White Paper on New gTLDs Now Available
SYDNEY, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Iron Mountain Digital, the
technology arm of Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), will be
participating as a sponsor and exhibitor at the 35th ICANN meeting being held
in Sydney, Australia, June 21 - 26. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers, is responsible for the global coordination of the
Internet's system of unique domain name identifiers. A major theme of ICANN's
Sydney meeting will be planning for the expansion of the generic top-level
domain (gTLD) space. Iron Mountain currently provides escrow services for the
majority of gTLDs currently in existence, and plans to offer its Registry Data
Escrow services to the registries that will operate the new gTLDs.
ICANN has initiated a unique opportunity for businesses and communities to
define and acquire their own gTLDs. The organization is preparing to accept
new gTLD applications in early 2010, when potentially hundreds of new gTLDs
will be introduced to supplement the current 21 gTLDs in existence, such as
.com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, .mobi, and .tel, as well as the over 250
country code top-level domains (ccTLDs), such as .uk, .de, and .au. With
ICANN's new gTLD program, companies, special interest groups, or geographic
regions could create their own gTLDs such as .ironmountain, .music, or
.berlin. In addition, Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) will become
available for non-ASCII, multi-byte character languages such as Chinese,
Japanese, and Arabic.
To help the Internet community further understand the impact of new gTLDs,
why an organization may want to get one, how to apply, and issues around brand
protection, Iron Mountain's Intellectual Property Management group has
developed a white paper on the topic, entitled Make Way .com ... Here Come the
New gTLDs, which can be downloaded at: www.ironmountain.com/gtld
In 2001, Iron Mountain was the first company ever selected to protect
registry data via escrow agreements, and today Iron Mountain is poised to
provide Registry Data Escrow services to the registries that will operate the
new gTLDs. A registry is a repository operator that stores the master WHOIS
database of registrants and domain names under a given TLD; registries are
also responsible for their TLD's root domain name system servers that aide in
quick and efficient Internet routing.
"Depositing registry data into secure escrow accounts managed by a neutral
third-party such as Iron Mountain helps safeguard the continuity of service
across the Internet," explains
John Boruvka
, vice president of intellectual
property management at Iron Mountain Digital. "Iron Mountain has proven itself
to be a safe, reliable choice for the escrow needs of registries."
As the new gTLDs are created, their registries will be required to comply
with the same data escrow requirements that ICANN maintains for existing
gTLDs. This is to ensure the continuation of Domain Name System operations in
the event of a physical or business failure of a registry.
As part of their Registry Agreement with ICANN, each registry operator
must comply with provisions contained within a Registry Data Escrow Agreement.
That agreement requires registries to periodically transfer registry data for
their gTLD to a reputable escrow agent to be held in escrow. As a trusted,
neutral, third party, Iron Mountain works with registry operators to fulfill
this requirement by safeguarding valuable registry data in secure, access
controlled escrow accounts.
For more information on Iron Mountain Digital's Intellectual Property
Management services, visit
http://www.ironmountain.com/resources/services/icann.asp.
About ICANN
ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system
of unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum and country codes
like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols that help
computers reach each other over the Internet. Careful management of these
resources is vital to the Internet's operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders
meet regularly to develop policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security
and stability. ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit
non-profit company. For more information please visit: www.icann.org.
About Iron Mountain Digital
Iron Mountain Digital is the world's leading provider of Storage-as-a
Service solutions for data protection and recovery, archiving, eDiscovery and
intellectual property management. The technology arm of Iron Mountain
Incorporated offers a comprehensive suite of solutions to thousands of
companies around the world, directly and through a worldwide network of
channel partners. Iron Mountain Digital is based in Southborough, Mass.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) helps organizations around the
world reduce the costs and risks associated with information protection and
storage. The company offers comprehensive records management and data
protection solutions, along with the expertise and experience to address
complex information challenges such as rising storage costs, litigation,
regulatory compliance and disaster recovery. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain is
a trusted partner to more than 120,000 corporate clients throughout North
America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific. For more information, visit
the company's Web site at www.ironmountain.com.
Media Contact:
Maria Doyle
Public Relations
(781) 964-3536
maria@doylestratcomm.com
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