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Domaining III Spain to take place –
20 free passes @EuroDNS, Register Today!

Luxembourg, August 11th, 2010 - The third annual edition of Spain's largest domain conference, an event started in 2008 by Inverdom’s CEO Dietmar Stefitz, will take place on September 23-25 in Valencia. To get your free pass go to: http://www.eurodns.com/eurodns/domainingSpain

"Domaining III is the leading industry event in Spain, attracting the country's most important domain name investors and online entrepreneurs," said Stefitz. "With top domainers coming in from across Europe, we are sure this event will be a win-win for all attendees."

The high profile aspect of this conference is largely shown by the participation of some key industry leaders: the Castello Brothers (Michael and David Castello) of the Castello Cities Internet Network (CCIN) and Tim Schumacher, CEO and co-Founder of SEDO, will be the Keynote speakers. In addition to their keynote address, the Castello Brothers will conduct a seminar titled, "Domain Names & the Power of Branding."

This domaining event is especially dedicated to the secondary market and the growing domain name investment sector. Indeed, today domain names are being recognized and used as valuable assets, like stocks and bonds.

The participants will take part in workshops and seminars to analyze and discuss the latest market trends, such as SEO, the future and potential of new country code top level domain name extensions (ccTLDs) and the dotbrand project, as well intellectual property issues.

This will also be the perfect timing to celebrate the registration, 25 years ago, of the first domain name registration, “Symbolics.com”.
To be part of this conference and win one of the 20 passes, please register at:
http://www.eurodns.com/eurodns/domainingSpain

.TEL domain names for only 5 Euro at EuroDNS -
.TEL is more than just a normal TLD !

Luxembourg, August 11th, 2010 - After the recent opening of IDN.tel, allowing the registration of .tel domain names in sixteen different languages, EuroDNS is proud to launch a great promotional campaign.

Register your .tel domain name now for only 5 Euro, using the promocode: DUTEL5.
The .tel allows the storage, publishing and updating online of one’s contact information and keywords under a unique domain name, without the need for a website. Having a .tel domain name offers a strong online presence without much development and .tel domain names are optimized for Mobiles and PCs.

Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS, comments “.telnic has created a real and interactive communication hub around .tel domain names. A .tel is like a business card and enables you to store all the information you like about your company. Full control, low cost and real time coverage are also key factors in the importance of having a .tel domain name. Besides, you can now register it for only 5 Euro”.

Over 275,000 .tel names have been registered in just under one year of their availability. .tel domain names have essentially attracted businesses and individual professionals wanting a single branded place online without the hassle of building and maintaining a traditional website to look again at this cost-effective and innovative service.

The recent launch of IDN.tel names is also an important step forward. The IDNs give companies and individuals the chance to register domain names that contain non-Latin characters under the .tel domain. All registrations will be on a first-come, first served basis. One and two character IDN.tel domains will also be available.

The languages selected by the .tel registry, Telnic, are as follows: Chinese, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.

For more information on .tel, please go here:

http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Generic/Tel

PRESS RELEASE:
.CO General Availability Phase Now Open at EuroDNS
Create your opportunity today!


EuroDNS is glad to announce the opening of the General Availability period for .CO domain names. Register today any .CO domain for only 20 Euro! Use the promocode: CO20

The general availability corresponds to the opening of the .CO to the general public. All available .CO domain names can now be registered on a first-come, first-served basis

.CO is a unique opportunity offering registrants a new experience in the branding of their online presence. The .CO extension is assimilated to the notions of visibility, international and credibility. There is a strong sense of attractiveness in these two letters extension and .CO is also highly related to social networks. .CO works perfectly with words such as “COmpany”, “COrporation”, “COmmerce”, “COtent”, “COnnect”, “Communicate”, “and COllaborate”.

Xavier Buck, comments “We are happy to be part of the .CO new era, and offer our customers the possibility to register .CO domain names and thus consolidate their portfolio. We did already open a .CO pre-registration period for the general availability one month ago and it now officially open.  .CO is considered to be the world’s next premier web address. There are lot of opportunities associated to such an extension so don’t miss this new trend!”. 

.CO is more than the top level domain for the Republic of Colombia and enjoys liberal domain registration policies with no domicile or burdensome requirements for example.


For more information, please go to: http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Columbia/Co

EuroDNS Partners with Open-Xchange to Provide Hosted Groupware

250,000 customers of EuroDNS get Open-Xchange webmail and PIM at no additional charge


LUXEMBOURG, June 30th, 2010 – Open-Xchange, a provider of business-class open source e-mail and collaboration software, announced today an agreement with EuroDNS, a domain name registrar specialized in international domain extensions, to offer hosted e-mail and collaboration.

Within the next month, more than 250,000 customers of EuroDNS will get both Open-Xchange webmail and PIM (Personal Information Management) at no additional charge with an option to move to full groupware, as well as support for mobile devices.

“Our SME (small- and medium-size enterprise) customers have been asking us for hosted applications to improve their office communication and securely store their documents,” said Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS. “Open-Xchange is the ideal platform to extend our application services from hosting to SaaS. Open-Xchange provides unmatched user experience and features, along with a very attractive price point for our customers."

"Open-Xchange helps service providers to gain competitive advantage and significantly grow profitability,” said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. “By leveraging our Open-Xchange software, EuroDNS will strengthen their relationship with existing customers, increase their average revenue per user and attract new customers."

Open-Xchange software integrates e-mail, calendar, contact and task management with advanced groupware features such as information management and document sharing. Productivity is enhanced through unique teamwork features, like team view, single-password document sharing, and shared calendars, contacts, tasks and documents.

With recently introduced “Social OX” features, Open-Xchange also gives users the ability to consolidate any kind of existing webmail accounts — for example from Google and Yahoo — into a folder in Open-Xchange so they can be managed more easily. In addition, contact details from social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Xing can be added automatically to the Open-Xchange address book — giving users easy access to the latest contact information within their personal network. Users can now integrate and merge their address books from Google Mail and Facebook into Open-Xchange, as well.

Open-Xchange is used by more than 15 million users worldwide as hosted and on-premises business-class e-mail and groupware.


About EuroDNS
EuroDNS is a Domain name Registrar specialized in International Domain extensions. Based in Luxembourg with branch offices in Europe, the U.S. and Asia with AsiaDNS, EuroDNS serves a large variety of clients ranging from SMEs to some of the world’s largest Domain Investors and offers dedicated naming solutions to trademark holders. By strongly participating in leading industry forums including ICANN and the International Trademark Association, EuroDNS seeks to promote e-Commerce and wider Internet adoption. For more information, visit www.eurodns.com.


About Open-Xchange
Open-Xchange is the innovator of scalable and integrated open source e-mail and collaboration solutions for enterprises, academic institutions, and government authorities. The company provides on-premises versions called Open-Xchange Server Edition and Open-Xchange Appliance Edition, along with Open-Xchange Hosting Edition, which enables web hosting companies to provide an easy-to-use and feature-rich application delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS). The Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is architected to integrate into a hosting provider’s existing infrastructure, such as authentication, provisioning, billing, and e-mail storage and does not require that these systems be replaced.

Open-Xchange AG is a privately-held company headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany with offices in Olpe, Germany and Tarrytown, N.Y. For more information, visit www.open-xchange.com.

.CO Landrush Phase Now Open at EuroDNS

Luxembourg, June 21st 2010 - EuroDNS is glad to announce the opening of the .CO Landrush phase. The pre-registration is also open for the General Availability period.

The Landrush period gives the opportunity to anyone interested in securing a short and memorable domain name of high commercial value to submit an application before the General Availability begins. An auction will be used in case of matching domain names.

.CO is a unique opportunity offering registrants a new experience in the branding of their online presence. The .CO extension is assimilated to the notions of visibility, international and credibility. There is a strong sense of attractiveness in these two letters extension and .CO is also highly related to social networks. .CO works perfectly with words such as “COmpany”, “COrporation”, “COmmerce”, “COtent”, “COnnect”, “Communicate”, “and COllaborate”.

Xavier Buck, comments “The .CO landrush is the next step in the .CO launch.  This extension is opening a new era and considered to be the world’s next premier web address. We are offering you the possibility to also pre-register your .CO domain name for the General Availability phase”. 

.CO is more than the top level domain for the Republic of Colombia and enjoys liberal domain registration policies with no domicile or burdensome requirements for example.

There are two launch phases for the .CO domain registration process. These phases are the Landrush and General Availability.

Landrush, from June 21st to July 16th , 2010 – The landrush is a period during which interested parties can seek to register priority domains not previously registered or reserved by the Registry or Restricted by Policy. An auction process will be used to allocate domain names in the event that more than one applicant applies for the same domain. Due to its early-bird status, Landrush Registration is subject to an increased price, directly determined by the Registry. This is why a yearly premium registration fee of €260 will be charged on top of the non refundable €10 validation fee.

General Availability is starting on July 20th, 2010 – The general availability is the date when .CO opens to the general public, and available .CO domain names can be registered on a first-come, first-served basis. The yearly fee will be of €28.

For more information, please go to: http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Columbia/Co