Announcements

India Hosting is Live!!

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Please be informed that India Hosting is now live on the LogicBoxes platform and is available to your Resellers and Customers.

These hosting packages are designed to meet the needs of Asian customers and are available at extremely competitive pricing. For pricing details please click here. In case you haven’t already signed up for India Web Hosting, please access your Control Panel and click on Settings >> Products >> Manage Product Sign-up. Over here, you need to check the radio button against the India Hosting Section to activate Linux and Windows India Webhosting products.

Industry News, Registries

Afilias and CERT-In Sign MoU to Improve Internet Security in India

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Cooperation and knowledge sharing will help emergency response to cyber-security threats

New Delhi, India–February 12, 2008 –Afilias, a global provider of registry services, today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to share critical information and resources to enhance cyber-security in India and world-wide, increase awareness of important security issues, and to cooperate in emergency response to critical threats.

“The Internet is a global network, security threats are best addressed through cooperation between organizations and across borders. Afilias’ global expertise will help us improve our ability to report on and respond to threats that affect India, and the sharing of data will help in protecting core Internet infrastructure and the domains that Afilias supports in India.” said Dr. Gulshan Rai, Director of CERT-In.

ICANN Announcements

ICANN Opens 31st International Public Meeting in New Delhi

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Topics include Internet internationalization, increasing domain names choices

NEW DELHI , INDIA: Internet issues from around the world are front and center in India as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers opened its 31st International Public Meeting today in New Delhi.

“This year is an important one for the future of ICANN. The U.S. government is in the middle of its Midterm Review of its Joint Project Agreement with ICANN, and we’re arguing it’s time to take the final step to originally envisioned private sector model for ICANN,” said Peter Dengate Thrush, ICANN’s Board Chairman. “In fact the public comment period closes on the final day of this meeting – so we expect plenty of discussion about this in New Delhi, and we will be encouraging everyone who believes in the ICANN model of coordination not control to make their thoughts known.”

Press Releases

LogicBoxes and Skenzo host a Taj Mahal Sojourn at 31st ICANN Meet in Delhi, India

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LogicBoxes (http://www.logicboxes.com) the Software & Consulting company for Domain Registrars along with Skenzo (http://www.skenzo.com) – the Domain Monetization arm of the Directi Group (http://www.directi.com), hosted an exclusive day trip labeled ‘The Taj Mahal Sojourn’ during the 31st ICANN meet held in Delhi, India between 10th and 15th February, 2008.

Apart from supporting the ICANN meet as silver sponsors, LogicBoxes and Skenzo planned this special event for as many as 90 attendees that had made the long trip to India. Arrangements were made for all guests to explore the mystical city of Agra, and experience one of the Seven Wonders of the World – The Taj Mahal.

The list of attendees included the likes of Enom and Tucows head honchos, Paul Stahura and Eliott Noss respectively. Trey Harvin – CEO dotMobi, Jonathan Nevett – Network Solutions, Alexa Raad – CEO PIR, Tim Cole – Chief Registrar Liaison at ICANN, Craig Schwartz – Chief gTLD Registry Liaison at ICANN, Tina Dam – Director, IDN Program ICANN, Dave Wodelet, Wendy Seltzer, Thomas Narten – ICANN Board members, and Chuck Gomes from Verisign just to name a few.

“It seemed like the perfect highlight for the 1st ever ICANN meet in India. We wanted our guests to experience the beauty of one of the most remarkable monuments in the world – the Taj Mahal! Since most had a busy agenda packed with meetings and discussions, this trip allowed the delegates to socialize and network while participating in this ‘once in a life-time experience’” says Bhavin Turakhia, the CEO of Directi.

The trip included a comfortable drive in a convoy of luxurious coaches down the picturesque Golden Triangle of North India, followed by an awe striking tour of the Taj Mahal, a sumptuous lunch at the Mughal Sheraton coupled with a visit to other famous landmarks in Agra – a tour of the magnificient Agra Fort alongwith the exotic Palaces within, rounding off with some of the best specimens of Mughal art in India. And for all those who were looking at capturing the Indian culture in trinkets and artifacts, a trip was made to the local Bazaars that offered a wide choice of handicrafts, marble artwork, brassware, rugs, leather items and textiles.

The Taj Mahal Sojourn was a huge success being attended by several ICANN staff and Board members, Domain name Registry members and Registrars from across the globe. All those who joined the trip were enthralled by the magnificence of the monument and were able to explore and experience the culture and beauty of India in a different light.

“LogicBoxes and Skenzo have been associated with almost all ICANN meets for the past 3 – 4 years, and every year we try doing something different and innovative. The Taj trip certainly left our guests with memories that they will cherish forever! We wanted to give them a little something to take back, and nothing could be more memorable than a trip to the Taj Mahal.” said Divyank Turakhia, President, Skenzo.

Skenzo’s domain monetization program is used by a large number of ICANN Accredited Domain Registrars and several large domain portfolio holders to monetize their internet traffic. Despite its recent entry into the market, Skenzo has overtaken several other players to rank as the fastest growing company within the monetization market.

LogicBoxes is a software and consultancy company for Web Service Providers, Web Hosts and Registrars. Its software powers the backend of over 50+ ICANN Accredited Registrars, over 45000 Resellers and thousands of Web Service Providers worldwide.

About Skenzo:

Skenzo (http://www.skenzo.com), a DirectI Group Business (http://www.directi.com), develops and operates a diversified range of products catering towards the online advertising industry. It focuses on leveraging technology innovations to maximize profitability for web publishers, and to effectively connect online advertisers with a vast range of media vehicles. Skenzo currently offers products for monetizing Domain name and Email traffic.

About LogicBoxes:

LogicBoxes (http://www.logicboxes.com) is a Software Development and Consulting Company with its primary focus on developing, deploying and managing business process automation solutions for the Domain Registration and Web Hosting Industry. Its Product portfolio represents complete automation of all business processes of Web Hosting / Domain Registration/Dedicated Server companies of all sizes. All LogicBoxes Products represent years of research, knowledge and market experience in various facets of the Web Services Industry.

ICANN Announcements

Update on the 2008 ICANN Nominating Committee

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This is an update on the progress of the 2008 ICANN Nominating Committee. The 2008 Nominating Committee began its work in November 2007 following the ICANN Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California, and is actively seeking qualified candidates for the following key positions within ICANN:

  • 2 Board Directors
  • 1 GNSO Council member
  • 1 ccNSO Council member
  • 2 ALAC members (Europe and North America)