Covering issues ranging from cloud infrastructures, dedicated hosting, domain names, e-commerce, storage and archiving, virtual servers, to Internet and VoIP connections, the OVH Summit is the must-go event for those who want to learn more about the latest trends and new features in cloud computing and the latest innovations for developing IT projects.
A support platform dedicated to the development of the online presence of VSEs / SMEs, Réussir en.fr will be in the Exhibition Hall of the OVH Summit to present to visitors, project promoters and entrepreneurs, Réussir avec le Web, its new free diagnostic tool, which provides a personalized action plan to boost each company’s online presence.
As part of the web clickstream included in the OVH Summit, Mickaël Vigreux, Afnic Sales Manager, will co-host with Rémi Loiseau, Registry Liaison Manager at OVH, a conference entitled Universal acceptance: the implications of the development of domain names since 2014. Domain names have undergone significant changes since 2014, including the launch of international DNs and new generic TLDs. What effects have these changes had on the web? Conference in French from 14:00 to 14:45.
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About Afnic
Afnic is the acronym for Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération, the French Network Information Centre. The registry has been appointed by the French government to manage domain names under the .fr Top Level Domain. Afnic also manages the .re (Reunion Island), .pm (Saint-Pierre and Miquelon), .tf (French Southern and Antarctic Territories), .wf (Wallis and Futuna) and .yt (Mayotte) French Overseas TLDs.
In addition to managing French TLDs, Afnic’s role is part of a wider public interest mission, which is to contribute on a daily basis, thanks to the efforts of its teams and its members, to a secure and stable internet, open to innovation and in which the French internet community plays a leading role. As part of that mission, Afnic, a non-profit organization, has committed to devoting 11% of its Revenues from managing .fr Top Level Domain to actions of general interest, in particular by transferring €1.3 million each year to the Afnic Foundation for Digital Solidarity.
Afnic is also the back-end registry for the companies as well as local and regional authorities that have chosen to have their own TLD, such as .paris, .bzh, .alsace, .corsica, .mma, .ovh, .leclerc and .sncf.
Established in 1997 and based in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Afnic currently has nearly 90 employees.