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CloudFest to Have Robot Keynote (Literally!)

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Cloudfest (Aka WHD Global) will be held in March this year in Rust, Germany. As usual the event will be the biggest of its kind in Europe. The organisers behind the event like to bring quirky speakers and performers to their events and this year is no different. However the keynote speaker they're getting this time round won't be a human, but an actual … [Read more...] about CloudFest to Have Robot Keynote (Literally!)

World Hosting Days Rebrands as Cloud Fest

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World Hosting Days aka WHD has rebranded itself as "Cloud Fest". They're describing themselves as: CloudFest is a world-leading conference geared toward the cloud, hosting, and service provider industries. Focusing on three distinctive pillars – growth, connectivity and learning – our festivals provide cloud professionals access to the latest technologies, innovations, and … [Read more...] about World Hosting Days Rebrands as Cloud Fest

ICANN’s Göran Marby Speaks at WHD.Global in Germany

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ICANN CEO Göran Marby spoke at WHD.Global last week. Traditionally ICANN has not had a strong presence at WHD, so having the CEO and some of his senior staff in attendance last week was a positive move. The challenge for Marby, who also had a fairly early morning slot for his talk, was making ICANN relevant to an audience made up of hosting companies. His keynote runs for … [Read more...] about ICANN’s Göran Marby Speaks at WHD.Global in Germany

WHD Global Releases Parody Video

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WHD Global are obviously having a lot of fun producing videos in the run up to this year's "cloud festival" in Germany. Their latest release follows in the footsteps of several European countries that want to be put second, assuming that America is first. So here's the WHD entry to the competition, if there was a competition .. https://youtu.be/Iy84ZdK29wI The video … [Read more...] about WHD Global Releases Parody Video

WHD Global and WHD USA Dates & Venues Announced

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World Hosting Days, or as it's better known, WHD, will be held again next year. In 2016 the "global" event will return to Rust, Germany, as it has done for the last few years, with the event taking place between March 15 - 17. Due to the events location most people tend to arrive on the Monday and leave on the Friday, so it's essentially a full week event. The event venue is, … [Read more...] about WHD Global and WHD USA Dates & Venues Announced

German Registrar Pulls .Uk Domains

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Strato (Cronon AG), which is one of the larger German registrars, has pulled *.uk domain names from its offerings. The company made the announcement via a blog post (in German) where they outlined the reasons for their decision. The issue? Nominet's registrant data validation processes. I reached out to the guys at Cronon, who handle domain regisrations for Strato, to get … [Read more...] about German Registrar Pulls .Uk Domains

Domain Pulse Release Schedule

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Domain Pulse takes place every year in either Germany, Austria or Switzerland. The event is organised by and hosted by DENIC, nic.at and SWITCH. Next year's event is being held on February 20th and 21st in Salzburg, Austria. The preliminary agenda has just been released and covers topics that should be of interest to anyone who follows the domain industry in … [Read more...] about Domain Pulse Release Schedule