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… Continue reading RIPE Hiring Managing Director
Tag: Amsterdam
Domaining Europe Moves To Holland
Domaining Europe / Domaining Spain has been held for the last 8 years in Valencia, Spain. This year the event expanded with two one day events being held in Madrid and Barcelona. For 2016, however, the event’s organizers want to take the “show on the road” and have just announced that the main event of… Continue reading Domaining Europe Moves To Holland
WHIR Holding Events In Amsterdam & London
The WHIR holds networking events at US cities throughout the year which appear to be very popular. This autumn they’ll be holding two such events in Europe. One in Amsterdam and one in London. (This isn’t the first time that they’ve done events in Europe.) The Amsterdam event is timed to coincide with HostingCon Europe… Continue reading WHIR Holding Events In Amsterdam & London
HostingCon Europe Early Bird Expires Soon
HostingCon is coming back to Amsterdam this September and they have a really attractive “early bird” rate of only €40. If you’re interested in going the “early bird” rate expires on June 27th, after which it’ll go up to €80. So far the event organisers have released a preliminary schedule and the topics look pretty… Continue reading HostingCon Europe Early Bird Expires Soon
HostingCon Europe Early Bird Special
HostingCon is returning to Europe this September. The event will be held in Amsterdam’s Passenger Terminal on September 22 – 23 The organisers are currently offering “early bird” tickets for a mere EUR40, which is very good value. Full details on the official site.
Amsterdam’s TLD Opens Pioneer Program
The .amsterdam city TLD is currently promoting its pioneer program. They’ll be launching 100 .amsterdam sites powered by select “pioneer” organisations. So far they’ve got three on board: TEDx Amsterdam will be assigned tedx.amsterdam The city of Amsterdam will be using gemeente.amsterdam ID&T who run the Sensation parties will be given dance.amsterdam If you’re interested in… Continue reading Amsterdam’s TLD Opens Pioneer Program
RIPE Announces Meeting Dates and Locations
RIPE has announced its meeting dates and locations from now until May 2015! Very handy if you like to be able to plan in advance. Here are the dates and venues: RIPE Meetings RIPE 67: Athens, Greece, 14-18 October 2013 RIPE 68: Warsaw, Poland, 12-16 May 2014 RIPE 69: London, 3-7 November 2014 (TBC) RIPE… Continue reading RIPE Announces Meeting Dates and Locations
New Domain Association Site Launched
During the regional ICANN meeting in Amsterdam earlier this year there was a “side meeting” held by several companies in the domain name industry. The objective? To work on some form of strategy for marketing and education around the domain name industry and domains in general. The meeting was organised by Google‘s new TLD team,… Continue reading New Domain Association Site Launched
Chilean Domain Registry Expands DNS Infrastructure
The Chilean ccTLD has expanded its DNS infrastructure with the addition of three new nameservers in London, Amsterdam and Tokyo. The registry has been expanding its external DNS infrastructure over the last couple of years and now has DNS in multiple locations across the globe: Further details on their site
SIDN Get .Amsterdam Contract
SIDN, the organisation that runs .nl, has been awarded the contract to provide registry backend services for .amsterdam. The company that will be running the .amsterdam registry has already launched a public site where they’re accepting pre-registrations. While I’d normally question anyone offering pre-registrations at this stage a .city TLD is a lot less likely… Continue reading SIDN Get .Amsterdam Contract