l Summary
Introduction to Afilias
4CONFIDENTIAL Afilias Background l Founded in Sept 2000 l Consortium of 18 ICANN registrars l.INFO contract awarded in Oct 2000 l.INFO launched in July 2001 l.ORG- contract awarded in Oct 2002
5CONFIDENTIAL Source: Root Server Performance Analysis; Catbird Networks, Sept Afilias technology is fast l EPP process is fast and efficient l UltraDNS enables.INFOs to resolve faster –Registration to Resolution time is nearing real time –Near continuous updating drives fast propagation
6CONFIDENTIAL Afilias technology is fast, secure and reliable l Millions of Euros invested to develop a superior registry system l Partnered with best of breed: IBM, UltraDNS and DSI Technology Escrow Services l Ability to support thin and thick models l Open Source database yields excellent performance and overall cost of ownership l Existing relationships with over 100 registrars l EPP registry system pioneer
7CONFIDENTIAL Afilias is the EPP Pioneer l Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) enables: – Registrars to manage multiple domains across multiple registries – Registries to handle multiple registrars accessing the database simultaneously –.INFO domain names will be password protected for the first time –Peace of mind for registrants
8CONFIDENTIAL Afilias technology is secure and reliable l Performance history-August, 2002 results: –DNS % uptime: 100% –DNS update interval: 100% < 5min –SRS % uptime: 100% –SRS query processing time: 270ms avg –Whois service availability: 99.87% –Whois query processing time: 100% < 200ms –Whois update interval: 100% < 5min l Last 5 months available at
Market Overview
10CONFIDENTIAL Legacy domains are declining
11CONFIDENTIAL New gTLDs are growing Source: SOTD thru 6/02
12CONFIDENTIAL New gTLDs are the growth segment biz
Market Progress
14CONFIDENTIAL.INFO share of gTLDs continues to grow
15CONFIDENTIAL Total.INFO registrations have continued to build steadily Nearing One Million.INFO
16CONFIDENTIAL Europe is a major source of success-53% of.INFOs
17CONFIDENTIAL Germany leads the world in live sites.INFO Live Sites Distribution by Country
18CONFIDENTIAL Companies are marketing their.INFOs l domainday.info: l spain.info: by Turespaña l safrica.info: South Africa’s official gateway l germantv.info: A joint project of public broadcasting and international broadcaster Deutsche Welle l cranfieldmba.info: Cranfield University School of Management in the UK l mta.info: New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority
19CONFIDENTIAL Summary - Why use.info? l Clear and distinctive positioning l Open, non-restrictive, intuitive, international -.info – “le informazione” -.info – Informationen -.info - l’information Affordable, It’s for organisations, enterprises, individuals… everyone
20CONFIDENTIAL Contact: l Desiree Miloshevic (Europe/ME/Africa)
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