Afilias, the Registry For .INFO, Names New CEO; Former idealab! Exec To Lead Effort To Roll-Out The First Truly Global Top-Level Domain Name.Business/High-Tech Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2001 Afilias, the company selected by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, www.icann.org) A non-profit, international association founded in 1998 and incorporated in the U.S. It is the successor to IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which manages Internet addresses, domain names and the huge number to operate the new .INFO registry, today announced that Ronald Berg is joining the company as its chief executive officer. Mr. Berg joins Afilias after leaving his most recent position as Vice President- Finance of idealab!'s New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of office where he oversaw the development of several portfolio companies. "We are very pleased that Ron is joining Afilias' management team as CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. ," said Afilias chairman, Richard Lindsay. "Ron's depth and breadth of experience in building and scaling some of the Internet's most exciting ventures will be a tremendous asset as we bring .INFO to market in the US, Europe and Asia." "I am excited to join Afilias' management team," said Mr. Berg. "I look forward to the tremendous opportunity ahead as .INFO becomes one of the biggest brands in the next phase of the Internet's global development." Prior to joining Afilias, Mr. Berg was VP-Finance at idealab! New York and has also held senior management positions at Deja.com and Infonautics, Inc. He has extensive experience in building and launching companies, raising capital and recruiting senior management teams. About Afilias Afilias, the registry selected by ICANN to operate the new .INFO top-level domain (networking) top-level domain - The last and most significant component of an Internet fully qualified domain name, the part after the last ".". For example, host wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk is in top-level domain "uk" (for United Kingdom). , was formed in September of 2000 and is comprised of eighteen ICANN-accredited domain name registrars This is a list of domain registrars ranked in order according to ICANN statistics at [1]
(2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. services. Afilias' member registrars include: 1stDomain.net, a division of G+D International LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control ; Corporate Domains, Inc.; Domain Bank, Inc.; DomainInfo AB; DomainPeople, Inc.; Domain Registration Services; Enter-Price Multimedia AG (EPAG EPAG Environmentally-Preferred Advanced Generation EPAG ECHO Project Advisory Group EPAG Environment Protection Agency ); Internet Council of Registrars (CORE); interQ, Inc.; Netnames International Ltd; Network Solutions, Inc. Registrar Operations; Polar Software Ltd. d/b/a Signdomains.com; Procurement Services International (Japan), Inc.; Register.com; Schlund + Partner AG; Sitename; Speednames, Inc.; Tucows, Inc. For more information about Afilias or the .INFO top-level domain, please visit the Afilias web site at http://www.afilias.com . |
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