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“Creating Better Relationships with our Clients”
Closer to our community, better services. This is the premise based on which LACNIC has promoted changes in its management structure in order to orient its efforts aimed at satisfying the needs of its members. Thus the Customer Service Department was born. This department is headed by Luisa Villa y Battenberg, who has already defined the main lines of work and the priorities for the department.
Improved and Simplified Resource Management
Regularly updating contact information, assignments, and reverse DNS information of the resources managed by LACNIC's customers is essential for requesting additional resources and one of the key mechanisms for the proper operation of the Internet. ...
Seminar Cycle: Understanding RPKI
RPKI is one of the most important services that LACNIC is deploying for its members, one which represents a significant contribution to the security and stability of the Internet address routing system and the widespread use of which will bring about d...
LACNIC XVI – LACNOG 2011: A Network Operators’ Meeting in Favor of Internet Stability.
During the first week of October (3-7 October) Buenos Aires will host the second major Internet meeting of the year – the joint LACNIC XVI / LACNOG 2011 meeting. [caption id="attachment_752" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="LACNIC XVI – LA...
First Latin American Internet Society Chair
Raúl Echeberría, Executive Director of LACNIC, was re-elected as Chair of the Internet Society (ISOC), a position he will hold for another year. Mr. Echeberría had been appointed to the board in 2008 by the members of ISOC, an organization of which LACNIC is a member.
New Domain Name Rules
In June, the ICANN Board of Directors approved a plan for allowing an increase in the number of Internet address endings, called generic top-level domains. This does not mean that anyone will be able to define an ending of their choice and turn Internet navigation into chaos. This is completely incorrect, as to avoid this and other potential problems a set of rules have been defined that seek to structure this decision.
The People Behind the Network: 2011 Outstanding Achievement Award
The call for nominations for the 2011 edition of the Outstanding Achievement award was launched with the aim of honoring and rewarding those individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of the Internet and the Information Soci...
Call for Nominations for the LACNIC Board of Directors
LACNIC has begun the process for renewing two seats on its Board of Directors. To this end, LACNIC's Electoral Commission has launched an open call for nominations to fill the two vacancies that will be created on 31 December, 2011, when the terms ...
Before Kenya - Building Agreements in Latin America and the Caribbean
The First Regional Latin American and Caribbean Preparatory Meeting for the Internet Governance Forum was held in 2008, motivated by the idea of having a space that would foster multistakeholder political dialogue open to governments, the private sector, the technical community, academia, and civil society. The fourth of these meetings was held this year.
The Best Is Yet to Come
Another year of intense work is coming to an end for LACNIC and its people. A look back on this year's calendar fills us with satisfaction and redoubles our commitment to the Internet community of Latin America and the Caribbean. These past twelve m...
Larger Headquarters, More Office Space
With an investment of almost two million dollars, LACNIC has begun a project to expand its headquarters in Montevideo that will double the capacity of its facilities and strengthen their role as technological center and meeting place for the region's Internet community. The project is now underway and it is expected that the new facilities will open in March 2012.
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