Alldomains.com, the leader in corporate domain registration and management, launched HAL (Hierarchical Asset Layer), a technology embedded into its DELTA management portal that combines powerful asset organization with robust multi-level user management.

With this new technology, large corporations and law firms can easily organize their assets by name and allow users to view and manage only the assets within their assigned asset group. HAL also facilitates the tracking of spending by asset group and user.

Many corporations with multiple brands, subsidiaries or divisions need autonomous domain management with centralized control. In other systems, the only way to grant access to multiple users is to share the administrative login information with each user. However username and password sharing not only present a serious security risk, but also, with each person using the same login, it gives all users access to edit and manage every asset within the system.

With HAL, a single DELTA administrator can divide his company's portfolio of domain names and other assets and services into meaningful asset groups. He can then set up sub-users and assign each sub-user to one or more of these groups. When assigning sub-users to asset groups, the administrator has the option of selecting read-only access, which limits the user to viewing the
assets only, or full-access, which enables full management permissions.

Unlike single-user systems, a DELTA sub-user cannot view any assets outside of his assigned group. Security is also tighter because the sub-user has his own login information so his actions will be tracked independently of the main account administrator.

HAL is also beneficial in the areas of accounting and billing, especially when inter-organization billing is involved. Each sub-user may be assigned purchase privileges, which allow the sub-user to buy services through the DELTA portal. Such services may include domain registrations, brand monitoring and reverse whois research. HAL tracks the spending of each sub-user and records his account name and any associated asset group with each invoice incurred for efficient accounting and inter-organization billing.

A law firm will benefit from HAL because it can keep all its various clients' domains within one DELTA account and define asset groups based on client name, and then assign access per attorney or legal professional responsible for each client.

"Successful domain name management is a multi-dimensional process. Not only must we possess a system that delivers its services effectively, but also every aspect of that system must be designed to fit into the complex processes and practices of its users, in our case large corporations and law firms such as the prominent intellectual law firm of Harness, Dickey & Pierce," said Chris Bura, President and CEO of Alldomains.com. "HAL demonstrates our understanding and commitment to this customer type by elegantly solving these
complex issues."

"As a leading intellectual property firm responsible for managing IP assets for a number of large corporations, the DELTA system has facilitated our ability to manage our numerous clients' domains effectively," said Rudolph Telscher, Principal for the St. Louis office of law firm Harness, Dickey, &
Pierce. "The ability for my colleagues to organize our clients' domains by name and assign specific access levels for each client is a crucial feature for us and one of the many reasons why we use Alldomains.com as our domain provider. With HAL technology incorporated into DELTA, we can now offer necessary access to our clients while managing the account at the firm."

HAL was developed and incorporated into DELTA to meet the needs of Alldomains.com's large corporate and law firm clients. In response to their clients' requests, every area of the DELTA management portal will implement HAL, including DNS Zones, BrandWatch monitoring, D-Tective Reverse Whois, Mark Management and Accounting.