NamesCon Europe (formerly known as Domaining Europe) was recently held in Valencia, Spain. Next year's event, however, will be in Lisbon, Portugal. The exact dates and venue for the domain event have not been announced, though it's meant to be held in June. The event organisers are already selling "early bird" tickets for the event, though for some odd reason they're … [Read more...] about Namescon Europe Moves to Lisbon
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CENTR Awards to Include Best Registry as Chosen by Registrars
CENTR, the body which represent of European domain registries, will be holding its annual awards again this year. What's different for 2017 however is that they've added a new category: Registry of the Year And unlike with the other award categories, this one is open for voting to the registrar channel. The question registrars are being asked is: Based on the … [Read more...] about CENTR Awards to Include Best Registry as Chosen by Registrars
Eco and i2Coalition Strengthen Ties
Last week most of the hosting and domain name industry was in Rust, Germany for WHD.global. During the event i2Coalition and Eco worked together on several sessions and also signed a new MOU. Details below. Here's the full release: Leading Internet Associations Strengthen Cooperation eco Internet Industry Association e.V. , Europe’s largest Association serving the … [Read more...] about Eco and i2Coalition Strengthen Ties
DNS Belgium Moves Backend to the Cloud
DNS Belgium, who run the .be ccTLD domain registry, as well as .brussels and .vlaanderen, is moving its backend to the cloud. The domain registry announced last year that they would be migrating their backend to the cloud. Why? So they can focus on the software and services and not have to concern themselves with the hardware and colocation aspect of running clusters … [Read more...] about DNS Belgium Moves Backend to the Cloud
Eco to Address the Impact of Brexit On the Domain Industry
Eco, which is the largest internet industry association in Europe, is holding a virtual meeting later this month to discuss Brexit. The meeting, which is scheduled for July 27th at 1200 UTC, will be the first of several dialogues among industry to discuss the potential impact of the UK's exit from the EU on the domain name industry. As I mentioned in a recent post, the … [Read more...] about Eco to Address the Impact of Brexit On the Domain Industry