ICANN is asking Demand Media’s eNom division for answers following complaints from Internet security groups, says an IDG report. The report says that eNom has come under fire following a “report from HostExploit, a volunteer-run anti-malware research group.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Tektronix to Acquire Network Security and Management Firm Arbor Networks News: ArabicSSL Provides Arabic-Specific SSL Certificates News: eHow.com and eNom.com Parent Company, Demand Media, Files IPO News: Consonus Upgrades Cooling Tower at Utah Data Center Articles: Colocation Bandwidth – Getting the Space and Speed That You Need (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Demand Media ( www.demandmedia.com ), which creates online and provides domain name registration services under the eNom brand, has filed for an initial public offering of shares with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. According to Demand Media documents filed late last week , the net proceeds from the IPO will be used for investments in content and general corporate purposes, including working capital, sales and marketing activities, general and administrative matters, capital expenditures and international expansion. Demand Media initiated its operations in April 2006 with the acquisitions of “how-to” website eHow.com, and domain name registrar eNom

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Washington, DC – Oct 21 Five Most Recent Posts News: Tektronix to Acquire Network Security and Management Firm Arbor Networks News: ArabicSSL Provides Arabic-Specific SSL Certificates News: eHow.com and eNom.com Parent Company, Demand Media, Files IPO News: Consonus Upgrades Cooling Tower at Utah Data Center Articles: Colocation Bandwidth – Getting the Space and Speed That You Need (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Demand Media ( www.demandmedia.com ), which creates online and provides domain name registration services under the eNom brand, has filed for an initial public offering of shares with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. According to Demand Media documents filed late last week , the net proceeds from the IPO will be used for investments in content and general corporate purposes, including working capital, sales and marketing activities, general and administrative matters, capital expenditures and international expansion. Demand Media initiated its operations in April 2006 with the acquisitions of “how-to” website eHow.com, and domain name registrar eNom.

In a post today in SFgate.com , authored by Lou Kerner, of the Business Insider, he predicts that Demand Media will be the 1st $1 Billion dollar Tech IPO since Google. Here are Mr. Kerner’s arguments for Demand: Demand’s.

Peter Guber, chair of Mandalay Entertainment Group and a member of Demand Media’s board of directors. Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Boston – June 17, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: More Spam Originating in Germany: Eleven Email Security Report News: Mezolink Launches MezoVault Cloud Storage Service Enabled by Mezeo News: Microsoft to Open Cloud Center in Taiwan News: Demand Media Names Veterans to Board of Directors (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Social media company Demand Media ( www.demandmedia.com ) announced on Monday it has named Peter Guber, chair of Mandalay Entertainment Group, and Josh James, senior vice president and general manager at Omniture Business Unit of Adobe, to its board of directors. Demand Media says the new board appointments bring “significant operating experience and expertise in creating content, captivating audiences and using data to better understand online behavior.” “Both Peter and Josh are legendary entrepreneurs in their respective industries because they not only broke new ground, but they also had the business savvy to grow their companies into sustainable market leadership positions,” says Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt

04|15|2010 9:50 pm EDT Demand Media Investingating IPO with the help of Goldman Sachs by Frank Michlick in Categories: News – 0 Comments According to an article in the Financial Times , Demand Media has hired Goldman Sachs to explore an initial public offering. The company, founded by the former chairman of Myspace, Richard Rosenblatt, owns registrars eNom , BulkRegister , parking company Hotkeys and operates the NameJet drop catching site in partnership with Network Solutions

04|15|2010 9:50 pm EDT Demand Media Investigating IPO with the help of Goldman Sachs by Frank Michlick in Categories: News – 0 Comments According to an article in the Financial Times , Demand Media has hired Goldman Sachs to explore an initial public offering. The company, founded by the former chairman of Myspace, Richard Rosenblatt, owns registrars eNom , BulkRegister , parking company Hotkeys and operates the NameJet drop catching site in partnership with Network Solutions. Aside from owning a domain portfolio, which includes a large number of expired domain names, the company also runs a user generated content production service called Demand Studios

Web Host News – SANTA MONICA, CA – eNom, Inc., the world’s largest ICANN accredited domain name wholesaler, today voiced its support for the updated .TV premium domain pricing model and widened availability being implemented by .TV Registry provider, VeriSign. As of today, all available .TV premium domains will be competitively re-priced.

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: New York City – March 25, 2010 Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: eNom Selected as a Registrar for .CO Domain Names (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain name wholesaler eNom ( www.enom.com ) has become one of only a handful of registrars for .CO domain names. Until the new .CO registry authority, .CO Internet S.A.S., opened up its TLD for global availability, .CO, the country code for Colombia, was only available in that country. According to eNom’s Wednesday announcement,

A screenshot of the website for eNom’s new online storefront solution, Instant Reseller. Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Houston – February 18, 2010 New York City – March 25, 2010 Chicago – April 22, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Intermedia Offers Hosted Unified Coms Service for SMBs Blogs: Merger Acquisition and Cloud Valuation Videos From Parallels Summit 2010 News: Pacnet to Spend $300M on Data Center Builds in Asia News: Netcraft February 2010 Web Server Survey Sees Apache Grow by 1.6M Hostnames (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Wholesale domain registrar eNom (www.enom.com) announced on Wednesday at Parallels Summit 2010 it has launched its new online storefront solution, Instant Reseller , which lets users create their own private-label reseller business