Sep 23, 2009 : Nominum Introduces SKYE Cloud Services

📅 September 23, 2009 - Offers a suite of cloud-based services to address infrastructure and new service needs.

Nominum, a provider of network naming and addressing technologies, yesterday announced that it has extended its business through a new and independent business unit called SKYE. The company states that SKYE offers a suite of cloud-based services to address infrastructure and new service needs, such as web services that connect to and augment its installed base of Intelligent DNS systems, and provide enhanced navigation, safety, and security for end-user subscribers. It adds that SKYE also makes its Intelligent DNS available to new markets by delivering fast, secure, and reliable hosted DNS services via a cloud infrastructure based on the same software currently serving 170 million broadband households.

The company avers that SKYE delivers the following four categories of services:

• SKYE CORE - A caching DNS service making it possible for all enterprises and ISPs to upgrade their DNS to the most reliable and secure technology

• SKYE SECURE - An authoritative DNS service tailored for enterprises and ISPs wanting more resilience, reliability, and security to protect online sites and applications from interruptions and other DNS threats

• SKYE SEARCH - A turn-key ISP-branded search destination solution providing broadband users with navigation assistance and search recommendations for a wide range of user-based DNS errors

• SKYE TRUST - A threat management service that acts as the primary source of data in the fight against malicious activity on the internet (e.g., malware, botnets, spam, phishing sites, etc.) and illegal content such as government-restricted gambling sites, or child exploitation content

"Other DNS hosting providers offer nothing more than freeware in the cloud," said Jon Shalowitz, Vice President and General Manager of the newly created SKYE business unit. "Cloud-based solutions that leverage freeware provide little value to end users, enterprises, and ISPs because the inherent vulnerabilities and challenges of these legacy solutions remain. By leveraging a cloud model, SKYE accelerates the move away from legacy DNS and onto the only commercial-grade, secure DNS solution in the marketplace."