Earlier today one of Ireland's oldest hosting providers seems to have gone completely offline.The company in question is Host.ie, which is also known as Novara or Digihost. Over the better part of 20 years the provider has changed hands a couple of times, as well as its name. These days it's known as "Hostopia Ireland", after the company was acquired by American provider … [Read more...] about Host.ie Novara.ie and Digihost Go AWOL
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INEX Formally Appoints New CEO
INEX is the Irish internet exchange point (IXP).A few months ago INEX appointed Eileen Gallagher as Interim CEO however it was only earlier this week that the formalities were finalised and the "interim" was dropped.Eileen has been with INEX since 2005 and to many members has been the de facto face of the organisation for years.She's also been heavily involved … [Read more...] about INEX Formally Appoints New CEO
Bhavin Turakhia’s Email Venture Gains Big Backer
Bhavin Turakhia is a name that is very well known in the domain and internet business. His exit from Directi and his ongoing investment in domains via Radix Registry means that Bhavin's name has strong links with the domain name business.However Bhavin's also been dabbling in other areas, including messaging and email.Earlier today it was announced that … [Read more...] about Bhavin Turakhia’s Email Venture Gains Big Backer
Parler is Back
Parler is back online fully, or so it seems.A couple of updates belowThe site is now being hosted by Cloudroute SkySilk who seem to specialise in reselling Microsoft services. It looks like they might be offering some kind of private cloud hosting and that is what Parler is using. The IP address space the site is on appears to be linked to another company, SkySilk, who … [Read more...] about Parler is Back
Tucows Puts Download Site Out to Pasture
In the mid 1990s the internet was a very different place. There was no Google. There was no Facebook and "app stores" did not exist.If you wanted to find software to do something you'd often end up on shareware download sites like TUCOWS - The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software.A lot of us who first went online in the 1990s probably spent a lot of time on the … [Read more...] about Tucows Puts Download Site Out to Pasture
Parler Attempting to Come Back Online
Parler has been offline for several days now and there have been thousands of articles written about how that happened and, more importantly, why.At time of writing Parler.com is showing a simple holding page:The text reads:Now seems like the right time to remind you all — both lovers and haters — why we started this platform. We believe privacy is paramount and … [Read more...] about Parler Attempting to Come Back Online
One.com Acquires GratisDNS / Larsen Data
It looks like the merger and acquisition activity in the hosting and domain market isn't slowing down. Multiple European and international hosting and domain name groups have been quietly, and not so quietly, expanding via acquisitions in the last few months. While announcements of mergers and acquisitions in the middle of a global pandemic might sound a little strange you need … [Read more...] about One.com Acquires GratisDNS / Larsen Data
Domains and the 2019 UK Elections
It's 2019, so any political party that wants to reach the electorate is going to have a digital footprint of some kind. The bigger and better organised parties will invest heavily in a full digital strategy. This is not new.What's also not new is politicians, lobbyists and political activists setting up various websites that use domains that are a little misleading. Over … [Read more...] about Domains and the 2019 UK Elections
Jay Daley Appointed IETF Executive Director
The IETF (Internet Enginerring Task Force) is the main internet standards body. If you're reading this blog post then you're relying on standards that came out of IETF.In common with a lot of work that goes into making the internet function, IETF is not a commercial organisation and relies on volunteers who contribute via mailing lists and working groups. However they have … [Read more...] about Jay Daley Appointed IETF Executive Director
More Mergers in European Hosting & Domain Market
As the hosting and domain name space becomes mature there will inevitably be an uptick in mergers and acquisitions. In recent years we've seen GoDaddy acquire multiple companies to strengthen its hold on the European market, while UK based Centralnic has more recently been acquiring companies across the globe.Personally I predicted that this uptick in M & A activity … [Read more...] about More Mergers in European Hosting & Domain Market