The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the organization responsible for coordinating the Internet’s unique identifiers, including the domain name system (DNS). Introducing new gTLDs will help ICANN to promote competition in the domain name market while ensuring Internet security and stability. A gTLD is an Internet extension such as .COM, .ORG, or .INFO. It is part of the structure of the Internet’s domain name system.
Iron Mountain currently provides escrow services for the majority of today’s gTLDs and will offer its Registry Data Escrow services for the new gTLDs as well. Hundreds of new gTLD applications are expected to be submitted by companies and organizations once the New gTLD Program is officially launched, which is anticipated to happen later this year. Key-Systems' KSregistry provides features and functions to successfully operate a registry and is ideal for applicants for new gTLDs and companies planning to establish their name or brand as a new TLD. With this agreement with Iron Mountain, Key-Systems will now be able to offer full compliance with data escrow requirements as part of its services.
“The New gTLD Program by ICANN initiates a new era on the Internet – with more diversity and more ways of use in the domain name space,” said Alexander Siffrin, CEO of Key-Systems. “Key-Systems offers our customers comprehensive technical and consulting services for successfully operating such a new gTLD. We look forward to working with Iron Mountain – the recognized worldwide leader in registry data escrow – to provide our customers with this service.”
As the new gTLDs are created, their registries will be required to comply with data escrow requirements similar to those that ICANN maintains for existing gTLDs. This is to ensure the continuity of Domain Name System operations in the event of a physical, technical or business failure of a registry. Iron Mountain was the first company to protect domain name registry data via escrow agreements in 2001. Today, Iron Mountain’s global leadership in information management translates into the most comprehensive and trusted Domain Name Registry Data Escrow Services available.
John Boruvka, vice president of intellectual property management at Iron Mountain, added, “As ICANN begins to roll out the new gTLD application process, Iron Mountain is proud to work with Key-Systems, one of the world’s largest domain registrars, as it guides new gTLD applicants through domain registration, management, hosting and monitoring for their new domains. We’re pleased that Key-Systems values Iron Mountain’s expertise in providing safe and secure registry data escrow services, and that we are able to provide new gTLD customers assurance through our escrow services.”
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