Month: April 2017

Kelly Salter Elected to Nominet Board

The Nominet elections for a non-executive board member has concluded. Kelly Salter was elected and will serve on the Nominet board. The other votes, including the slightly controversial one to expand the board, yet exclude members will be voted on during the Nominet AGM tomorrow. The election results are broken down in the PDF below:… Continue reading Kelly Salter Elected to Nominet Board

Afilias Wins Contract to Run Backend Registry Services for .io, .ac and .sh

Afilias has won the contract to run the backend registry services for a number of country code domain extensions. The new contract will see Afilias handling the technical side of .io, .ac and .sh which are currently run in-house by The Internet Computer Bureau. In the past few years the .io ccTLD has become popular… Continue reading Afilias Wins Contract to Run Backend Registry Services for .io, .ac and .sh

RIPE Executive Board Nominations Close Next Week

RIPE NCC’s executive board will have 3 openings this year, as three of its current members finish their terms. The board positions are honorary, but RIPE NCC will cover costs and expenses involved with carrying out the board duties. Interested? You don’t need to be a RIPE member to join the board, but you will… Continue reading RIPE Executive Board Nominations Close Next Week

DomainMonster Is No More. All Customers Being Migrated to 123-Reg

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Mergers and acquisitions in the hosting and domain name business have become increasingly common over the last couple of years. As a result things have got a tad confusing and some well known brands have either ceased to exist entirely or are in flux. Case in point is Domain Monster. The company was acquired by… Continue reading DomainMonster Is No More. All Customers Being Migrated to 123-Reg

Nominet Election Candidates Videos

Nominet members are voting this month to choose one non-executive director for the Nominet board. The position will have a term of 3 years. They are also being asked to approve a change to the organisation to allow for the appointment of another director without member election. This year’s AGM is being held in Nominet’s… Continue reading Nominet Election Candidates Videos

HostingCon 2017 Will be the Last HostingCon

HostingCon is taking place this week in Los Angeles, California. The event is in its 13th year. I’ve personally attended it for the last few years, though I’m not in attendance this week due to it being held so close to WHD. This year will be the last time the event takes place. According to… Continue reading HostingCon 2017 Will be the Last HostingCon

Eco and i2Coalition Strengthen Ties

Last week most of the hosting and domain name industry was in Rust, Germany for WHD.global. During the event i2Coalition and Eco worked together on several sessions and also signed a new MOU. Details below. Here’s the full release: Leading Internet Associations Strengthen Cooperation eco Internet Industry Association e.V. , Europe’s largest Association serving the… Continue reading Eco and i2Coalition Strengthen Ties

ICANN’s Göran Marby Speaks at WHD.Global in Germany

ICANN CEO Göran Marby spoke at WHD.Global last week. Traditionally ICANN has not had a strong presence at WHD, so having the CEO and some of his senior staff in attendance last week was a positive move. The challenge for Marby, who also had a fairly early morning slot for his talk, was making ICANN… Continue reading ICANN’s Göran Marby Speaks at WHD.Global in Germany

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