Nominet CEO, Lesley Cowley Wins Leadership Award for Contributions to Domain Community
Nominet,the company best known for running the .UK internet infrastructure, announced today that Lesley Cowley has been awarded the inaugural ICANN Leadership Awards for her contributions to the domain industry.
You can read the press release after the jump:
“Lesley Cowley, CEO of Nominet – the internet company best known for running the .uk internet infrastructure – has been awarded the inaugural ICANN Leadership Award for her contributions to the domain name industry.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is responsible for the coordination of global Internet systems, presented the award at its latest meeting, held in Buenos Aires to mark its 15th anniversary. Ms Cowley was praised for her leadership of Nominet and her extraordinary energy, knowledge and leadership in the domain name community.
“Lesley’s commitment to the multi-stakeholder model of ICANN has no doubt contributed to its success. She has been instrumental in improving the relationship between ICANN and the various Supporting Organisations and Advisory Committees, as well as building tremendous trust with the ccTLD community and helping to create the DNS Women Group,” explained Fadi Chehade, the President and CEO of ICANN.
Accepting the award, Ms Cowley said: “It’s a great honour to receive the very first ICANN award for leadership. I’ve had the opportunity to lead some incredibly professional and dedicated teams, both at Nominet and at ICANN, who are hugely committed to the multi-stakeholder model and to serving the many stakeholders in order to make a positive difference to the Internet. I’d therefore like to dedicate this award to them.”
The new annual award, which acknowledges an individual’s leadership in protecting ICANN’s multi-stakeholder model, is decided unanimously by the ICANN leadership team.
For more information from the ICANN meeting, visit buenosaires48.icann.org.”
Andee Hill Leaves Escrow.com and forms EscrowHill.com
Andee Hill recently left Escrow.com,where she was Director of Business Developemnt to start a new escrow company,Escrow Hill Limited.Andee Hill teamed up with Gregg McNair to start the new company.
You can read the press release after the jump:
“One aspect of the domain space that bridges the whole industry is that of escrow; and the one person better known than any other in that context is the former Director of Business Development at Escrow.com, Ms. Andee Hill.
Ms. Hill has established the licensed international escrow enterprise, Escrow Hill Limited with the backing of long time friend and industry entrepreneur, Gregg McNair.
“When Andee told me she was thinking about forming her own escrow business I was immediately enthusiastic. I have a reputation of connecting some of the best people in our industry and Andee is at the top both professionally and as an amazing human being,” McNair said.
EscrowHill.com’s dream team includes Ryan Bogue as General Manager and Donald Hendrickson as Operations Manager. Both have worked in the business of online escrow under Hill’s direction for over fifteen years combined. Together with Hill’s experience the new team offers over thirty years of online escrow experience!
The domain industry is undergoing incredible change and EscrowHill.com is positioned to provide secure, yet flexible, state of the art products and services. EscrowHill.com will be able to meet the needs of both past and future generations of domain buyers, brokers and sellers. Hill’s reputation as an honest, discreet and hard working professional will now aspire to a new level.
“During my fifteen years in this business, I have handled just about every aspect of online escrow. Regardless of my title, I have always known that understanding the client’s needs and providing excellent and secure service is invaluable. I have been fortunate to work with the industry innovator from day one. I have seen what works and what doesn’t. I have been even more fortunate to have created great relationships and trust with industry leaders. At EscrowHill.com I know I can do an even better job,” Hill said.
“Gregg has earned a strong reputation for honesty, integrity and for successfully making businesses work. He also has incredible enthusiasm and a heart for helping others. All are key factors in me wanting Gregg to support my endeavor at EscrowHill.com,” Hill continued.
McNair has assumed the non-operational role of Chairman, supporting Hill and her team with whatever it takes to build the best escrow business on the planet.
Marco Rinaudo, Founder and CEO of Internet.bs has been appointed CTO of EscrowHill.com. Rinaudo, who has been a leader in the international hosting and registrar space since 1995, said, “EscrowHill.com is formed and supported by the very best people in the industry. Our team has built the most sophisticated on-line internet escrow platform, fully automated and with more advanced security features than any other.””
dotMobi extends goMobi partner network to Web designers, developers and digital agencies
dotMobi responds to demand from web designer and developer community to more easily create mobile websites for their clients
[news release] To meet the growing demand for mobile-specific websites, dotMobi has expanded the range of partner options and launched a new “Pay as You Go” program for its goMobi mobile website publishing solution. Now, web designers, web developers and digital agencies can join the goMobi partner network and create great, affordable mobile websites for their clients.
The new dotMobi “Pay as You Go” partner program allows designers and developers to access the goMobi dashboard, where they can easily create, design and optimize client websites that work across mobile devices and operating systems. The goMobi platform provides all the tools needed to create fully hosted, feature-rich mobile sites via a dedicated, Web-based dashboard.
“We’ve lowered the barrier to entry for partners who want to grow their business and create mobile sites for their clients without the need to integrate directly with our platform,” dotMobi COO Eileen O’Sullivan said. “The ‘Pay as You Go’ partner program means web developers, designers and digital agencies can concentrate on what they do best: delivering great mobile sites to their customers.”
Web designers and developers can instantly create free trial sites for their clients or create ones with a monthly or annual charge. “Pay as You Go” partners pay a one-time set-up fee of US$150 with sites charged on a monthly or annual basis. Users can sign up via gomobi.info.
Launched in 2010, goMobi combines a wide range of made-for-mobile features — mCommerce, video, mobile marketing, lead generation — with sophisticated design options. This lets web designers and developers easily create mobile sites that are quick to load and work on all devices. goMobi mobile websites can be hosted from any domain name and offer a market-proven revenue stream by catering to the increasing demand from businesses to establish a mobile Web presence.
goMobi continues to be available through its existing global network of large reseller partners as both a “do-it-yourself” and “do-it-for-me” mobile website solution for businesses.
About dotMobi
Headquartered in Dublin, dotMobi — a wholly owned subsidiary of Afilias Limited — is an expert provider of mobile web technology helping companies reach their customers, no matter what the device, the content, or the context. Visit dotMobi.com for more on the DeviceAtlas device detection solution, the goMobi mobile website publishing solution and the .MOBI domain.
This dotMobi news release was sourced from:
dotmobi.com/content/dotmobi-extends-gomobi-partner-network-web-designers-developers-and-digital-agencies
Internet Society Board Takes Steps to Strengthen Existing Internet Governance Institutions
[news release] The Internet Society Board of Trustees, during its meeting in Buenos Aires, agreed to increase support for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) as an indispensable part of the Internet ecosystem, including making a sizeable financial contribution. They also warned against rash reactions to issues such as pervasive surveillance, which has sparked widespread concern and discussion.
“Voluntary collaboration guided by a shared set of principles among institutions has been key to the Internet’s amazing success and robustness. Institutions in the Internet ecosystem will continue to evolve in response to new challenges,” stated Robert Hinden, Chair of the Internet Society Board of Trustees.
In addition to increasing its own support for the IGF, the Internet Society Board supported the establishment of a legal structure to facilitate financial support by others. The Board further called for strengthening of the distributed and decentralized approach to addressing challenges, and avoiding approaches that would impose borders on the Internet and lead to fragmentation.
The Board of Trustees applauded action taken at the recent Internet Engineering Task Force meeting to work on enhancing the security of Internet technology in light of the disclosures about pervasive monitoring on the Internet.
President and CEO of the Internet Society Lynn St. Amour commented, “This is a crucial period in the Internet’s development and the Internet Society is committed to working to strengthen the multistakeholder institutions that have been key to sustaining the open and global Internet.”
About the Internet Society
The Internet Society is the trusted independent source for Internet information and thought leadership from around the world. With its principled vision and substantial technological foundation, the Internet Society promotes open dialogue on Internet policy, technology, and future development among users, companies, governments, and other organizations. Working with its members and Chapters around the world, the Internet Society enables the continued evolution and growth of the Internet for everyone. For more information, visit www.internetsociety.org.
This Internet Society news release was sourced from:
www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-board-takes-steps-strengthen-existing-internet-governance-institutions
TLDH Signs 6 New gTLD Contracts With ICANN
The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings are pleased to announce that the Company has signed contracts with ICANN for five new gTLDs wholly-owned by the Company: .horse, .cooking, .casa, .fishing, and .budapest.
In addition, Minds + Machines GmbH, the Company’s 80% owned subsidiary, has signed the contract with ICANN for .nrw, which will serve Germany’s largest state, North-Rhine Westphalia. All six applications will now progress to pre-delegation testing, the final step before delegation into the Internet’s root zone.
Antony Van Couvering, CEO of TLDH, said:
ICANN’s contracting and delegation process is moving smoothly and predictably. We look forward to the timely delegation of these newly-contracted gTLDs and to signing additional contracts as they become available.
The Company currently has interests in 25 non-contested applications, of which contracts have now been signed with ICANN on eight. The Company continues to progress those contested applications in which it has an interest.
This TLDH news release was sourced from:
www.tldh.org/2013/11/tldh-group-signs-6-new-top-level-domain-contracts-with-icann/
