Re: [ga] To what extent is .name operated by VeriSign?

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

ALex and all assembly members, stakeholders or other interested parties,

  Yes, I read this yesterday with some interest and passed it along
to our [INEGroup] members for their "Read" on it as well...
No response back from them yet...  In any event I would be
interested in hearing from Verisign specifically on this as well
as someone from the ICANN staff as well...

Alexander Svensson wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> to what extent is .name operated by VeriSign? This (at
> least to me) surprising question is asked in the Gartner
> .org evaluation report on page 38. Could anyone from
> GNR or VeriSign GRS comment on this?
>
> Best regards,
> /// Alexander
>
> (http://www.icann.org/tlds/org/gartner-evaluation-report-19aug02.pdf)
>
> >Gartner had a difficult time determining the extent of GNR’s experience.
> >GNR claims (source location in parenthesis)
> >
> >(C18.6) - “3. A registry (partly outsourced) connected to all ICANNaccredited
> >registrars through the EPP protocol.”
> >
> >(C18.6) – “Global Name Registry has transferred a part of the .name
> >Registry function to VeriSign under an agreement to operate part of the
> >.name TLD, at the same time as Global Name Registry maintains and
> >operates a mirrored Registry in the United Kingdom. Global Name Registry
> >and VeriSign therefore run similar and redundant services on each side of
> >the Atlantic and have thereby created the world’s first inter-continental
> >registry.
> >
> >Gartner wonders if, as a result of a combination of responses and
> >specifically the use of the term “mirrored Registry”, the Primary SRS data
> >center for the .name gTLD is actually currently operated by VeriSign and
> >that GNR is responsible only for the operations of the backup SRS
> >datacenter. We found several statements that were difficult to interpret
> >resulting in an inability to firmly establish the actual responsibilities for
> >operating the .name SRS datacenters.
> >
> >Should GNR be considered for award of the .org registry, Gartner highly
> >recommends ICANN review the agreement between Global Name Registry
> >and VeriSign, Inc. for services provided by VeriSign Global Registry
> >Services in the .name gTLD to determine the party responsible for the
> >operation of the primary SRS data center. Gartner would recommend
> >discounting GNR’s experience level should VeriSign prove to be responsible
> >for the primary SRS data center operations.
>
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