eNom Supports Windows Live Custom Domains Registration Feature from Microsoft.BELLEVUE, Wash. -- eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com), the largest 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 accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. wholesale domain registrar See domain name registrar. , announced today it is working with Microsoft to enable the new domain registration services feature in Windows Live Custom Domains Windows Live Custom Domains is a service provided by Windows Live. It enables users with domain names to change their MX Mail Server so that they can enjoy the full features of Windows Live Hotmail on their personalised domain. . The feature is available today at http://www.domains.live.com/. "Microsoft understands the importance of providing its customers an opportunity to create permanent, unique, personalized addresses on the Web while using its Windows Live A family of free desktop and Web-based applications from Microsoft, most of which can be accessed from a personal home page as well as a Windows Live browser toolbar. Launched in late 2005, Microsoft integrated and rebranded its Hotmail and MSN and Windows instant messaging as "Windows services, and we are helping make this possible," said Paul Stahura, eNom founder/CEO and president of Demand Media. "Our strategy is to offer world-class infrastructure, tools and domain knowledge to companies like Microsoft to put the power in the hands of the customer." Windows Live Custom Domains allows consumers to easily create custom Windows Live accounts in their personal domain which then works with Windows Live and MSN services, including Mail, Messenger and Spaces. For those who do not currently have a domain and wish to create one, eNom then enables them to register for such Top Level Domains (TLD's) as .com, .net, .org, .info and .biz and provide identity protection. "From the soccer mom to the local non-profit - more and more, we are seeing end users' desire to stake their own claim online," continued Stahura. "As a new media company with the world's largest domain reseller network, we are able to work with the likes of Microsoft and other online media leaders to give users access to this new form of personalization." About eNom eNom is an ICANN accredited registrar offering world-class Internet domain name An organization's unique name on the Internet. The chosen name combined with a top level domain (TLD), such as .com or .org, also called a "domain extension," makes up the Internet domain name. For example, computerlanguage.com is the domain name for the publisher of this Encyclopedia. services at competitive prices. In business since 1997, eNom specializes in domain name registration and related services, and is the #1 reseller registrar, according to Name Intelligence[R], with the largest and most active distribution network in the domain industry. eNom currently ranks as the second largest domain name registrar An organization that manages Internet domain names. Any person or company that wants a presence on the Internet must register a unique name with one of the many registrars, such as Network Solutions (www.netsol.com) or Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com). worldwide with nearly 9 million names on its platform. About Demand Media, Inc. The Demand Media[TM] proprietary media platform powers the company's popular content properties and highly-trafficked domains providing a diverse new media experience for tens of millions of users. By focusing its cutting-edge, user-driven publishing, community and monetization tools around niche' interest verticals, Demand Media offers everyone the ability to publish and partake in the evolution of new media. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. was founded in May 2006 and is based in Santa Monica, CA, with offices in San Francisco and Seattle, WA. For more information about Demand Media, Inc., visit: http://www.demandmedia.com. [c] 2007 Demand Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Demand, Demand Media, eHow and weHow are trademarks of Demand Media, Inc. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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