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

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

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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