Blog Articles
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 […]
CIRA 2010 symposium and AGM
The Canadian Internet Registry Authority (CIRA), the governing body that maintains the dotCA domain registry held its annual general meeting and Symposium in Toronto this week. CIRA’s President, Byron Holland described the relentless change on the Internet, year after year and the impossibility to predict that change. CIRA operates in a 100% uptime environment and […]
Meet the resellers: (mt) media temple
They are often considered to be a tough bunch to please, but OpenSRS Reseller (mt) Media Temple has built an extremely successful hosting business by catering to the specific needs of web designers and taking a customer-centric approach to everything they do. Those often tough-to-please designers demand a hosting provider that they can trust to […]
A world without the web: celebrating OneWebDay 2010
OneWebDay.org The success and popularity of the Internet is owed to the ideals promoted by OneWebDay: Why the world needs an open Internet. With a closed Internet, you can forget about hearing stories about innovation. Remember the two guys who started a search company in their dorm and turned the enterprise into a billion-dollar company? Wouldn’t […]
Web 2.0 Expo NYC conference pass winners announced
Thanks to all who entered our caption contest for a pair of passes to the Web 2.0 Expo in New York later this month. We got together yesterday at the office and went over the entries to pick the best two. The happy recipients of a full conference pass to Web 2.0 Expo NYC are […]
How we put on a live how-to interactive broadcast to welcome new resellers
Last week we ran our very first interactive screencast with the goal of helping our new resellers learn the basics of the OpenSRS and our control panel interface. Pulling off a live video screencast, with multiple components was challenging and took some time to figure out. With the right tools and services though, I was […]
.MOBI renewal season
Every year, around the end of September and early October, a greater percentage of .mobi domain names come up for renewal. That’s because the .mobi domain extension launched beginning in September 2006 with a land rush on September 22nd, and general availability on October 11, 2006. Many people who bought their .mobi domain names around […]
Join us at the Parallels EMEA Partner Forum 2010
We are delighted to be once again sponsoring the Parallels EMEA Partner Forum after a very successful and fun show last year. We are hoping you can join us this year. Ben Reuss, our Business Development Manager (EMEA) will be in each city and looks forward to greeting you. The Parallels EMEA Partner Forum takes […]
