Dear Colleagues, As part of the RIPE NCC Database Group's ongoing efforts to improve our infrastructure, we are pleased to announce the launch of a completely re-written Syncupdates service. This new Syncupdates is easier to maintain and improve than the old version, which was written almost ten years ago. The Syncupdates interface for users of the service is unchanged, so from a user viewpoint, nothing has changed. Any software or scripts written to access Syncupdates will continue to work without any need for modifications. A more detailed article will follow shortly on RIPE Labs with additional technical details about the new Webupdates and Syncupdates services. If you do have any problems with the new Syncupdates please contact <ripe-dbm@ripe.net>. Regards Denis Walker Business Analyst RIPE NCC Database Group