NeuStar to Power NASDAQ Dubai

Leading Provider of Managed DNS Services to Deliver Superior Performance and Security to Middle East's International Stock Exchange

STERLING, Va., Dec. 22 -- NeuStar, Inc. (NYSE:NSR) today announced that NASDAQ Dubai, the international stock exchange between Western Europe and East Asia, has selected NeuStar's UltraDNS Managed Services to enhance the security and performance of NASDAQ Dubai's platform.

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Specifically, NASDAQ Dubai will leverage NeuStar's UltraDNS suite of traffic management services, including SiteBacker, an advanced monitoring and failover service for critical enterprise systems and applications, and Traffic Controller, a global server load balancing service. NASDAQ Dubai also will utilize Traffic Controller to geographically distribute its web traffic between its financial operations in London, New York, and Dubai.

Formerly called the DIFX, NASDAQ Dubai offers tradable instruments including equities, equity derivatives, and structured products. It welcomes regional as well as global issuers that seek regional and international investment, and has a unique mix of international and regional brokers. The majority shareholder of NASDAQ Dubai is Borse Dubai, which holds a two-thirds stake; NASDAQ OMX Group owns one-third of the shares.

"We welcome NASDAQ Dubai to the growing list of global financial institutions that benefit from the enhanced security and performance of our UltraDNS Managed Services," said Alex Berry, senior vice president and general manager of NeuStar's Internet Infrastructure service group. "NASDAQ Dubai understands the importance of the DNS infrastructure to its operational excellence and retaining the confidence of its customer base."

NeuStar's UltraDNS Managed Services are built on a fault-tolerant global directory infrastructure that provides critical layers of network security and reliability. NeuStar's technology and services allow enterprises to seamlessly migrate their entire DNS infrastructures without any additional hardware or software deployments. Utilizing advanced routing technology, NeuStar ensures that all DNS requests are directed to and answered by the topologically closest server constellation - thus ensuring the fastest and most reliable network resolution.

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NeuStar (NYSE:NSR) provides market-leading and innovative services that enable trusted communication across networks, applications, and enterprises around the world. For more information, visit www.neustar.biz.