The sale of PIR, the company that runs the .org domain name registry, has attracted a lot of interest since it was first announced back in mid-November. The latest group to enter the fray is the Number Resource Organisation (NRO) which represents the interests of the five regional internet registries (RIRs) for IP addresses. As a general rule the NRO does not usually … [Read more...] about IP Numbers Types Flex Muscles in PIR Debacle
Archives for December 2019
Nominet Releases Updated ccTLD Map
I love data and when it's easy to consume I love it even more. Nominet have been producing a world map with a slight difference for the last few years. Their map displays the countries with their size related to the number of domains in their ccTLD. What that means is that countries that in reality are quite small end up appearing to be quite big, while some quite large … [Read more...] about Nominet Releases Updated ccTLD Map
Domain Pulse 2020 Registration Open
Domain Pulse 2020 will be held in Innsbruck, Austria. The event, which is rotated between the Austrian, German and Swiss ccTLD managers, will take place on February 20th and 21st 2020. It's free to attend, but registration is obligatory. As you'd expect a lot of the event is held in German, though they usually provide pretty good simultaneous interpretation, so if you … [Read more...] about Domain Pulse 2020 Registration Open
Namescon Release Preliminary Agenda
NamesCon global will be held in Austin, Texas from January 29th to February 1st 2020. Yesterday they released the schedule, or at least a preliminary version of it. So you can see the timetable for the various talks and sessions, though details like who is speaking etc., are still missing in many cases. There'll be sessions on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with the event … [Read more...] about Namescon Release Preliminary Agenda
RIPE Hiring Managing Director
As was announced quite recently Axel Pawlik has stepped down from his role of Managing Director of RIPE NCC a role which he held for 20 years. In the last few days RIPE NCC has published the job ad. As you'd expect for a role of this nature they're using an outside employment agency to help find the right candidate. Whoever ends up in the role will be tasked with … [Read more...] about RIPE Hiring Managing Director
IGF 2020 to be Held in Katowice, Poland
The 2019 IGF drew to a close this Friday afternoon in Berlin, Germany. The 15th IGF will be hosted by the government of Poland who have chosen to hold the event in Katowice, Poland from November 2nd to November 6th. This year's event drew 3406 participants from 161 countries. No details of the 2020 event have been released so far, so if you're interested in attending … [Read more...] about IGF 2020 to be Held in Katowice, Poland