.eu’s General Manager speaking at Domain Pulse 2012, Germany

Brussels, 31 January 2012 – EURid, the .eu registry, is attending the Domain Pulse 2012 conference in Hamburg, Germany (13-14 February 2012) where Marc Van Wesemael, General Manager, will present .eu’s recent website usage research. The study reveals that different top-level domains have clearly different profiles.

In Germany, .eu registrations grew by 5% in the year to Q3 2011 and there are currently over one million .eu domain names registered to German businesses, organisations and individuals. The .eu extension is ideally suited for businesses with cross-border operations by enabling companies to express the fact that they are open for business in other European Union markets. Indeed, .eu registrations increased in 23 of the 27 EU Member States during Q3 2011.

In addition to the General Manager’s speech, EURid’s Technical Manager, Peter Janssen, will present .eu’s upcoming open-source Domain Name System (DNS) server solution due for launch later this year.

• Event: Domain Pulse 2012, Grand Elysee Hotel, Rothenbaumchaussee 10, Hamburg, Germany

• Date: 13-14 February 2012

• Presentations:

• When: 13 February
• What: Presentation titled “A closer look inside: How domains are being used”
• Who: Marc Van Wesemael, General Manager of EURid

• When: 14 February
• What: Presentation titled “Challenging BIND and NSD: The world premiere of a new open source DNS server”
• Who: Peter Janssen, Technical Manager at EURid.

Marc Van Wesemael will be available during the convention for interviews. Kerstin Vermöhlen, EURid’s Regional Manager for Western Europe, is also available for press interviews. For more information, please contact press@eurid.eu.

For media information, please contact:

Catherine Dowdell, PR Officer   Phone: 46 (0)8 5063 74 12   Email: press@eurid.eu

About .eu and EURid

The .eu domain ranks among the ten largest top-level domains in the world, connecting 500 million people in 27 EU countries to one Internet identity. More than three million .eu names have been registered since the domain opened for registration in 2005. Many companies use a .eu website as a practical solution to convey a clear European identity, including Bridgestone, Century 21, Hyundai, the MAN Group, Microsoft Corporation and the UniCredit Group.

EURid is the not-for-profit organisation appointed by the European Commission to operate the .eu top-level domain. EURid works with over 850 accredited registrars and provides support in the 23 official EU languages. With headquarters in Brussels (Belgium), EURid also has regional offices in Pisa (Italy), Prague (the Czech Republic) and Stockholm (Sweden). More information at http://www.eurid.eu. 

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