CommunityDNS enters into an agreement with United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(Bath University's Innovation Centre, UK - October 22, 2009)
"The Internet has an affect on most everyone's lives today, whether social, work, educational, financial, medical or even through civil groups such as government, law enforcement and emergency management" states Paul Kane, CEO of CommunityDNS.
It is therefore important that all stakeholder are able to facilitate open dialogue, to exchange ideas and views, whilst educating and discussing topics of common interest. The United Nations, through its work at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is once such venue. The IGF will be holding its 4th IGF Meeting in Sharm El Sheikh from 15th to 18th November 2009, which is being graciously hosted by the Government of Egypt, and CommunityDNS is proud to be a sponsor.
Participation will be open to all entities accredited to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Other institutions and persons with proven expertise and experience in matters related to Internet governance may also apply to attend.
The overall theme of the meeting will be Internet Governance "Creating Opportunities for All". The theme reflects the basic purpose of the IGF to develop a common understanding of how to maximize the opportunities the Internet offers for all nations and peoples, and how to address the risks and challenges, while also raising awareness of the development dimension of Internet governance.
The Agenda will cover topics:
- Managing critical internet resources;
- Security, openness and privacy;
- Access and diversity;
- Internet governance in light of WSIS principles;
- Emerging issues, impact of social networks; and
- Taking stock and the way forward, desirability of the continuation of the Forum.
Ambassador Markus Kumer, IGF Executive Coordinator, says "Having long worked with the TLD community, CommunityDNS is well versed in the challenges of the Internet. Providing one of the largest foundational serivces key to making the Internet resilient for all users, CommunityDNS has always worked to stay ahead of the malicious curve by delivering a service that is proven, well distributed and secure. As such, I welcome the voice of experience CommunityDNS brings to the discussions in Sharn el Sheikh."
CommunityDNS staff will be available throughout the meeting and initial contact can either be via the United Nations staff at the conference or the Commonwealth of countries Secretariat office, where CommunityDNS is sharing an office.
About CommunityDNS
With offices in the US, the UK and Japan, CommunityDNS is the global Anycast provider whose network was engineered for security, optimized for speed and designed for resiliency. Successfully supporting over 120 million domain names from over 97 TLDs, CommunityDNS processes 25 billion queries per day. With security integral in the network's initial design, CommunityDNS was chosen to work in a study commissioned by the EU Commission's office of the Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security regarding Internet resiliency for the European Union. Fully supporting IPv6, DNSSEC and IDNs, CommunityDNS provides global DNS Anycast services, fully managed DNS platform services and DNS white-labeling.
More information regarding CommunityDNS may be found at http://www.cdns.net/facts.html