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.
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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… Continue reading DNS Belgium Moves Backend to the Cloud
Dot London Running Twitter Based Advent Giveaway
The .london domain registry has been working hard over the past year to build on its “local” roots. As you can expect the .london domain name is meant to be for people and businesses in London, so their site is full of examples and testimonies of London based businesses and people and how they use… Continue reading Dot London Running Twitter Based Advent Giveaway
ICANN To Host Brand Focussed New TLD Breakfast Event
ICANN is hosting a breakfast event entitled “The Evolution of Domain Names” in London next week. The event, which will be held at the Royal Society, will have a firm focus on how big brands plan on using domains. The speakers for the event are: Akram Atallah, President of the Global Domains Division (GDD), ICANN… Continue reading ICANN To Host Brand Focussed New TLD Breakfast Event
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
RIPE 69 Registration Now Available
RIPE 69 is being held in November from 3 – 7 in London. Registration for the meeting was opened a couple of days ago. Tickets for the event cost €350, with day passes costing €150. The gala dinner is an extra €50, though based on past experience with RIPE meetings you definitely get your money’s… Continue reading RIPE 69 Registration Now Available
S4C, The National Assembly of Wales and others Back .Wales & .Cymru
Getting “anchor tenants” for a new top level domain can be a challenge. However, in the case of .wales & .cymru it looks like the strings have hit a chord, if you’ll excuse the pun. Last month during the opening ceremony of the ICANN meeting in London it was announced that the Welsh government would… Continue reading S4C, The National Assembly of Wales and others Back .Wales & .Cymru
DotEU By The Numbers
The guys over at EUrid released a nice graphic that gives a summary of key data related to .eu in 2013: At the recent ICANN meeting in London EUrid was firmly focussed on highlighting European businesses that actively use .eu for their websites. Related articles EUrid Awarded .eu Contract For 5 Years (internetnews.me)… Continue reading DotEU By The Numbers
Ed Vaizey’s Speech at #ICANN50
Ed Vaizey, the British minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, spoke at the opening ceremony for the ICANN public meeting in London. Here’s the video: The official text is here Related articles Biggest Ever ICANN Meeting Convenes in London (technology.ie)
ICANN Hires CTO
In the run up to the ICANN meeting in London, the organisation announced yesterday that they were hiring a CTO. It may seem a little bit odd that ICANN didn’t have a CTO, so filling that gap was long overdue. The new hire is an old hand in DNS industry circles – David Conrad: Conrad… Continue reading ICANN Hires CTO