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Domains, DNS, and TLS Certificates

Security, Compliance and Performance. These are great sounding words and every IT executive worth their paycheck is all over them. So why do large, sophisticated companies keep experiencing catastrophic domain and DNS-related outages again and again? See how major brands like Sorenson Telecom, Equifax and even Microsoft suffered domain-downtime and loss of customer goodwill.
Bloomberg.Market Awarded to Bloomberg →

Elliot Silver comments on Bloomberg being awards the domain name bloomberg.market in a UDRP (Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy) ruling. The is an example of why brands should preemptively establish a position in new TLDs related to their line of business. For example .market relates to Bloomberg’s stake in the financial “market”.

From Microsoft to BMW, big brands are buying up .news web domains in a hurry →

“We really liked it. The very specificness of it, but also the broad uses. It’s easy to connect the dots on the value proposition of this extension. We think it kind of capures the entire universe of information.” The words of Taryn Naidu, Rightside’s CEO, on the launch of their .news TLD.

Thanks to Google’s Alphabet, .Xyz Will End .Com Dominance →

Wired discusses how Google’s selection of the new TLD domain abc.xyz, for its new umbrella company Alphabet, could further loosen .COM’s grip on the domain industry.

Domain Already Taken? Do What Google Did And Try A Not-Com Name →

Susan Price a contributor to Forbes, Fortune, The Atlantic and FastCompany explains how other enterprises can learn from Google in their selection of a .xyz domain name for Alphabet, their new umbrella company.

Banks Line Up for Dot-Bank Domain Names to Help Prevent Cyberattacks →

5,500+ global banks including JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo applied for their “.bank” domain to protect their institutions and customers from cyber breaches.  by Melanie Waddell, Washington Bureau Chief, Investment Advisor Magazine

Google’s handling of new top level domains →

Google answers question in a Q&A format on how they will handle the new top level domains (new gTLDs) such as .financial, .food, .tech etc. They answer how they will handle Brand TLDs, IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names such as .みんな), regional TLDs (such as .london) and advise on how to successfully transition to a new domain name.