LINX, the London Internet Exchange, is one of the largest Internet exchanges in the world. For the past 18 years John Souter has served as the organisation's CEO, but he will be retiring towards the end of 2019. So who will replace him? The new CEO for LINX is an internal hire: Kurtis Lindqvist, who is currently CMO will assume the role of CEO from mid-September onwards, … [Read more...] about LINX Appoint New CEO
Archives for May 2019
Nominet Non-Exec Election Nominations Open
Nominet's non-executive directors elections are kicking off. This year the election is for one NED for a 3 year term. There are 4 elected non-executive directors serving on the Nominet Board, with only one whose term expires this cycle: Kelly SalterJames BladelVolker Greimann (term expires this cycle and he can stand for another term)David Thornton Full details on the … [Read more...] about Nominet Non-Exec Election Nominations Open
Czech Registry CEO Joins RIPE Board
Ondřej Filip, CEO of the .cz domain registry, has been elected to the RIPE Board. The election was held over the last couple of days as part of the 78th RIPE meeting taking place in Reykjavík, Iceland this week. The RIPE board election this week was for two positions and attracted 7 candidates. The full results of the vote haven't been published yet, but the winners … [Read more...] about Czech Registry CEO Joins RIPE Board
Irish Registrants Show Love for European Union
I've been writing about the .eu ccTLD for well over a decade. While the extension's popularity in EU member states has ebbed and flowed over the years I don't recall ever noting a registration spike in Ireland. However EURid's Q1 report for 2019 is showing a notable spike in Ireland. Admittedly the spike is percentage based not absolute numbers, yet it's still an … [Read more...] about Irish Registrants Show Love for European Union
PIR Launch ORG Impact Awards
PIR, the registry operator for .org, has launched "The .org Impact Awards". In common with other domain registry run awards the event focusses on sites and services that use the registry's domain extension - in this case .org. The timeline for the awards are as follows: May 20, 2019 Nominations OpenJune 28, 2019 Nominations CloseEarly July, 2019 Judging … [Read more...] about PIR Launch ORG Impact Awards