Sigmund Solares

Sigmund J. Solares is the CEO of New Orleans, Louisiana based Intercosmos Media Group, Inc., the Grand Cayman based directNIC, LTD an Internet domain name registrar which does business as directNIC, and the Grand Cayman based Assorted, LTD another domain name registrar. He is also the CEO of New Orleans based companies alternativeidentity.com, Zipa LLC. (zipa.com) and New Orleans Leftover Data Centers, Inc.(noldc.com). He is also the CEO of the Grand Cayman-based Parked, LTD.

Intercosmos Media Group focused on Domain name sales, hosting and advertising. Zipa focused on web hosting, managed hosting services, colocation, commercial bandwidth services, and becoming a regional peering point. He is also the CEO of Modern Domainer Magazine which is based in Austin, Texas where the editor of the magazine is located. The freelance writers for the magazine Modern Domainer are located worldwide. He was also involved in the 2008 regional ICANN meeting in New Orleans and the 2009 and 2010 Domainer Mardi Gras conferences held in New Orleans.

Surviving Hurricane Katrina

Sigmund Solares and his New Orleans-based company, Intercosmos Media Group, were the focus of international media attention for their blogging during Hurricane Katrina, as well as their ability to keep a data center running in the middle of one of the worst natural disasters to hit the United States. A team of employees reported encountering looters, scouting throughout the city to secure supplies and assets in the lawless days after the storm, and captured many scenes on camera from their offices at the corner of Poydras Street and St. Charles Avenue.

Controversy

Solares has been the focus of controversy because his business has been accused of using its status as a registrar to acquire domain names including computer.com, digitalcameras.com, cameras.com, event.com, invention.com and thousands of other domain names. Additionally, he has been accused of a litany of illicit business practices which have resulted in lawsuits, each totalling tens of millions of Dollars by Dell Computers in 2007 and by Verizon in 2010.
Dell Computers vs Sigmund Solares et al
Verizon Trademark Services vs Sigmund Solares et al

External links

• Zipa (www.zipa.com)
• directNIC (www.directnic.com)
• Domain Contender (www.domaincontender.com)
• Assorted (www.assorted.com)
• Parked.com (www.parked.com)
• moderndomainer.com (www.moderndomainer.com)
• Domainer Mardi Gras (www.domainermardigras.com)
• computer.com
• digitalcameras.com
• cameras.com
• event.com
• invention.com