INEX is the Irish internet exchange point (IXP).A few months ago INEX appointed Eileen Gallagher as Interim CEO however it was only earlier this week that the formalities were finalised and the "interim" was dropped.Eileen has been with INEX since 2005 and to many members has been the de facto face of the organisation for years.She's also been heavily involved … [Read more...] about INEX Formally Appoints New CEO
UK IGF
This year's UK IGF will be held online again.The event will be held over two days October 20th and 21st and registration is now open.The agenda for the 2021 event covers:data protection gender based violencecyber crime environmental issuesonline safetyFull details and registration are on the official site here.Outcomes from national IGFs feed into the main … [Read more...] about UK IGF
Nordic Domain Days Announce 2022 Dates
Nordic Domain Days was one of the many events that was cancelled due to the global pandemic. The event, which started out colocated with Internetdagarna, is coming back as an in person event in Stockholm and is now going it alone. Splitting away from the bigger conference it was part of means that the organisers will be able to focus the schedule on topics of interest to … [Read more...] about Nordic Domain Days Announce 2022 Dates
Some Changes at ICANN
ICANN's CEO publishes updates on the organisation from time to time.Yesterday his update was in relation to some staff changes.David Conrad will be leaving ICANN at the end of September. He's currently the organisation's CTO and has been heavily involved in a variety of technical projects internally and externally. Marby's blog post does not provide any explanation as … [Read more...] about Some Changes at ICANN
Nominations for Nominet Board Elections Open
The nomination period for non-executive directors to the Nominet Board opened yesterday. The Nominet Board is made up of appointees and member elected representatives. The number of positions up for election in any given year tends to vary. This year there are two positions up for election due to members' terms.While both Non-Executive Directors could serve another term on … [Read more...] about Nominations for Nominet Board Elections Open
Radix Reports Premium Sales up for H1 2021
Radix registry, who run a bunch of new TLDs including .tech, .space, .online, .press and more have released their premium sales report for H1 2021.It's been a good year for the company so far, with their overall premium sales up 43% from H2 of 2020.Here are a few other salient data points:$2.91M in premium revenue$1.67M coming from renewals43% growth in premium new … [Read more...] about Radix Reports Premium Sales up for H1 2021
ICANN’s NomCom Announces Selections
ICANN's nominating committee is responsible for selecting people for a variety of positions across the various boards, councils and committees within ICANN. The number of appointments varies year on year, due to term lengths and other factors.This year's appointments were announced yesterday:ICANN Board of DirectorsEdmon Chung, Asia, Australia, Pacific … [Read more...] about ICANN’s NomCom Announces Selections
ICANN Expands Contractual Waiver for Security Issues to Registrars
ICANN has announced that they are expanding the scope of contractual waivers for security issues to include registrars. That's a bit of a mouthful, so I'll try to unpack it a bit.Under normal circumstances both registrars and registries are bound by ICANN policies and contractual obligations. In simple terms this means that they only register and manage domain names when … [Read more...] about ICANN Expands Contractual Waiver for Security Issues to Registrars
PIR (.org) Hiring CTO
PIR aka the .org registry, is hiring for the role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Up until 2018 PIR did not have a CTO, which is when they hired DNS veteran Joe Abley to fill the role. Fast forward three years and Abley has moved on to pastures new (he's now over at Neustar / GoDaddy registry doing funky DNS stuff) and so the role is up for grabs again.The job is being … [Read more...] about PIR (.org) Hiring CTO
Bhavin Turakhia’s Email Venture Gains Big Backer
Bhavin Turakhia is a name that is very well known in the domain and internet business. His exit from Directi and his ongoing investment in domains via Radix Registry means that Bhavin's name has strong links with the domain name business.However Bhavin's also been dabbling in other areas, including messaging and email.Earlier today it was announced that … [Read more...] about Bhavin Turakhia’s Email Venture Gains Big Backer