Internet Multicasting Service Inc Information

We build and operate services at the center of the Internet. The "F" Root Server is operated with a high effective availability using proven clustering techniques and serves a peak of around 6,000 queries per second. We have been operating this service since 1993. We have significant operating experience inside of key exchange points (indeed our team has designed several of the most important exchange points). We understand routing, the DNS, and how to work with exchange points, transit providers, ISPs, large end nets, and all other elements of the core Internet infrastructure. We've worked with the most demanding database applications, including those with very high hit rates from the net. Our EDGAR and Patent databases were the largest WAIS databases on the net at the time. We have also built and run some of the largest XML-based databases in the world, including a full transformation of EDGAR into XML. Our experience working with very large databases spans 20 years, starting with the first Ingres relational databases and includes significant operational experience with current systems, including XML databases, full-text engines, and relational databases. We are experienced software developers who have produced numerous packages in widespread use on the net. Our BIND and DHCP packages are in use throughout the world in commercial and noncommercial organizations, spanning end-user to critical infrastructure applications. We produce well-documented, well-maintained, freely available code that is used by developers and operators throughout the world. We are intimately familiar with the DNS. In addition to running the "F" Root Server and hosting other TLDs, our team has made significant contributions to the evolution of the DNS and we understand how to work with all the other players that keep this global service running. We work on a daily basis with gTLD registries, registrars, ccTLDs, root server operators, transit providers, and corporate networks. We are used to serving many constituencies. In addition to our experience working with software developers and operators around the world, we have worked with many kinds of communities and stakeholders. Even in rapidly changing regulatory environments, we keep the trains running on time. Our core focus is stability of Internet services. For example, even while the policy around U.S. government databases on the Internet was in great flux, there was no break in EDGAR service for users. Our software, such as BIND, is produced in a world where technology evolves rapidly as the standards bodies incorporate new ideas and operators accumulate real-world experiences. We actively participate in bodies such as the IETF, RIPE, WIDE, and NANOG and are able to keep production services operating with rock-solid stability, yet still have them evolve over time. Our team has significant operational experience working with ICANN, the IANA, the registrars, the registries, the IESG, and the IAB. Our team has significant operational experience running services for end users, particularly services that attract new end users. Our radio, government database, and world's fair services all brought the Internet to new classes of users. We will use our ability to create new and work within existing global communities to help differentiate the .org TLD. Our team is well known for advancing the state of the art. We'll do that with the .org registry in particular and registries in general. For over 10 years, our team has worked together closely to bring new advances to the net, including the use of the public Internet for transmission of facsimiles and radio programs, access to government data, the production of live streaming events, and many other innovations. All of our past projects have been operational services, but we also understand that it is crucial to document what we do so that others can provide those services themselves. We are active participants in the standards-making process, and our team has published a large number of RFCs[19], Internet-Drafts[38], books[48], and web sites.[65] We will use those talents to help differentiate the .org TLD and to participate in a variety of standards efforts. Our Core Technologies Program will be used to spur innovation in this field. As part of this bid, we are also releasing two new Internet-Drafts in the field of namespace management, an effort directly relevant to the future of Whois services for end users and for core infrastructure functions such as the IANA. Our program managers have held senior management positions with full responsibility for large organizations in industry, government and public service:We have a 10-year history of managing 501(c)(3) non-profits that provide public works projects on the Internet. We have held CEO, board-level, and senior management positions in industry. We have worked at ICANN, the IANA, and have held management positions in the IETF. Our experience working with U.S. government databases has made us very familiar with the policy making environment in Washington, and we have long experience working with policy bodies in the European Community, Asia, and other regions of the world, as well as with international bodies such as the ITU. Public services are in the public eye, and we have extensive experience in formulating messages that people can understand. We are very familiar working with the media, on the net, and in person to explain what we do and listen to what people want. We have extensive experience with large, complex transitions. Our program managers helped transition legacy systems from organizations such as the SEC and the ITU onto the Internet. We also have experience transitioning our own services over to new organizations. The Internet is a global network and our team our team has extensive international experience:We work closely with Internet coordination bodies around the world, including APNIC, RIPE, WIDE and many others. We are used to working with global communities of users, and will use those skills to make .org an attractive home for the noncommercial organizations of the world. Our bid anticipates placing service nodes in exchange points throughout the world. We have operated in these exchange points for many years and have the work experience and the personal relations to make our .org registry service a globally distributed service. Our team has the experience and ability to operate as a public trust a rock-solid and responsive .org registry service. We will help differentiate .org, making it a home for noncommercial organizations. All of our work will be freely available, spurring innovation and competition in the registry and registrar markets.