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DDoS attack on UltraDNS affects Amazon.com, SalesForce.com, Petco.com

Several NeuStar UltraDNS managed DNS service customers, including Amazon.com, SalesForce.com, advertising.com and Petco.com, were knocked offline for several hours yesterday morning by a distributed denial of service attack, reports rival Dynamic Network Services. Neustar confirmed the attack to NetworkWorld with the following statement: "Early...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., DNS, UltraDNS, NeuStar Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Distributed Denial Of Service, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-01

RomanCart Selects NeuStar UltraDNS Managed DNS Service

RomanCart allows enterprises to enable their websites for order-taking in a matter of minutes with a simple cut-and-paste. It is used by over 31,000 online stores around the globe, and can work in any currency or language. In 2009, RomanCart performed a comprehensive review of its infrastructure and identified its...

Tags: DNS, UltraDNS, NeuStar Inc., RomanCart, Domain Names, Web Technology, Networking, Internet

Case studies 2009-02-02

Peerless Network Selects NeuStar as Preferred Vendor for Number Porting Services

Peerless Network LLC is a provider of services that simplify interconnecting voice and data traffic across disparate networks. The company had an intense focus on simplifying the interconnection process for their customers. Further, they had ambitious plans to expand the market presence threefold by the end of 2009. Peerless Network...

Tags: Network, NeuStar Inc., Aspectus, Peerless Network LLC, Networking

Case studies 2009-01-06

Interactive One Selects NeuStar to Monitor Critical Web Applications

The success of Interactive One's social media networks depends on the online experience of members and guests. Slow or poor performance, as well as website downtime, could damage the Interactive One brand and result in lost revenue. The Webmetrics application monitoring service provides actionable data and analysis so potential problems...

Tags: Monitor, Web Application, Social Media, NeuStar Inc., Webmetrics Application Monitoring Service, Web Site Development, Internet

Case studies 2009-01-05

NeuStar Partners With MegaFon to Deliver Russia's Third Mobile Instant Messaging Service

MegaFon is Russia's first all-Russian mobile operator in GSM 900/1800 standard. Their aim is to provide subscribers with a comprehensive service offering, ensuring all needs are catered for. Mobile IM is emerging as a popular service with Russia's mobile users, and the company needed to ensure that a quality messaging...

Tags: Instant Messaging Service, Russia, Mobile, NeuStar Inc., Messaging Service, MegaFon, Mobile IM, Advertising & Promotion, Instant Messaging, Marketing, Internet, Online Communications

Case studies 2008-12-18

Celcom Selects NeuStar to Deliver Interconnected Mobile IM Services to Malaysia

Celcom Malaysia Berhad is a leading mobile communications provider in Malaysia. The company saw a great opportunity in mobile IM, their customers enjoy IM on the PC, and they realized that they will enjoy being able to IM each other using their mobile phones regardless of what community they are...

Tags: Mobile, IM, NeuStar Inc., Malaysia, Celcom, Instant Messaging, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing

Case studies 2008-11-18

blinkx Enhances User Experience With NeuStar's UltraDNS Services

blinkx is the world's largest and most advanced video search engine. Unlike other multimedia search engines that attempt to repurpose technology built for the Text Web, blinkx uses a combination of patented conceptual search, speech recognition, and video analysis software to efficiently find and qualify online video. Cultivating a user...

Tags: Blinkx, UltraDNS, NeuStar Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Speech Recognition, Marketing, Emerging Technologies

Case studies 2008-09-15

nugg.ad Selects NeuStar's UltraDNS Services

nugg.ad is a German company based in Berlin that provides an Application Service Provider ASP solution for predictive behavioral targeting. With their ever-increasing traffic figures and presence at several major Internet sites throughout Europe, it is imperative that their infrastructure be robust and highly scalable, and that they are able...

Tags: UltraDNS, NeuStar Inc., Nugg.ad, Application Service Providers (ASPs), Web Hosting, Managed Hosting, Business Services, Domain Names, It Services, Internet

Case studies 2008-08-26

Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong Unifies Its Mobile IM Solutions With NeuStar

Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Limited ("Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong"), the leading 3G mobile operator in Hong Kong partnered with NeuStar to create a messaging service that gives users access to Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and 3 Community from one central application on the mobile phone. Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong...

Tags: Mobile, IM, Hong Kong, Hutchison, NeuStar Inc., Telephony, Instant Messaging, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Telecommunications, Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing

Case studies 2008-08-10

CIRA Selects NeuStar's UltraDNS Service to Support Canada's National Internet Domain

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority CIRA is a not-for-profit Canadian corporation that is responsible for operating the .ca country code Top-Level Domain TLD. As the number of .ca domains continues to grow, international DNS network expansion is critical in providing a reliable, high-performance TLD. Rather than expanding its existing DNS...

Tags: Internet Domain, Network, DNS, UltraDNS, NeuStar Inc., CIRA, Canadian Internet Registration Authority, Domain Names, Networking, Managed Hosting, Internet

Case studies 2008-06-24

A&E Television Networks Chooses NeuStar's UltraDNS Services to Support Its Growing Media Portfolio

Arts & Entertainment Television Networks AETN is a joint venture of The Hearst Corporation, ABC Inc., and NBC Universal, and offers consumers a diverse communications environment ranging from television programming to home videos/DVDs and music CDs to websites; the company also supports nationwide educational initiatives. AETN is comprised of some...

Tags: UltraDNS, NeuStar Inc., A&E Television Networks, AETN, Development Tools, Channel Management, Managed Hosting, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing

Case studies 2008-06-05

3 Selects NeuStar to Mobilize IM in Indonesia

3 Indonesia prides itself on offering the most innovative and customer-oriented mobile products and services available on the Indonesian market. To offer their customers a new and engaging mobile messaging experience, mobile operator 3 Indonesia implemented NeuStar's industry-leading Mobile Messaging Gateway MMG to deliver mobile Instant Messaging solutions to its...

Tags: Mobile, IM, NeuStar Inc., Indonesia, Instant Messaging, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing

Case studies 2008-06-04

Overstock.com Looks to NeuStar's UltraDNS for Mission-Critical Infrastructure

Overstock.com, a popular online closeout retailer, has traditionally hosted its public DNS infrastructure in-house. As a growing number of companies are discovering, however, this approach is inconsistent with what is rightly recognized as a "Mission-critical" infrastructure. Online retailing is extremely competitive. Customers have very demanding expectations of their online experience,...

Tags: UltraDNS, NeuStar Inc., Overstock.com Inc., Retail, Domain Names, Networking, Internet

Case studies 2008-05-14

Optimus Selects NeuStar to Bring Converged Instant Messaging Services to Portugal

Portuguese mobile operator Optimus had a huge belief in IM, which is why they decided of launching an ISP and an Optimus-branded service simultaneously. Optimus is the first mobile operator in the world to deliver both an "Own-branded" IM service that can be accessed from the PC and the mobile...

Tags: Instant Messaging Service, Mobile, Optimus Corp., NeuStar Inc., Messaging Service, Advertising & Promotion, Instant Messaging, Marketing, Internet, Online Communications

Case studies 2008-02-07

NeuStar: Playing an Essential Role in Everyday Communications

Today, more than ever before, people find themselves surrounded by technologically -advanced convenience services. These services are so commonplace and ubiquitous that few, if any, of them ever stop to consider how they work - or what would happen if they stopped working. In the telecommunications and Internet arena, NeuStar...

Tags: NeuStar Inc., Business Services, Internet, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking

White papers 2007-11-05

Revealed: Comcast Digital Voice's policy for customer records requests from law enforcement

An internal Comcast document entitled Comcast's Handbook for Law Enforcement reveals the manner in which the cable and broadband giant keeps phone records of its Comcast Digital Voice customers. Not only does a look at this document reveal those matters, but it also...

Tags: Phone, Comcast Corp., Voice, NeuStar Inc., Handbook, Telecom & Utilities, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-17

NeuStar Helps Leading UK Network Operator 3 to Launch Yahoo! Messenger

Mobile IM is a technology whose time is now. Forward-thinking operators like 3 have seen the opportunity, seized it, and are reaping the rewards of additional data use and increased customer loyalty. The success of 3's Windows Live Messenger service prompted 3 to offer its customers additional IM solutions -...

Tags: IM, Yahoo! Inc., NeuStar Inc., Mobile IM, Instant Messaging, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing

Case studies 2007-09-13

TWM Solicitors Selects NeuStar's Managed Internal DNS Service

TWM Solicitors LLP is a law firm with offices throughout the southeast of England. The company has selected NeuStar's Managed Internal Domain Name Systems DNS service with integrated Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP to improve the performance, reliability and manageability of its internal network. By utilizing NeuStar's Managed Internal DNS...

Tags: DNS, NeuStar Inc., TWM Solicitors LLP, Domain Names, Networking, Portals, Internet

Case studies 2007-08-07

Spirit Telecom Selects NeuStar to Support CALEA Compliance Efforts

Spirit Telecom is a South Carolina-based broadband network comprised of 18 Independent Local Exchange Carriers ILECs. The company sought to offer a comprehensive Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CALEA compliance solution to their member companies, to over 60 non-member ILECs and ISPs, and to prospective clients. Choosing to partner...

Tags: NeuStar Inc., Telecommunications, CALEA, Federal Government, Government

Case studies 2007-06-19

Texas Lone Star Network Selects NeuStar to Support CALEA Compliance Efforts

Texas Lone Star Network is a broadband network comprised of 38 Independent Local Exchange Carriers ILECs. The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CALEA compliance deadline of May 14, 2007 applied equally to all facilities-based broadband access providers and interconnected VoIP service providers, with restricted availability of compliance extensions. NeuStar...

Tags: Network, Compliance, NeuStar Inc., CALEA, Texas Lone Star Network, Federal Government, Government

Case studies 2007-06-06