HoodaThunk?

As reported on Chrenkoff, the Iraqi Interim Goverment appears to have a web presence. Being the cynical network professional I am, I decided to trace who hosts the website and verify I’m not looking at the UK Guardian’s latest attempt to influence the news far beyond their readership.

The admin contact is listed with an e-mail address at “ekurservices.com” which announces that it’s “Iraq’s Leading High-Tech Company.” (Hey, how do I know? They might be just that.) eKur runs an Internet Group, a software company, a hardware company (presumably all techie stuff) and, interestingly, a shipping firm. Now that’s diversity. The shipping site is showing under construction but it might be that eKur got tired of trying to sell things it couldn’t get shipped in so decided to handle the shipping in-house. Might be the start of something really good.

eKur themselves are buying their hosting off a New Jersey Firm, Datapipe. Datapipe also has offices in Europe, but with the technical contact listed with a phone number in American area code “201″ (that being a New Jersey number), I have to assume that eKur’s sites are handled here in the USA. Works for me.

Update: While we’re on the subject, let’s hear it for James Robbins writing about the near-total blackout by the MSM on good news stories from Iraq. There’s a whole ton of good news from over there, but you never hear about it. Go to the trouble to inform yourself. The MSM sure isn’t going to do it for you.