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UltraDNS Technology Helps Kelley Blue Book Increase Web Site Traffic
Automotive Web Site Reaps the Benefits of UltraDNS' Global Network and Guaranteed 100 Percent Uptime
SAN MATEO, Calif., June 18, 2003 -- UltraDNS Corporation, the world's leading Managed DNS Service Provider, today announced that Kelley Blue Book (www.kbb.com), the number one new and used automotive information Web site, has selected UltraDNS' Managed DNS ServiceT to assure 100 percent uptime and reliability of its Web presence. Serving as an outsourced Domain Name System (DNS) provider, UltraDNS has enhanced Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com by eliminating failures caused by DNS error as well as increase its Web site traffic.
"Every month, millions of consumers access Kelley Blue Book's Web site to obtain timely and accurate vehicle information," said John Parady, CTO, Kelley Blue Book. "UltraDNS allows us to focus on what we do best - deliver vehicle buyers the most trusted automotive research available. Our success depends on consumers being able to access that objective information online and UltraDNS helps make that happen."
"The proprietary technology that the UltraDNS platform utilizes solves the inherent limitations of standard DNS deployments to include packet loss, security vulnerabilities and management issues," said Ben Petro, president and CEO, UltraDNS. "As the automotive information leader, Kelley Blue Book understands the importance of DNS and its connection to web site reliability and performance."
About Kelley Blue Book
Kelley Blue Book is the most trusted vehicle information
resource by both consumers and the auto industry, providing research tools
and up-to-date pricing on thousands of used and new vehicles. Since 1926, car
buyers and sellers have relied upon Kelley Blue Book for authoritative and
unbiased information to make well-informed automotive decisions. The company
offers objective vehicle pricing via products and services including the famous
Blue Book Official Guide, software and Internet site, kbb.com. Kbb.com has
been rated the No. 1 automotive information site by Nielsen//NetRatings as
well as No. 1 and first visited automotive site by J.D. Power and Associates
five years running. No other medium reaches more in-market car-buyers than
kbb.com; one in every four American car-buyers complete their research on kbb.com.
About UltraDNS
Based in San Mateo, Calif., UltraDNS Corporation is the world's
leading Managed DNS Service Provider with over five million domains currently
under management, delivering solutions that enhance the reliability and performance
of the world's largest directories and the mission-critical applications that
access them. UltraDNS offers highly scalable solutions - both as a managed
services provider and as a developer of custom infrastructure solutions - built
on its unique Directory Services Platform and proprietary, patented technologies.
The company operates its own global, fail-safe server network, which supports
the UltraDNS Managed DNS Service, the industry's first 100 percent reliable
Domain Name System (DNS) name/IP address resolution service, backed by a full
service level (SLA) guarantee. UltraDNS infrastructure services, such as Managed
DNS, address the growing need for quick, reliable response to directory queries
in today's converging Internet/telecom environment. By connecting a user's
information request to the proper directory and assuring a quick, accurate
response, UltraDNS plays a key enabling role in delivering content, information
and data to users when, where and on whatever device they choose. The company
was founded in 1999 and is funded by Reuters Group PLC, Vantage Point Venture
Partners and New Enterprise Associates. Customers include Oracle, MSN Hotmail,
Forbes.com, Handspring and Petco. For more information visit www.neustarultraservices.biz.
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