Knipp's long lasting and successful web hosting for car manufacturer
Mercedes-Benz has now been rewarded with a special sort of »accolade«.
This year, Knipp became the sole external hosting service provider
for the premium brand from Stuttgart.
SCHOLZ & VOLKMER GmbH, the well known lead agency for Mercedes-Benz, trusts
in Knipp as the single contact for all externally hosted websites of
Mercedes-Benz, including the latest web special »The 4th star for Germany«
(www.der-vierte-stern-fuer-deutschland.de)
for the soccer World Cup in South Africa.
The latest web special of
Mercedes-Benz is also hosted by Knipp.
Besides Mercedes-Benz, numerous other national and international brands
from the most diverse branches rely on Knipp's hosting expertise, e. g.
alltours, byebye, Leica Camera, McDonald's, Panasonic, Stern Stewart & Co.,
and Telnic, to name but a few. All of them have in common that in every case
Knipp developed and operates customized hosting solutions driven by the
customer's wishes and requirements.
Due to the continuous demand for its »individualization approach« that
Knipp has been receiving over the time, it became necessary to expand the
existing hosting capacities and to build an additional data center
at the company's headquarters in Dortmund.
Knipp has produced a new Internet presence for Gemeinnützige
Wohnstättengenossenschaft Hagen e. G. (GWG Hagen, a registered non-profit
cooperative housing society). It is the continuation of the cooperative
business relationship between these companies, which has lasted for over
ten years now.
An important requirement for the new website was based on the wide range
of expected visitors. In order to provide easy access to the online
offers, a mostly low-barrier website had to be developed. Therefore, the
user can adjust not only the font size but also the contrast on all pages
of the web presence, as well as change to the text-only version.
Fresh design, low-barrier user
interface.
The central part of the new web presence is the search for flats to rent.
Apart from the filter options that are typical for real estate, there are
also search options tailored especially for the housing portfolio of
GWG Hagen. A special feature is the fuzzy search, which comes up with
suggestions even if there are no results matching the search exactly.
The portfolio is updated each working day using a Knipp-made connection to
a proprietary real estate management system. Knipp was not just
responsible for the software development, but also for the design and
concept of the web presence. The implementation is based on the reliable
open source content management system TYPO3, which has been used by Knipp
in numerous projects. Knipp's service portfolio for GWG Hagen is rounded
off by domain management and server hosting.
The current web presence of Gemeinnnützige Wohnungsgenossenschaft Hagen
e. G.:
Even before the official start of the .eu TLD in 2005, EURid
announced that it planned to introduce internationalized domain names
»relatively quickly« after the Go-Live.
Now it finally becomes true. Starting from December 10th, 2009,
it will be possible to register domains like »bücher.eu« and »flüge.eu«.
282 new characters for .eu domains
The expansion of the character set for .eu is a considerably large one
compared to the IDN introductions of other TLDs. But no wonder, since
the goal is to allow the characters of all 23 official languages of
the European Union. All in all, the expansion comprises 282 additionally
allowed characters. You can find a complete list under the following link:
Knipp is offering a free preregistration system that you can use to
pre-order the new .eu domains. As soon as EURid opens up their systems
on December 10th, the DRS of Knipp will automatically send all
preregistrations to the registry, following the well-proven
»first-come-first-served«-principle.
We have put together an IDN preregistration page on which
you can find all the important information about the new .eu domain
names and the preregistration system of Knipp:
DENIC eG, the central registry for the top level domain .de,
has announced in a press release on October 15th that it will
amend its domain guidelines with effect from October 23rd, 2009.
DENIC will thus abolish most of the restrictions currently applicable
with regard to the registration of second level domains under the
top level domain .de.
In the future, registrations of one- and two-character domains will be
allowed as well as domain names composed exclusively of digits.
Additionally, people may register domains identical with combinations
of letters that are used for German license plates or for other
top level domains such as "com" or "org".
Knipp is setting up a preregistration queue for these attractive new
domain names that you can use free of charge. Only successful
registrations will be billed. The start of operation of our
preregistration system is on Monday, October 19th at 12:00 CEST.
You will be able to enter domain registration requests until Thursday,
October 22, 24:00 hours.
Good money – for a good cause
Please note that due to the high attractiveness of the new domain names
the prices are substantially higher than the usual registration fees.
We would like to point out that Knipp will donate all of its revenues
from the registration of these new domains to
the Kindernothilfe.
Further information on the prices and on the cause of actions can be
found at:
Uhde Services GmbH located in Haltern am See is already the fourth
subsidiary company of Dortmund's well known plant constructor Uhde GmbH
for which Knipp has now realized an individual Website. The launch of
the Internet presence marks a further expansion of the long lasting and
trustful cooperation between Uhde and Knipp.
The bi-lingual Website was inspired by the realization based on the open
source Content Management System (CMS) TYPO3 that has already been
successfully applied for the other subsidiaries. And as for the other
Uhde companies, after the implementation Knipp is also responsible for
the domain and for the web hosting.
The Uhde Services Website also includes interesting films.
A highly anticipated project of the German travel industry is now online:
the byebye Website. Since April 20th 2009, byebye allows for the comfortable
research and booking of individual traveling services at daily updated
prices and in real-time.
The new travel Website takes on the Internet trend towards interactive design
and adoption of individual preferences of the user. byebye services
include the online booking of complete but customized »package holidays«
with flight, hotel and optional transfer or rental car
as well as flight-only, hotel-only and flight + rental car offerings.
While focusing on package deals for traditional bathing resorts and
short-, medium- and long-distance city breaks at the beginning, the product
portfolio will permanently be extended.
Successful launch of byebye thanks to Knipp
Thanks to the longtime and successful operation of high-availability systems
for travel agency alltours flugreisen GmbH, Knipp is well-positioned for the
hosting of the byebye Services. Knipp has designed a tailor-made highly
available hosting solution for the special requirements of byebye based on
well-proven multi-redundant components for loadbalancing, firewalls, switches,
web- and database servers, and operates it in Knipp's own data center.
In addition to that, Knipp was also able to win the pitch for the frontend
and backend programming. For the realization based on the popular OpenSource
Content Management System (CMS) TYPO3, Knipp has utilized established
standards like XHTML but also made use of modern technologies like Flash
and intensively of AJAX. The heart of the byebye page, the booking engine,
is nearly purely based on AJAX. The instant processing of database queries
when modifying search criteria and similar highly interactive elements
allow for an innovative handling of the page. That increases the surfing
pleasure of the user and contributes to increasing the conversion rate.
Today at 15:00 UTC, the second introductory phase of the new .tel domain
starts. The »Landrush« phase represents the first possibility for
everybody to register .tel domains without any prerequisites like
rights to a name. Only very few reserved terms can not be registered,
and, of course, the domain names that have already been assigned during
the Sunrise phase.
From now on, you have the possibility to carry out Landrush registrations
with the help of the e-mail templates that are available on the Knipp
Website.
.tel Domains sind ab sofort
für Jedermann registrierbar
The registration of .tel domains during the Landrush phase is very
attractive because many interesting and valuable domain names are still
available now. The costs for registering at this early point of time
are higher than during the live operation starting on March 24th, 2009,
however. On the other hand, Landrush registrations come with a minimum term
of three full years. And in contrast to other new top level domains like
the recently introduced .asia and .mobi domains, there are no longsome and
cumbersome auctions during Landrush, for which one can never know the
final costs.
Starting on February 23rd 2009, it will additionally be possible
to enter preregistrations for the low-prized registrations during the
live operation (»General Availability«) of .tel into a queue of Knipp's DRS.
The most important information on .tel domains, the schedule for the
introduction, and a price overview can be found
on the .tel pages of Knipp.
Die neue Top-Level-Domain .tel startet am 24. März 2009 mit dem Regelbetrieb.
Auch bei der Einführung dieser Domain der etwas anderen Art gibt
es wieder eine Sunrise-Phase, in der Inhaber von Namensrechten die
.tel-Domains zu ihren Marken registrieren und so ihre Markenrechte schützen
können. Diese Vorregistrierungsphase beginnt am 3. Dezember 2008 um
15:00 Uhr (UTC) und endet am 2. Februar 2009 um 23:59 Uhr.
präsentiert eine völlig neue Art von Domains
Bereits ab Montag, dem 24. November 2008 (ab 16:00 Uhr UTC),
können Sie .tel-Sunrise-Registrierungen in eine Warteschlange einreihen
und sich so einen guten Startplatz sichern. Das ist wichtig, denn die
Vergabe von .tel-Domains erfolgt nach dem üblichen
»First-Come-First-Served«-Prinzip. Domain-Anträge können mit Hilfe
eines E-Mail-Templates
eingereicht werden, das dann auf unserer Webseite verfügbar sein wird.
Anders als bei anderen TLDs geht es bei .tel nicht um den Betrieb von
Webseiten, sondern um die Veröffentlichung von Kontaktinformationen.
Von der Telefonnummer über die E-Mail-Adresse bis hin zu
Standortinformationen hat der Besitzer einer .tel-Domain jederzeit die volle
Kontrolle darüber, unter welchen Kontaktdaten er erreichbar sein möchte
und wer diese Informationen einsehen darf. Ein spannendes Konzept, das
eine Vielzahl von neuen Diensten und Anwendungen ermöglicht und die neue
.tel-Domain zu einer der interessantesten neuen TLDs der letzten Jahre
macht.
Die wichtigsten Informationen über die Einführungsphase von .tel, den
genauen Zeitplan für die Einführung und eine Preisübersicht finden Sie
finden Sie auf den .tel-Sunrise-Seiten von Knipp.
SCHOLZ & VOLKMER Intermediales Design GmbH, the multi-award winning full
service agency for interactive media from Wiesbaden, and Knipp, continue their
cooperation in the fields of server housing and domain management started in 2004.
Next to the continuing expansion of the housing for automotive engineering
company Mercedes-Benz and camera producer Leica Camera, Knipp also
assumes the housing of a Webspecial for McDonald's, and the Internet
presence of TÖCHTER und SÖHNE.
I'm lovin' it...
For the housing of the Webspecial, where the user can learn about the
quality of McDonald's-products, another highly available and high performing
cluster solution managed and monitored by Knipp is being used.
The Web- and Database servers as well as the Switches and Firewalls are based
on well-proven technologies and components by Hewlett Packard and Juniper.
While McDonald's demanded for a high-end solution, the bar for the
housing of the Internet presence of TÖCHTER und SÖHNE, an agency for
boarding schools and advisors, was lower.
In this case, a reliable yet attractively priced solution was required.
With redundant components within the server and custom tailored contract
periods, Knipp was able to accomplish this task in the customers' interest.
The Landrush phase of the new .asia domain has finished with
a surprising success last week.
After only about 30,000 domain names had been applied for in the
preceding Sunrise phases, the number of registration applications
within three-week's Landrush phase was an astonishing 473,633.
The introductory phase of the .asia top level domain is now completed.
At the moment, the registry is in a so-called »Quiet Period« during which
no registration applications are being accepted. »Go-Live«, the official
start of .asia, is scheduled for March 26th 2008, 12:00 noon UTC (13:00 CET).
.asia officially starts on March 26th, 2008
The begin of the live operation is the first time that DotAsia uses the
otherwise generally applied »first-come-first-served« principle. So far,
domains that received more than one registration have been auctioned
among the interested parties.
Overall, one can speak of a successful introduction of .asia that has
developed in a very positive way after a rather cautious start. However,
time will have to tell whether the new TLD can continue to live up to
the high expectations.
Following the big success of .eu we are now expecting the next promising
candidate for a top ranking in the hit list of top level domains (TLDs):
».asia.« And at least on paper it looks as if .asia could become a true domain
heavy weight. After all the internet government ICANN chose the designated area
of the new domain ending generously: the »Pacific Asia« does not only comprise
the Asian countries themselves, but also many neighboring countries.
Using only one .asia domain name it will be possible, theoretically, to reach
about 60 per cent of the world's population. But in practice, too, the
potential is enormous, since counting the number of internet users, Asia
(400 million) is well ahead of Europe (315 million) and North America
(253 million; source: InternetWorldStats.com). Consequently, also non-Asian
companies will get interested in the new domain names. Particularly so since
the huge economic boom in Asia gains in importance as an economic factor even
for local companies.
The Asia domain flourishes
Fortunately, the restrictions on access are deliberately kept lax. Even though
the theme of this new TLD reads »from Asia for Asia,« no prospective customer
should be excluded. While, for instance, it is compulsory for any customer
owning a .eu domain name to actually live in Europe, this is not the case for
.asia. Here, merely any arbitrary contact connected with the domain needs to
come from »Pacific Asia.« Thus trust contacts can be declared (as, for example,
Knipp is offering) in such a way that in practice .asia domains can be
registered without restriction.
Currently we are in a pre-registration phase, in which companies and holders of
registered marks have the option to register domain names corresponding to
their protected labels. This so-called »Sunrise Period« is devided into several
stages und will last till January 15th, 2008. Starting February 8th, 2008, it
will get exciting for ordinary registrants, since then the »Landrush« phase
starts, in which everybody can apply for a .asia domain name.
You can find detailed information on our .asia pages
Cologne-based portal operator OnVista Media GmbH, responsible for the
Special Interest Portals OnVista and Onmeda, among others, intensifies
its cooperation with Knipp.
OnVista Media's portfolio contains
the finance portal OnVista...
Knipp has been handling the domain management for the Cologne-based
company since Spring 2002. The cooperation in this business area
has successively been expanded, and in March 2007 the segment Internet
Provider Services was added. Knipp is responsible for the Housing
of a number of different Websites of OnVista Media and provides multiple
Server Racks in its own data processing center in Dortmund.
...and the popular healthcare portal Onmeda.
OnVista's decision pro Knipp has a number of reasons. Especially in
points like the direct communication between the participants on both sides,
individual consultancy, and of course the fast and efficient implementation from
the first approach to the start of operations, Knipp was able
to stand out from its competitors.
Reliable contact persons that assist all participants with their
expertise during all phases of the project underpin OnVista Media's
decision for Knipp.
Knipp hat einen Großauftrag von Telnic Limited aus London erhalten.
Dabei handelt es sich um die Entwicklung und den Betrieb eines innovativen
Verzeichnisdienstes, mit der es zukünftig möglich sein wird, beim
Telefonieren anstelle von Nummern leicht zu merkende Namen zu verwenden,
wie man es vom Internet kennt.
Telnic verfügt über eine revolutionäre Technologie...
Mit dem neuen Super-Telefonbuch kann man unter Namen wie hertz.tel
jederzeit aktuelle Kontaktangaben für Festnetz und Mobilfunk erhalten.
Bei einem Wechsel der Handynummer verpaßt man so keine Anrufe mehr und
durch den Einsatz verschiedener Profile kann beispielsweise vor
Fahrtantritt die Nummer des Autotelefons als bevorzugte Adresse
eingestellt werden. Ein weiterer Vorteil: Das Telnic-System kann für
alle Arten von Kontaktangaben verwendet werden, z.B. auch für
Fax, E-Mail, Chat, Skype, usw. Dabei kann der Benutzer selbst bestimmen,
welche Angaben öffentlich bekannt sein sollen und welche Adressen z.B.
nur für Freunde und Familie einsehbar sind.
Knipp konnte sich bei dem Auftrag, der ein Volumen im mittleren
siebenstelligen Eurobereich hat, gegen internationale Konkurrenten
durchsetzen, da der IT-Spezialist über sehr viel Erfahrung im Bereich
des Internet-Adreß-Systems, im Domain-Geschäft und beim Betrieb komplexer
Systeme verfügt. Dazu zählen Webanwendungen von Alltours und Mercedes-Benz
und Verzeichnisdienste für T-Mobile.
Das Herz des Telnic-Systems wird das Dortmunder Rechenzentrum von Knipp sein.
Backupsysteme werden zunächst in Amsterdam, San Francisco und Tokio installiert.
Das System wird Anfang 2008 der Öffentlichkeit weltweit zur Verfügung stehen.
Die ersten Testläufe starten noch dieses Jahr.
Elmar Knipp ist stolz darauf, mit dem in Dortmund angesiedelten Know-How
neue Arbeitsplätze schaffen zu können. »Wir suchen vornehmlich Informatiker,
die solide Erfahrung im Java-Umfeld vorweisen können. Aber auch Absolventen
frisch von der Universität sind willkommen.«
Knipp has extended and relaunched the Web presence of the Sports department
of HEINZ KETTLER GmbH und Co. KG from Ense-Parsit in the Sauerland.
Moreover, Knipp is now also responsible for the housing for this branch.
World-famous brand KETTLER
KETTLER's sports product portfolio contains fitness equipment like
exercise bikes, ergometers and treadmills, among others, with fields of
application ranging from home training and the professional usage in clubs
and gyms up to medical applications in physiotherapy and rehab.
Knipp has realized this project with the widespread and well-proven
Open Source Content Management System (CMS) TYPO3. Being based on
MySQL databases, Typo3 is predestined to be applied at KETTLER,
since the employees can self-maintain the contents to a great extend
and because it is possible to directly include product data into the
web pages.
As a special feature, the newly extended online presence of KETTLER
now offers an interactive purchase advisory service. The consulting tool
programmed by Knipp is based on sports-medical findings and creates
a list of fitness equipment that is especially suited for the personal
needs of the user, based on his individual specifications for
training goals, fitness level and other preferences.
The user can inform himself on product detail pages for all the
listed equipment and can also compare the devices with different
models.
To the newly relaunched Web presence of KETTLER Sports:
The housing of the Webspecial for the new C-Class of Mercedes Benz is a
further milestone in the trusting co-operation between Knipp and Multimedia
agency SCHOLZ & VOLKMER Intermediales Design GmbH from Wiesbaden, existing
since the end of 2004.
SCHOLZ & VOLKMER has designed and programmed a multiplicity of sophisticated
Internet presentations for Mercedes Benz. The co-operation with Knipp commenced
with the housing for the B-Class when it was newly introduced, and since this
successful start it has continuously been developed and intensified.
By now, the collaboration also covers the housing of the E-, M-, R-, S- and
SLR-Class, the download portals for music (»Mixed Tape«) and for audio books
(»Text Tracks«) as well as the E-Class Webspecial »Paris-Peking«.
The decision to also host Mercedes' best-selling model range in Knipp's Data
Center underlines the confidence customers have in the expertise and
efficiency of Knipp in the housing of high-performance and highly available
Web applications.
With the launch including Domain- and Web-hosting of another two
Internet presences, Knipp expands the long-lasting cooperation with
plant constructor Uhde GmbH from Dortmund.
After the successful Relaunch of the Web presence of Hagen-based
subsidiary Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH last year,
the launch for two further Uhde subsidiaries followed in the Beginning
of 2007.
For both companies, Uhde Fertilizer Technology B.V. (UFT) located
in Roermond (Netherlands) and Kairo-based
Uhde Engineering Egypt S.A.E. (UEE), Knipp created independent Websites
within the framework of the CI-compliant design of the ThyssenKrupp group.
Both projects make use of the Open Source Content Management System (CMS) TYPO3
that has already proven itself during the Relaunch of the Internet presence of
Uhde High Pressure Technologies.
To the Website of Uhde Fertilizer Technology B.V.:
Since December 2006, Knipp operates all internet presentations of
Duisburg-based travel business alltours flugreisen GmbH in Knipp's
own data processing center in Dortmund.
This is an intensification of the cooperation between Knipp and alltours
that has already been successful in the domain management sector
for several years. And with TWT Interactive GmbH, which is responsible
for the programming of the internet presentations, another longtime
Knipp-customer is involved in the project.
High-availability solutions by Knipp:
as individual as your demands.
The Housing for travel businesses with real-time booking capabilities
imposes special challenges on the technical infrastructure because the
traffic peaks during the few and rather short booking periods have to be
coped with reliably and quickly.
The high-availability solution planned and realized by Knipp is a
scalable system of multi-redundant components, consisting of a park of
dedicated Web-, Database and CMS-servers, of Firewalls with throughputs
of 1 GBit/s, and Loadbalancers that can handle thousands of SSL transactions
per second. The 24/7-monitoring of hardware and services within the
Knipp-Alarm-Management- (KAM-) framework in combination with regular
updates of the system tops of the services of Knipp in this project.
Get informed
about the Provider Services by Knipp,
that satisfy even the highest demands and also meet your requirements.
Tradition-steeped camera producer Leica from Solms, Germany,
has chosen Knipp as its partner not only once, but twice.
As a business customer provider, Knipp is responsible for the hosting
of the website of Leica Camera AG, and as a domain registrar, Knipp
assumes the management of Leica's domains, at home and abroad.
This shows Leica's trust in the long lasting competence of Knipp
in two central fields of the Internet business.
Next to product news in the categories photography, nature observation,
and hunting optics, the hosted website of Leica offers numerous
Flash animations that present Leica Galleries from throughout the
world, for example, or nature projects. In addition to that, Knipp
ensures the reliable and efficient delivery of Leica's comprehensive
Download Offer that includes firmware updates, technical data for all
products, press reports and brochures, among others.
Knipp has already been offering Internet Services since 1996.
That makes Knipp one of Dortmund's first companies to act as an
Internet Service Provider and to offer the registration of domains.
Knipp is a founding member of CORE Internet Council of Registrars, one of the
early members of the DENIC Domain Verwaltungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft eG,
and registrar or direct member, respectively, of most of the other country
code domains (ccTLDs).
With .mobi another candidate for a successful new top level domain
enters the stage.
Small but powerful!
In the future, many companies will offer special Websites for displays
with low resolutions. The target group of mobile devices mainly consists
of mobile phones, PDAs and Mini-Laptops. Websites with traveling information,
stock exchange prices and other information services will make the start.
On today's Monday the »Limited Industry Sunrise«
starts. It's called »limited« because about 2000 companies
belonging to organizations of the telecommunications industry
are privileged for registrations.
We have summarized all the important information on our website.
Among them are the timetable for the introduction, some links to
exemplary sites, a Style Guide for the creation of .mobi pages,
and much more.
After having launched the new website of parent company Uhde GmbH in
March 2006, Knipp has now also completed the relaunch of Uhde High
Pressure Technologies GmbH, a Hagen-based plant building specialist
focused on high-pressure techniques.
In this project, Knipp worked together with an advertising agency
assigned by Uhde. While it was the advertising agency's liability to
realize a CI-compliant design according to ThyssenKrupp's group-wide
guidelines, Knipp was responsible for the technical conception and the
implementation. Knipp's solution is based on the open source Content
Management System (CMS) TYPO3, which is well proven and tested in
several other customer projects. In close collaboration with the
advertising agency, the new website was completed and went online
punctually to the start of the industrial fair ACHEMA 2006.
This project demonstrates that Knipp is a reliable partner in finalizing
time-crtical internet projects on schedule, even in co-operation with
further service providers.
The website of plant constructor Uhde GmbH, a company of the
ThyssenKrupp group, presents itself in a new design.
One of the central challenges during the conception and the
implementation of this project consisted in accomodating the
group-wide guidelines of a CI-compliant design for all
subsidiary companies while presenting the outstandingly wide
spectrum of technological expertise of Uhde in a well
structured and concise way at the same time.
Uhde has been a customer of Knipp since the year 2000. In addition to the
development and support of the website, Knipp also administers the
hosting in its own data center in Dortmund and the management of all of
Uhde's domains, at home and abroad.
The second phase of the Sunrise Period for Europe's new top
level domain has started succesfully.
The starting shot for the second wave of domain applications
was fired on February 7th, 2006, at 11 o'clock punctually.
The reason for this wave not being quite as big as the one
at the beginning of the first part of the introduction phase
is probably that the rules have now become even more complicated
than before.
While EURid counted around 100,000 domain applications at the start of
phase 1 on December 7th, 2005, there were only about 70,000 of them at the
beginning of part 2. All that despite of the fact that the circle of
potential registrants has substantially grown in this phase:
According to Article 10, Section 1 of the public policy rules
(EC regulation No 874/2004), everybody is eligible to register domain names
for which he or she can prove the existence of a right to that name in his
home country.
Unfortunately, for rights to a name that can not be verified by means
of an offical register, some sort of legal document is necessary.
This makes the registration process rather complex and might discourage many
prospective registrants. But to try and secure the desired domain names
before the start of the live operation is worth the while, since it is not for
nothing that this phase is called »Landrush«. In the run on .eu domains that
is then going to begin, the registration might become a game of pure chance.
On the .eu pages of Knipp you can find comprehensive information and helpful
hints, especially on privileged registrations during the Sunrise Period.
As a special service for German customers, Knipp offers a Lawyer Service
for the registration of family names where the only documentary evidence you
have to provide is a copy of your valid German identity card.
Knipp can look back on a very successful year 2005.
That includes the recently started new top level domain .eu.
The confidence of the customers in our domain services has made
Knipp one of the ten biggest .eu registrars in the world!
We are very content that this confidence is obviously justified,
because Knipp managed to register more than 85 percent of its preregistrations
at position 1 at the registry.
And of course you will, as ever, get the best possible support for
registering and managing your domanis and especially for the
filing of the documentary evidence for the participation in the
Sunrise Period of .eu.
Starting on coming Wednesday, December 7th, the first Internet
addresses ending on ».eu« for »Europe« can be registered.
These new domain names (e.g. »knipp.eu«) are highly demanded, because
they offer the possibility to be present in the whole of Europe with a
single address. Besides that, the new top level domain is a chance
to register domain names that may be taken under other
domain endings like .de or .com.
.eu could soon shine brighter than .de
With that, a new star is born in the sky of domains that could soon
shine brighter than most of the others. Taking into account the great
interest throughout the world and the enormous run on preregistrations,
it has to be expected that already in its very first year, the new top level
domain for Europe will leave competitors like .info and .org behind.
It is even possible that in the next few years the number of .eu
registrations also exceeds that
of .net and that of the German domain ending .de. This would make .eu
the second largest of all top level domains.
Since the assignment of the domains is carried out following the usual
»first-come-first-served« principle, you should commission Knipp to
register your domain names as soon as possible.
However, during the introductory phase starting on December 7th, only
certain names can be registered. The purpose of this so-called
»Sunrise Period« is to avoid unauthorized and abusive registrations.
From April 7th, 2006, every individual and every company located in
the European Union may then register .eu domains.
If you want to know if you are eligible for registering domain names before
that great run starts (it is not for nothing that it is called »Landrush«),
then you can find out on the explanatory pages of Knipp:
The presentation of the legendary service weapon Walther PPK
of the arguably best known (movie-) agent of the world, James Bond,
has a new design. Knipp as the partner for all Web activities of
the UMAREX group, which includes among others the world-famous
brand Carl Walther, has realized the relaunch of the UMAREX Internet
sites.
Bond, James Bond...
The core of the new Internet presence is the target group oriented
presentation of the wide product range, containing lots of information,
details and numerous pictures. Different selection criteria facilitate
the searching and finding of the desired product.
The existing proprietary database management system has been integrated
into the solution developed by Knipp. Thus it is now possible to
include the product data into the web presentation and to automatically
update them without having to change the workflow at UMAREX.
The legendary Walther PPK
In this case, the Open Source Web Content Management System TYPO3
was selected for the maintenance of the remainder contents.
This allows the customer to quickly conduct even extensive changes and
expansions on texts, graphics and images by himself, at a high
quality and without sophisticated programming knowledge.
On 16.06.2005, EURid has started to accept applications for accreditation as .eu registrar. At the beginning of this week, Knipp has already been officially accredited as a .eu Registrar.
This means that EURid has authorized Knipp to offer registry services for .eu domain names. For you as a customer, this means that at Knipp your preregistrations are in good hands, because you can be sure that EURid will accept registrations from Knipp.
In choosing Knipp you also have an established partner at your side who has substantial experience in the introduction of new top level domains, including the processing Sunrise Periods and Land Rush Periods. We have successfully accompanied our customers during the start of .biz, .info, .name, .aero, and .museum.
Enter your .eu preregistrations in our awarded Domain Registration System for free and without obligation.
Knipp operates high-availability solution for the Website
of Mercedes-Benz' new model in own data center
Accompanying the launch of the new B-Class, Mercedes-Benz presents
an interactive promotion-site with detailed product information
about the new model. Next to a 360-degree presentation that makes
it possible for the user to select views from many different
perspectives, the B-Class is introduced in detail with plenty
large-sized pictures and sophisticated animations.
The new B-Class of Mercedes-Benz
As a special feature of the Website, Mercedes-Benz offers
a large audio entertainment supply to download for free.
All in all, there are more than eleven hours of music and
radio dramas to download and even movies to watch.
An appealing but also demanding Website
The provision of such an offer makes high demands on the
underlying technology. In order to guarantee for short loading times
and fast downloads even in times of traffic bursts, an
individually tailored high-level cluster solution had to be elaborated.
Knipp is the company that came up with the best concept
of all competitors.
As a matter of course, the service package of Knipp includes
the connection via gigabit leased lines that provides substantial
reserves even under very high loads, as well as
the selection, installation, configuration and administration
of the necessary hardware for servers, firewalls and load balancers.
The required server cluster is safely hosted in the high-availability
section of the Knipp data center.
High-availability solutions by Knipp: individual - powerful - secure
The high-availability system implemented by Knipp
is based on a multiple-redundancy design of all elements,
combined with a tailor-made load balancing solution.
In addition to that, an individual security concept, ranging from
PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) and uninterruptible power supply to
the monitoring of the system's functionalities via
the Knipp Alarm Management,
ensures the smooth operation.
After EURid had officially received the mandate to administer the European
top level domain by the European Commission in October 2004,
ICANN has now also announced its approval.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
is an American non-profit organization which governs the
domain name space.
It has to agree to adopt the .eu TLD to the list of top level domains.
Practically simultaneous with ICANN's announcement, EURid has proclaimed
the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Validation Agency.
Among the duties of the Validation Agent is the verification of
registrations on the basis of prior rights during the so-called Sunrise Period
During this 4-month period, only public bodies and holders of rights,
such as trademarks, will be entitled to register the corresponding name
in the .eu TLD. According to EURid's actual timetable, the Sunrise Period
should be launched before the end of 2005.
A precondition for this is, however, that the European Commission
approves the final version of the .eu Registration Policy and that it is being
published in every official EU language two months beforehand.
With ICANN's approval of EURid as the registry operator and the selection
of the Validation Agency, two important milestones have been reached
on the way to the implementation of the European top level domain.
However, the actual registration of .eu domains is still not to be expected
until the second quarter of 2006.
If you use Knipp's preregistration system, you do not need to worry about the
actual start date for the registration of your new .eu domains.
Just insert the domains of your choice into our awarded Domain Registration
System. That is free of charge and we will inform you about every important
event on the way to your .eu domains.
We will automatically send your preregistrations to the registry right at the
beginning of online registrations. That gives you the best chances to get the
domains you want.
You can find all important information on .eu domains at the following link:
The current registry agreement for the .net top level domain (TLD) expires
on June 30th, 2005; on July 1st, a successor organization will take over
the operation of the registry for a term of at least six years.
CORE++, a global association of experienced Internet experts, bids for
the management of the .net TLD, which is the second largest generic top level domain
behind .com. Knipp constitutes essential parts of CORE++, not only
in top managerial positions but also on the technical level, and is a
decisive factor in CORE++ being able to provide top-level registry
management solutions.
CORE++ = CORE + new Ideas + new Partners
CORE++ has emerged from the Council of Registrars (CORE) by adding new
ideas for superior registry services, and new partners for financial
strength and in order to establish a worldwide infrastructure. Knipp, a founding
member of CORE, plays a substantial role in CORE++'s efforts to operate
.net as a secure, reliable, open and stable domain and to provide a new
impetus for the development of the Internet.
Read more about the great importance of .net for the whole Internet
and the valuable improvements for domain holders and registrars that
the operation of the .net registry by CORE++ will bring:
PIR (Public Interest Registry) expands the set of characters allowed in
the names of .org domains. Starting on January 15th, 2005, the German umlaut
characters »ä«, »ö« and »ü« may be included in .org domain names. This
expansion makes a wide variety of interesting domains become newly registrable.
As always in such a case, we have implemented a preregistration system
in which you can enter domain names for free as from now.
Directly after PIR opens up its system, our DRS will automatically send
the .org domain names you have entered to the registry.
Our Domain Registration System has been in use for more that a year now.
A year in which it has proven itself, as we learn from the feedback of our
customers and of course from the IF design awards we have gained with it.
However, since stagnation means regression, we have utilized the experiences
of this year to further improve the DRS. Among the most important innovations
that you can use from now on, are the new search features »Quick search« and
»Pro search«:
Quick search offers the possibility to start the most frequently
used search queries with a single click.
The Pro search allows for the exact adjustment of numerous
search criteria. This way, you can find all country code domains that
have been registered in a certain period of time, for example.
In addition to that, you can use the result list of a search to execute
operations on several or all of the contained domains at
a time. E.g. it is possible to preset an automated rejection of
incoming transfer requests from foreign registrars (NACK) for all of your domains.
Another improvement concerns the extension of domains that can automatically be
registered with our DRS. In the future, these domains will no longer be
automatically renewed when the end of the registration period is reached.
Instead, your domain portfolio will individually be monitored. If necessary,
you will receive a reminder e-mail with the request to extend the domains
you wish to renew. Marking domains for a renewal can quickly be done via the
page that is linked in the e-mail. Also, you can easily get to that page anytime
by using
the Quick search function,
of course (login required).
Until 31.12.2004, you can register domains for free and
offer them for sale with a single click.
Knipp and Afilias, the consortium that manages the .info top
level domain, have started an extraordinary promotion programm. During
the »Free Fall Campaign«, every participant may regiter up to 25 new
.info domains for a whole year free of charge.
These free .info domains are fully functional and can be used
unrestrictedly, e.g. for homepages and e-mails. Or, you can use the
»One-Click E-Commerce«-Feature to make the chosen domain name avaiable
for purchase.
This makes domain-dealing so easy that it might become a new mass sport.
Do not miss this trend
and inform
yourself about Knipp's Free Fall Campaign.
Knipp has received the order to relaunch the Rotkäppchen website and to
conduct promotion campaigns on the Web. Being the market-leader in the
soft cheese-business, Rotkäppchen has relied on Knipp for years.
When the Dortmund-based company Rotkäppchen Peter Jülich GmbH was seeking
a partner for the relaunch of its website, Knipp was able to prevail again.
The internet presence of the company is going to expand in the future.
With concepts for promotional campaigns, lotteries, and Microsites,
Knipp is going to upvalue the presentation of the well-known trademarks.
Within the framework of the company's internet presence, there will be
Microsites available for the trademarks Rotkäppchen Frischer Landrahm,
Rotkäppchen Camembert, Rügener Badejunge, Altenburger Ziegenkäse,
and Domédictin.
On October 12th, 2004, NeuLevel, the registry which is responsible for .biz
domains, expands the character set for .biz domain names by the german
umlauts »ä«, »ö« and »ü«.
This makes many interesting domain names newly registrable.
At Knipp, you have the possibility to increase your chances for registering
the new .biz domain names with umlauts by using our preregsitration system.
Directly after NeuLevel opens up its system, our DRS will automatically send
the .biz domain names you have entered to the registry.
That the new .eu-TLD will come has already been stipulated in April 2002.
When exactly it will come has still not been definitely settled due to
ever new bureaucratic obstacles. But that it can become the most important
top level domain of the next ten years is proven by the immense number
of requests for .eu domains.
So, take care that you do not miss the train to Europe!
If you use Knipp's preregistration system, you do not need to worry about the
actual start date for the registration of your new .eu domains.
Just insert the domains of your choice into our awarded Domain Registration
System. That is free of charge and we will inform you about every important
event on the way to your .eu domains.
We will automatically send your preregistrations to the registry right at the
beginning of online registrations. That gives you the best chances to get the
domains you want.
You can find all important information on .eu domains at the following link:
Within the framework of the iF communication design award 2004, Knipp has won
awards in not only one, but two categories.
The design experts of the international jury awarded the website and the Domain
Registration System by Knipp with the label for outstanding design quality in
the fields of »Screendesign« and »Interface«.
Thus, Knipp was able to prove its expertise and efficiency in a highly competitive
field of more than 1000 contributions from 34 countries.
The criteria, which form the basis of this renowned award, are
efficiency and simplicity, interaction and communication, aesthetics,
»look and feel«, as well as innovation and design quality, amongst others.
From the point of view of the organizers of the competition, Knipp as an
award-winner belongs to the leading providers of fine design.
1000 days of .info domains at Knipp!
In order to celebrate this anniversary, Knipp and Afilias,
the registry for .info domains, come up with a very special offer.
From 01.06.2004 to 30.06.2004, registrants from Germany, Austria and Switzerland
can register .info domains for a whole year free of charge!
Our Jubilee Offer even includes the new and attractive IDN domains, which may
also contain the german umlaut characters »ä«, »ö« und »ü«.
It was love at first sight when the british trading company Bluemay
discovered the possibilities of the product search developed by Knipp.
This intelligent and application-oriented search engine is now operational
for the business unit »Bluemay-Multicap«. Within this project, Knipp
also conducted the relaunch of the Bluemay Multicap website
(www.bluemaymulticap.co.uk), including a new and fresh design.
In addition to the classical, visual way of searching, Knipp's product
search also offers a special way to find products by a targeted
questioning technique. Bluemay customers do not only find familiar
products quickly, but are also able to find suitable products on the
basis of their demands, determined in no more than three quick and
simple questions.
Our product search has already proven its qualities in the successful
use at Pöppelmannn (Lohne), one of the world's leading companies in the
plastic processing industry. The Knipp search engine is suitable for
any type of assortment and is the ideal tool when it comes to targeted
searching in a multitude of products.
From now on, customers who use the services of the Knipp data center,
are able to monitor their data traffic themselves.
Statistics can be created on a daily or on a monthly basis, with
the data being available back since January 2003.
The statistics are available at the
URL https://www.knipp.de/site/company/info/login.do.
This page is located in the password-secured area of the website, so a
login is required.
What may look like nothing but boring colored graphics at the first glance is a small
masterpiece behind the scenes. From a programmer's point of view, these
statistics are a good example of how completely different
computer systems (the Knipp website and the accounting system) can be
connected to form a new, useful application.
This is achieved by state-of-the-art software technologies: SOAP, Java, and
XML, which have become routine for the system engineers at Knipp.
In addition to the conventional invoice, which we send you via
postal mail as a piece of paper, you can now view the invoices
online, also. Logging in is required. For security reasons the
connection is crypted via the https protocol.
This service includes all the invoices about internet domain names (since 2001)
as well as internet access (since 2002) and the DTP department (since 2004).
The invoices are available in two variants:
XML: This format can be used for
automated processing at your site.
PDF: For viewing and printing.
This variant is analogue to the paper format.
Adobe
Acrobat Reader required.
From now on, the names of .de domains may include special characters.
Of particular importance is that today's start of Internationalized Domain
Names (IDN) also enables the usage of umlauts in .de domains.
It is now possible for the first time to register domain names like
»motörhead.de« or »café.de«. Registering such domains can quickly and
comfortably be done with our Domain Registration
System.
Catch up on the new possibilities that arise.
We have prepared all
important information on this topic for you.
Afilias, the registry responsible for .info domains, has just announced that
the start date for internationalized domain names (IDN) has been deferred.
Originally scheduled for 26.02.2004, the registration of .info domains
with umlauts (e.g. »börse.info«) will be delayed until 16.03.2004.
If you use Knipp's preregistration system, you do not need to worry about the
actual start date for the new .info domains. Inserting new entries in our
queue to preregister your designated domains is
free of charge. We will send your preregistrations to Afilias right at the
beginning of online registrations.
Afilias, the registry that is responsible for .info domains,
has announced today that it will accept internationalized domain names (IDNs)
for .info domains starting from 26.02.2004.
Thereby, it becomes possible for the first time to register
.info domain names with umlauts.
Knipp offers a preregistration system in which you can place your
wishlist of .info domains to enqueue them for registration.
It becomes more attractive to register .name domains! So far, only third level
domain names of the type »john.smith.name« were allowed.
With January 14th 2004, it also becomes possible to register second level domain
names following the scheme »something.name«. Additionally, you can now register
generic terms like »family.name« or »nick.name«.
This is especially favorable because many popular domain names are still free
that have been registered for a long time at other top level domains like .de
or .com.
Knipp is one of the first domain registrars in Germany who
can offer the registration of second level domain names as from now.
We can also provide you
with comprehensive
information on this topic.
Quite surprisingly, VeriSign has announced this morning that the registration of .com and .net domains
with local language characters (IDNs) will be possible starting from sunday, December 14th, 2003.
The exact time will be at 2:00 am (CET).
We would like to point out that this means that real domain registrations are possible!
This does not concern a waiting line or Knipp's well-known reservation system for .de domains
with umlauts.
We already have updated our website and can provide you with further details worth knowing.
Among these are the permitted local language characters (codepoints), and technical details
about the registration. Please feel free to use the following link for an introduction to this topic:
In the course of the further expansion of their website, Uhde
will include the field procurement (material management) in the future.
Employees and suppliers will be able to view current tender procedures
and the needed materials structured by projects in a separate area of the
website (extranet). Within the scope of this expansion, a re-launch of the
menu has already been conducted.
In the year 2002, Knipp has developed the web-presence of the well-known
and global acting plant construction company Uhde (a daughter of ThyssenKrupp).
Accompanying the TV-promotion, Knipp realizes the internet-promotion
of the product »Aquapanel« for its customer Knauf Perlite.
The microsite contains all information about the product and offers
a possibility to view the TV-spot on request.
Modern, helpful and clearly arranged. These are the criterias which have been
considered for creation of the new Knipp website.
Among extensive information according domain management online registartions of
known top-level domains is possible. Each customer may get an overview of his
domains after entering his password.
Moreover the website treats the business area of an
internet agency.
Well-known references as Alltours, RWE or Krupp Uhde show solutions for internet
strategies.
Technologically accomplished with modern tools: Java, JSP as well as J2EE
are the catchwords. Of course not caused by technological enamoristy, but these
technologies allow efficient development of complex websites.
Fully automated registration of internet domains was the aim of this ambitious
project. Here customers may use both communication by e-mail interface and usage
of a web interface. The system provides a multiplicity of assistances:
New registrations, transfers of other registrars, modifications at a single or
at multiple domains are smoothly possible.
Furthermore, the customer can get an overview on all current and historical data
according his domains. Asset reports are available in ASCII as well as in XML
format, for further processing.
The housing association GWG-Hagen offers low-priced
housing space for persons doing community service or military service
within the framework of their »Wohnleben«-activity.
The offer is being promoted by a microsite in the internet, with radio spots
and newspaper advertisements supporting it.
Interested parties can inform themselves online about conditions, prices,
and the available accomodations. The offers are displayed via database
access, with floorplans and additional explanations. A quick contacting
is possible by e-mail or by telephone, if desired.
Knipp is a leading service provider for prepress in Greater Dortmund.
In association we provide services in digital printing, now. Instead of offset
printing and heavy toner, the pages are being printed straight of the computer.
Especially for small editions up to 500 prints, this is the cost-effective and
primarily fast alternative to conventional printing techniques. On your demand
already tack-welded brochures, prospects or leaflets can be produced in a few
hours.
