Blog Articles
New features and enhancements for OpenSRS email service
We’re just putting the finishing touches on a Fall Release for OpenSRS Email Service. Your users should see these new features and enhancements starting on October 28th, 2010. Here’s what’s happening: Expect to see the new release in the Production Test Environment (PTE) starting on October 21st, 2010. A week later, on October 28th, 2010, […]
Welcome Thorsten Einig, OpenSRS’ new Managing Director, Europe
It gives me great pleasure to welcome Thorsten Einig to the OpenSRS team as our new Managing Director, Europe. Thorsten brings a wealth of experience in the hosting and internet industry, and we’re excited to have him leading the charge as we continue to support and grow our OpenSRS business in Europe! Thorsten has more […]
Meet the Resellers: Softcom
Through its myhosting.com and mail2web.com brands, Softcom, an OpenSRS Reseller since 2000, has established itself as a leading provider of web hosting and business communication services to small business and small to mid-sized enterprises in 140 countries around the world. In addition to web hosting, Softcom provides messaging and collaboration services to more than 25,000 […]
A new and improved .CA registry now with EPP compliance
Earlier this morning, the team over at the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has confirmed a successful 24 hour maintenance with an upgrade that brings the .CA Registry to full EPP compliance. We’re still doing some post maintenance diligence on our end but in the meantime, order provisioning of .CA domains has been re-enabled as […]
CIRA registry transition is underway
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has begun the transition to its new registry platform as of this morning at 9am EDT. We’re keeping a close eye on things over at CIRA and we’re in regular communication with the registry throughout the transition. The CIRA registry is unavailable throughout the 24 hour transition period. That […]
.CA transition update
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is transitioning to a new Registry platform for .CA domains beginning on October 12, 2010. OpenSRS is ready to go, and we expect a successful transition to the new platform along with CIRA. Test environment updated Resellers with API integrations for .CA domains are encouraged to test them using […]
Introducing OpenSRS Trust Service
Today we’re very excited to announce that OpenSRS is rolling out a brand new Trust Service that incorporates the first phase of the long-awaited new control panels for the OpenSRS platform and that we’re adding SSL certificates and other trust products and services into the OpenSRS API. If you haven’t yet tapped into the opportunities […]
OpenSRS in New York for Web 2.0 Expo
A bunch of us OpenSRS’ers are in the Big Apple this week for the New York edition of the Web 2.0 Expo. We’re bringing the OpenSRS story to New York over the next couple of days. Drop by and say ‘hi’ if you are in the sponsor pavilion – we’re in booth 210. You can’t […]
Refunds for misspelled domain names because that’s how we roll
As human beings, we all make mistakes, some are bigger than others. But when it comes to misspelling a domain name, should your end users be stuck with anything other than a perfect representation of their brand? At OpenSRS, we don’t think so. That’s why we have a five day window during which time a […]
.AU Domains Now Available through OpenSRS
As of today, you can add .au domains to the ever-growing list of ccTLDs available through OpenSRS. We thought about doing a typical blog post full of Australian references to things we think go on “Down Under” – like putting another shrimp on the barbie, Paul Hogan (aka Crocodile Dundee), lots of happy kangaroos and […]
