Verisign is an Internet infrastructure service provider. It is based in Reston, VA and was founded in 1995. Verisign runs two of the world's thirteen root servers: a.root-servers.net and j.root-servers.net, which are considered national IT assets by the U.S. Federal government.Verisign's average daily Domain Name System (DNS) query load for the first quarter of 2012 was 66 billion, with a peak of 74 billion.[1] They are the global registry for .com, .net, .cc, .tv, .name, .jobs, .edu, .gov.
Verisign is applying for 14 new gTLDs, 12 of which are foreign language transliterations of .com and .net. They are also providing registry services for 220 New gTLD clients.[2]
Neustar is an information and analytics provider from Virginia, USA. Neustar was founded in 1996 to meet the many technical and operational challenges that arose when the U.S. Government mandated local number portability. Today, the company is a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information and solves challenges by offering data insights and intelligence for Internet, telecommunications, entertainment and marketing industries throughout the world. Neustar has three defined business segments: Carrier Services, Enterprise Services and Information Services. Neustar applies advanced, secure technologies in routing, addressing and authentication to its customers’ data to help them identify new revenue opportunities and network efficiencies, as well as institute cybersecurity and fraud protection measures.[3]
