Month: February 2020

Cloudfest Falls Victim to COVID 19 – Event Cancelled

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… Continue reading Cloudfest Falls Victim to COVID 19 – Event Cancelled

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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading Nominations for RIPE Board Open

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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,”… Continue reading ICANN Cancels Cancún Meeting Switches to Online Event

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… Continue reading 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 perspective Future of whois and RDAP DNS privacy including DoH and… Continue reading Eco and ICANN to Hold DNS Security Workshop

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