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Nominum, a major player in intelligent network naming and addressing, has extended its business through a new and independent business unit called SKYE.

In a release company officials explained that SKYE offers a suite of cloud-based services to address infrastructure and new service needs, such as web services that connect to and augment Nominum's (News - Alert) installed base of Intelligent DNS systems worldwide, and provide enhanced navigation, safety, and security for end-user subscribers.

SKYE also makes Nominum's Intelligent DNS available to new markets by delivering fast, secure, and reliable hosted DNS services via a cloud infrastructure based on the same software currently serving over 170 million broadband households.

"DNS has evolved from a simple name resolution protocol to a policy-based system that provides essential availability, auditing and security services for the entire ecosystem of web-based applications," said Eric Ogren, principal analyst at the Ogren Group, in the release.

Ogren said that since the first step of any Internet request is a DNS look-up, the name service is a natural position to deploy technology asserting manageable controls over the complexities and threats of today's Internet.

“With web threats dominating the Internet, the time could not be better for Nominum to launch its SKYE service for ISPs and enterprises," he added.

Tom Tovar (News - Alert), chief executive officer of Nominum said that end users have complex needs and they are demanding that network owners take a more active role in improving and protecting their user experience.

"With SKYE, carriers and enterprises can exceed these demands by augmenting the software purchased from Nominum, bringing to market a range of responsible, reliable and safe services to improve the user experience, and tying them directly into the largest coverage of any DNS solution on the Internet," said Tovar.

"Other DNS hosting providers offer nothing more than freeware in the cloud," said Jon Shalowitz, vice president and general manager of the newly created SKYE business unit.

Shalowitz said that cloud-based solutions that leverage freeware provide little value to end users, enterprises, and ISPs because the inherent vulnerabilities and challenges of these legacy solutions remain. By leveraging a cloud model, SKYE accelerates the move away from legacy DNS and onto the only commercial-grade, secure DNS solution in the marketplace.