Cloudfest, which is arguably the biggest single event for the hosting and cloud industry, has fallen victim to COVID 19 and been cancelled. The annual event which is held in Southern Germany normally attracts over 7000 attendees from the four corners of the globe. From my own experience if you work in hosting and domains then it is "the" event to attend every year, as … [Read more...] about Cloudfest Falls Victim to COVID 19 – Event Cancelled
Archives for February 2020
Middle East DNS Forum Cancelled (for now)
The Middle East DNS Forum which was scheduled for next month in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been cancelled. The event organisers, which includes ICANN, hope to be able to hold the event later in the year, though no dates have been announced as yet. This latest announcement of an event cancellation is not surprising. The Saudi government announced yesterday that they were … [Read more...] about Middle East DNS Forum Cancelled (for now)
Nominations for RIPE Board Open
Nominations for the RIPE NCC Executive Board are now open. The elections will be held during the upcoming RIPE meeting in Berlin this May. There will be elections for three seats, the ones currently held by Maria Häll, Christian Kaufmann and Salam Yamout, whose terms expire in May 2020. If you'd like to find out more about what the Board roles involve there's information … [Read more...] about Nominations for RIPE Board Open
ICANN Cancels Cancún Meeting Switches to Online Event
ICANN's Board of Directors met yesterday evening and decided to cancel the upcoming meeting in Cancún, Mexico. The meeting will be held instead online, though this has never been done before. "This is a decision that the ICANN Board has been considering since the outbreak was first announced and it is one that we haven't taken lightly," said Maarten Botterman, ICANN Board … [Read more...] about ICANN Cancels Cancún Meeting Switches to Online Event
Nordic Domain Days Announces 2020 Dates
Nordic Domain Days have announced the dates for the 2020 event. This year the even will be standalone and no longer linked to the big Swedish conference Internetdagarna. Whether this is a positive move or not is unclear. The event will be held in Stockholm on September 7th and 8th with a VIP dinner being held on the evening of the 6th. Ticket prices have been … [Read more...] about Nordic Domain Days Announces 2020 Dates
IEDR Withdrawing From Direct Registration Market
The IEDR, who run the .ie country code top level domain name, are withdrawing from the "direct" market. From 31st March of this year onwards they will no longer offer people or organisations the ability to register domain names directly with them. Most domain name registries do not offer direct sales but operate via a "3 R"" model, namely "Registry", "Registrar" and … [Read more...] about IEDR Withdrawing From Direct Registration Market
Eco and ICANN to Hold DNS Security Workshop
Eco and ICANN will be co-hosting a one day event in Cologne a the eco offices on April 3rd. The event's focus is DNS Security and will feature speakers from both ICANN and eco. Topics being covered will include: DNS Security from an ICANN perspectiveFuture of whois and RDAPDNS privacy including DoH and DoTDNS threat landscape Full details as well as registration … [Read more...] about Eco and ICANN to Hold DNS Security Workshop
ICANN Ban Staff Travel to China
Over the last few days the spread of the 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCOV) has been getting a lot of news coverage and WHO has issued multiple warnings. It's not surprising, therefore, that ICANN has joined many other companies in banning travel to China by its staff. The health and safety of ICANN’s global community is a top priority and ICANN org is closely monitoring the … [Read more...] about ICANN Ban Staff Travel to China