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Healthcheck 2011 Reports from .SE available
Two new reports have been published from .SE available (in English); one on reachability online and .se’s health status, and the other one about network neutrality.
Report: Healthcheck 2011 - Reachability


ARNES 2012 Conference - 20 Years of the Internet of People
As part of the SIRikt Festival, on 21 March 2012, Hotel Kompas in Kranjska Gora will host the ARNES 2012 Conference, the main theme of which will be “20 YEARS OF THE INTERNET OF PEOPLE”. ARNES celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2012.
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Continuation of DNS.be information campaign
DNS.be again targets Belgian professions and
intellectuals to convince them that having a presence online is extremely
important. It is the next stage in the information campaign started last
Autumn.
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Domain pulse 2012 in Hamburg
DENIC hosts and kindly invites attendees to join the 9th Domain pulse specialist conference, which will take place on 13 and 14 February 2012 in Hamburg, Germany.
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.eu Q3 2011 progress report available
EURid General Manager Mr Van Wesemael noted that considering the Euro crisis and current economic situation, .eu’s growth clearly demonstrates that the European image is still positive among businesses, who are the largest category of .eu domain name holders.
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.RU Council approves creation of “Intelligent Internet” foundation
At the meeting, Andrey Kolesnikov, the CC’s CEO, elaborated on the theme of the top-level domain .ДЕТИ. As a reminder, the Coordination Center is considering an initiative to apply for the respective domain under the New gTLD program. According to A. Kolesnikov, domain .ДЕТИ will be an integrated registry with the focus on children. The mission of the domain is to promote and popularize websites for children and teenagers.


English Translation of "DNSSEC Technology Experiment Report" Released
JPRS is pleased to release the English translation of "DNSSEC Technology Experiment Report / Verification of Functionality and Performance" and "DNSSEC Technology Experiment Report / Operational Design". These reports are designed to introduce case examples to share knowledge and results gained through DNSSEC technology experiments which JPRS carried out in cooperation with domestic ISPs, equipment vendors and hosting providers, etc. in 2010.
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RNIDS at the 19th TELFOR Conference
As the biggest local and one of the most prestigious regional annual gatherings of experts in the field of telecommunications and information technologies, TELFOR has grown into a forum, within which all relevant matters regarding telecommunications are discussed, Internet being among them.
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.EU : Business websites predominate online
Business is the most common use for websites across most top-level domains, according to a report published by EURid, the .eu registry. The report, which aims to understand how websites are used, reveals that on average 26.5% of websites are used for business purposes. .eu, with 31.4%, has an above average business usage. "Our findings underscore the fact that businesses across the European Union have consistently embraced .eu," said Marc Van Wesemael, EURid’s General Manager. "They realise that .eu is ideal for trading in many EU countries because it has a unique cross-border dimension."


AFNIC's new Naming Policy for French TLDs now online
From 6 December 2011 onwards, the extensions .wf (Wallis and Futuna), .tf (French Southern and Antarctic territories), .re (R