Registration for Cloudfest 2020 opened a few days ago. The event is being held March 14 – 19 in Europa Park, Germany, though the core days will be 17th, 18th and 19th for most attendees. Here’s the recap video from the 2019 event: Registration, which includes access to hotel booking, is available here. As usual… Continue reading Cloudfest 2020 Registration Open
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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… Continue reading More Mergers in European Hosting & Domain Market
Cloudflare Summit London
Cloudflare will be hosting their summit tomorrow in central London. The one day event will feature an interesting mix of international speakers, as well as senior staff from the cloud security company. Speakers on the day will include CloudFlare founder and CEO Matthew Prince. The full agenda is here.
World Hosting Days / CloudFest Venue Damaged by Fire
Europa Park in Germany has been the venue for World Hosting Days, now known as CloudFest, for several years. Every year the largest hosting conference in Europe is held in the theme park in Germany about a week before it opens to the public. This weekend the park is making headlines around the world for… Continue reading World Hosting Days / CloudFest Venue Damaged by Fire
CloudFest to Have Robot Keynote (Literally!)
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… Continue reading CloudFest to Have Robot Keynote (Literally!)
World Hosting Days Rebrands as Cloud Fest
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 trends that make… Continue reading World Hosting Days Rebrands as Cloud Fest
GoDaddy CEO to Retire in December
GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving is to retire at the end of the year. Irving, who is 58, will continue to be a member of the GoDaddy board until June 2018. Yep, after 35 years of late nights and long travel in #tech it’s time to focus on the @GoDaddy board and new adventures w/ my… Continue reading GoDaddy CEO to Retire in December
UK2 Group Acquired by The Hut Group
The M & A activity in the hosting and domain markets continues. Earlier today it was announced that The Hut Group has acquired UK2. The Hut Group isn’t in the hosting or domain name space directly, but as a global e-commerce company would be a big consumer of infrastructure to support its brands, which include… Continue reading UK2 Group Acquired by The Hut Group
HostingCon 2017 Will be the Last HostingCon
HostingCon is taking place this week in Los Angeles, California. The event is in its 13th year. I’ve personally attended it for the last few years, though I’m not in attendance this week due to it being held so close to WHD. This year will be the last time the event takes place. According to… Continue reading HostingCon 2017 Will be the Last HostingCon
ICANN’s Göran Marby Speaks at WHD.Global in Germany
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… Continue reading ICANN’s Göran Marby Speaks at WHD.Global in Germany