Feb, 2002 : Forbes Outsources DNS Management to UltraDNS

📅 February 14, 2002 - UltraDNS Corporation (ultradns.com) today announced thatForbes.com has selected UltraDNS to manage its Domain Name System.Forbes.com joins a number of Internet brands like Oracle and MSN Hotmailthat outsource DNS management to ensure the integrity and security of theirWeb sites. UltraDNS's Managed DNS Service guarantees 100 percent uptime forusers that count on Forbes.com for commentary, analysis, financial tools andrealtime reporting.

"Our users rely on Forbes.com for timely, relevant content and ouradvertisers expect quantifiable exposure to our readers, the world'sbusiness leaders," said Michael Smith, CTO of Forbes.com. "A brand like ourscannot afford downtime due to DNS errors or denial of service attacks.Forbes.com is a trusted resource for business information on the Web andUltraDNS helps us insure the integrity of that value proposition."
According to Ray Stephens, vice president of marketing for UltraDNS,"Forbes.com's decision to select UltraDNS for outsourced DNS management willnot only increase the reliability and security of their Web site, it willallow the company to streamline and lower IT expenditures, increasemanageability, and propagate DNS changes worldwide, in less than fiveminutes, giving the company the assurance that they are providing their endusers with the best online experience."
The current DNS system is based on open-source software called BIND(Berkeley Internet Name Domain) that became the de facto standard but wasnever developed for commercial use. Consequently, BIND is prone to failureand exploitation by hackers. BIND tops the SANS Institute's list of Internetsecurity risk factors, and in a traffic analysis done by performancemeasurement company Keynote Systems, BIND-based DNS was responsible for 29percent of Web page download failures. CERT, a center of Internet securityexpertise at the Software Engineering Institute, a federally funded researchand development center operated by Carnegie Mellon University, cited thatover 85 percent of top level domains are using outdated or unknown versionsof BIND.
Using Oracle relational database technology and its directory ServicesPlatform, UltraDNS has built a global server network designed to meetdemands for 100 percent SLA-guaranteed reliability, security, andperformance data management.

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