April 8, 2008 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center operator and hosting provider Terremark Worldwide (terremark.com) announced on Tuesday that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (icann.org) has chosen to house its second instance of the Global L-Root server cluster at Terremark's flagship facility, the NAP of the Americas.
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Terremark will provide ICANN with peering and colocation services. As a result, ICANN will be able to greatly enhance global access to the L-Root servers, while also enhancing its ability to mitigate distributed denial of service attacks on the core of the Internet.
ICANN is the governing body of the the Internet's system of unique identifiers, such as domain names and a range of IP addresses that help computers connect to each other over the Internet.
"Because of the importance of ICANN in relation to the Global Internet Community, it has become critical for us to house our Global Root Domain Name System infrastructure in a secure and reliable facility that will provide us with greater accessibility as the Internet community continues to grow," says John Crain, chief technical officer for ICANN. "Terremark's NAP of the Americas is our facility of choice with its access throughout North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe."
The Miami, Florida-based NAP of the Americas is Terremark's flagship facility. Launched in June 2001, the Tier-4 facility offers 750,000 square feet of space and houses 160 network carriers. It is the first purpose-built, carrier-neutral Network Access Point and is the only facility of its kind specifically designed to link Latin America with the rest of the world.
Terremark's Federal Group subsidiary will work with the Library of Congress to host the institution's new website, which launches next week.
