Register.com Teams with Registro Brasil to Provide Domains and Digital Security to Latin America's Largest Internet Market.Business/Technology Editors 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 & SAO Sa´o n. 1. (Zool.) Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinæcia, especially H. tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture. PAULO, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2001 Leading Brazilian Registrar Adopts Register.com's Infrastructure for Domains and Digital Certificates Register.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCOM RCOM En Route Communications RCOM Recovery Communication ), a leading provider of global domain registration and Internet services, today announced an alliance with Registro Brasil(R) to offer full service domain registration and security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the to Registro Brasil customers. As part of the deal, Register.com will power Registro Brasil's registration services for generic top level domains (.com, .org, .net), including names with multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual adj. 1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary. 2. characters such as tildes, cedilla ce·dil·la n. A mark ( ¸ ) placed beneath the letter c, as in the spelling of the French word garçon, to indicate that the letter is to be pronounced (s). and accents. In addition, Register.com will support Registro Brasil's registration for special-use country code domain names such as .ws, .to, .cc and .fm. The partnership also enables Registro Brasil to offer its customers Register.com CommerceLock digital certificates, state-of-the-art SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. 128 bit security certificates supported by enterprise security provider Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies was an internet security firm founded in 1976 by Michael Purser. It was acquired in 1996 by a team financed by Dermot Desmond and led by Fran Rooney, who became CEO. . Digital certificates enable safe, real time ecommerce transactions. Registro Brasil is a leading Brazilian registrar, providing domain name services to over 3,000 clients and enabling them to resell customized domain-related services to their own end users. Utilizing Register.com's infrastructure, all domain searches and registrations will be processed in real time. Domain names can be parked on Registro Brasil's domain name servers at no additional cost. "Register.com is extremely excited to expand its products and services to the Latin American market through a technology company that the local community knows and trusts," said Joseph LaManna, Vice President of Global Sales. "We look forward to leveraging Registro Brasil's extensive distribution network, its localized support infrastructure and its strong reputation to expand our domain services in this important and growing Internet market." "Our new alliance with Register.com enables Registro Brasil to instantly enlarge its line of services, helping to solidify so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. our status as the foremost provider of infrastructure services in the Brazilian Internet market," said Cristiana Parada, Vice President of Registro Brasil. Register.com will provide domain registration services to Registro Brasil through its proprietary socket-level Application Programming Interface (API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. ), Third Party Protocol (TPP TPP thiamine pyrophosphate. Thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) The coenzyme containing thiamine that is essential in converting glucose to energy. Mentioned in: Beriberi TPP 1. total plasma protein. 2. ). TPP allows partners to access Register.com's entire suite of registration services, from WHOIS queries to online domain management. With TPP, a Registro Brasil can seamlessly connect Register.com registration capability to its own front end to match the "look and feel" of its web site. As a Register.com partner, Registro Brasil can now launch the following services: - Multilingual domain registration - As of November 2000, the .com, .net and .org registry now allows for domain registrations which include internationalized characters, such as tildes, cedillas and accents. Multilingual domains are not yet functional. - Specialized country code domain registration - Registrations can be processed across over 28 country codes, including generic-use country codes such as .ws (WebSite), .cc, .to and .fm (intended for use in the radio industry) as well as popular country codes such as .jp (Japan), .de (Germany) and .ph (Philippines). - CommerceLock Digital Server Certificates - CommerceLock Digital Certificates, supported by Baltimore Technologies, provide 128-bit SSL security and can be ordered directly from the Registro Brasil site. While Register.com handles the process of generating the certificate, including data check, certificates can be managed at Registro Brasil's site. CommerceLock provides the same level of safety offered by the leading competitors, for almost half the price. About Register.com Register.com, Inc. (www.Register.com) provides domain name registration and other Internet services for individuals and businesses that wish to have a unique address and a branded identity on the Internet. The first registrar to compete in the domain registration market after its deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. in 1999, Register.com has processed over 3.5 million registrations across over 250 top level domains. Through the company's Global Partner Network, Register.com also provides telcos, ISPs and other online businesses and communities with the ability to offer, brand and manage their own unique version of the Register.com domain registration and Web site creation services. The company's Corporate Services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. Division provides specialized domain services for Fortune 500 companies, including international brand protection, trademark protection and enhanced domain security. Register.com was named among the Top 100 Web Sites by PC Magazine in March, 2001. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in New York. About Registro Brasil Registro Brasil(R) (www.RegistroBrasil.com) is the first private registrar in Brazil, offering domain name management services. In the business-to-business model, Registro Brasil offers automated domain name registration services enabling other online businesses to offer these services in broader packages of products to their own end users. In addition to its strategic partnership with Register.com Inc (www.register.com), Registro Brasil offers registrations for .tv, .br, .ar and .la registrations. All customer service is in Portuguese and the payment is made in Brazilian currency. Registro Brasil was established in August 2000 is headquartered in Campinas (SP). The operation is completely financed by national capital and the company has more than 3.000 customers in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, uncertainty of future revenue and profitability, increasing competition across all segments of the domain name registration business, uncertainty regarding the introduction of new top level domains and the functionality of multilingual domain names, customer acceptance of new products and services offered by the company in addition to or as enhancements of its registration services, uncertainty of regulation related to the domain registration business and the Internet generally, the rate of growth of the Internet and online commerce, and other factors detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the period ended March 31, 2001. |
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