October 29, 2009; 10:43 AM
Dublin, Ireland - 29 October 2009 - Afilias, a global provider of Internet
infrastructure services, today announced that Matt Pounsett, a lead member of
the Afilias Content Propagation and Resolution Services team, has been selected
as a board member of the DNS Operations, Analysis, and Research Center (OARC).
The DNS-OARC (https://www.dns-oarc.net/) is an
organization that provides a platform for the DNS operations community to share
information and data. It also measures performance and traffic load data to
provide short and long-term analysis in order to learn and develop remedies to
attacks and other problems affecting the DNS.
“Ensuring the stability of
the DNS is essential to continuing the communication, e-commerce, and business
channels that have become imperative to today’s societies,” said Mr. Pounsett.
“I am excited to be able to provide my expertise from Afilias to ensure that the
DNS remains reliable, secure, and resilient.”
Mr. Pounsett recently
joined Afilias in 2009 and helps manage Afilias’ DNS infrastructure which
supports nearly 10% of the Internet, including 15 Top Level Domains as well as
Afilias’ Managed DNS Services customers.
About Afilias
Afilias is a
global provider of Internet infrastructure services that connect people to their
data. Afilias' reliable, secure, scalable, and globally available technology
supports a wide range of applications including Internet domain registry
services, Managed DNS, and services in the RFID and supply chain market with its
Afilias Discovery Service. For more information on Afilias please visit www.afilias.info