Dictionary.com Goes Back to School with UltraDNS to Enhance Performance and Security; DNS Market Leader Prepares Educational Website for School Year Traffic Surge.BRISBANE, Calif. -- UltraDNS(TM) Corporation, the world's leading provider of Managed DNS (Domain Name System) A system for converting host names and domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol. For example, when a Web site address is given to the DNS either by typing a URL in a browser or behind the services, today announced that Dictionary.com, a leading provider of reference products and services on the Internet, has selected UltraDNS to improve online performance and network reliability. The UltraDNS infrastructure provides Dictionary.com with massive scale and efficient management of the millions of online visitors who utilize its services during the start of a new school year. Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com are owned and operated by the Lexico Publishing Group. All of Lexico's web properties are deployed on the UltraDNS global network distributed across four continents. "We have fortified fortified (fôrt  ´fīd),adj containing additives more potent than the principal ingredient. our high-traffic web properties for future growth, due in part to the significant increased traffic that Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com receive at the beginning of the school year when students around the world need assistance," said Brian Kariger, Lexico's 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. . "We chose UltraDNS because they are the proven leader in providing customized outsourced DNS solutions that deliver the highest degree of reliability and security. As we continue to grow internationally, UltraDNS will ensure that our millions of global users always have fast and reliable access to our sites." The UltraDNS global network and directory services platform provides the critical infrastructure that Dictionary.com requires to achieve the highest levels of network performance and reliability. Through proprietary advanced routing technologies in the UltraDNS global network, Dictionary.com's clients' requests are directed to the geographically closest server in the network, enabling the fastest and most reliable response times. "The Internet has become an irreplaceable educational resource to students around the world," said Ben Petro, president and CEO, UltraDNS. "UltraDNS is committed to ensuring that the global DNS infrastructure for leading knowledge sources such as Dictionary.com scales to meet this growing demand." About Lexico Publishing Group Founded in 1995, Lexico Publishing Group, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control is a leading provider of online reference services, including Dictionary.com, called "the best general English-language dictionary online" by Web Guide magazine; the dictionary.com Word of the Day Mailing List An automated e-mail system on the Internet, which is maintained by subject matter. There are thousands of such lists that reach millions of individuals and businesses. New users generally subscribe by sending an e-mail with the word "subscribe" in it and subsequently receive all new , a daily e-mail vocabulary lesson; Thesaurus.com, the award-winning online version of Roget's Thesaurus Roget's Thesaurus is a widely-used English thesaurus, created by Dr. Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869) in 1805 and was released to the public on 29 April, 1852. The original edition had 15,000 words, and each new edition has been larger. of English Words and Phrases Words and Phrases® A multivolume set of law books published by West Group containing thousands of judicial definitions of words and phrases, arranged alphabetically, from 1658 to the present. ; Reference.com, a general reference guide and almanac almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. ; and CleverKeys, free software that gives instant access to definitions and synonyms from Windows and Macintosh programs. Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com combined to serve more than 17 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. in April 2005. The Word of the Day Mailing List has more than 845,000 subscribers. About UltraDNS UltraDNS Corporation is the world's leading Managed DNS Service Provider, delivering superior security, reliability and performance to organizations that rely on DNS for their critical business processes, applications and services. With the growth in e-commerce and the emergence of advanced DNS-based communication and supply chain management services, organizations can no longer rely on traditional approaches to DNS. UltraDNS provides a range of global and local DNS solutions - both managed services and custom infrastructure - built on its unique Directory Services Platform and proprietary, patented technologies. Through its thousands of enterprise, service provider and TLD (Top Level Domain) The highest level domain category in the Internet domain naming system. There are two types: the generic top level domains (gTLDs) such as .com, .org, and .net, and the country codes, such as .ca, .uk and .jp. See gTLD and Internet domain name. infrastructure customers, UltraDNS powers the resolution of over 15 million domains around the globe. UltraDNS has offices in California, Virginia, Arizona and the UK. For more information please visit www.ultradns.com. |
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