Tag: los angeles

Save Dot Org Campaign to Picket ICANN HQ

One of the campaigns that has been working against the sale of PIR and the .org registry under the “Save dot Org” moniker is planning to picket ICANN’s headquarters in LA. Save Dot Org are planning on picketing the Los Angeles’ offices of ICANN on Friday January 24th: Date: Friday, January 24, 2020 Time: 9… Continue reading Save Dot Org Campaign to Picket ICANN HQ

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 New CEO Is Swedish Telecoms Regulator Göran Marby

Göran Marby

ICANN’s new CEO has been announced today – it is Göran Marby from the Swedish telecoms regulator. Marby had been Director General of Post and Telecom Agency, PTS in Sweden, where he’d held the post since 2010. The news was made public as Marby’s resignation was notified to his Swedish employer – the Swedish government. Here’s the official… Continue reading ICANN’s New CEO Is Swedish Telecoms Regulator Göran Marby

Olivier Crépin-Leblond Stepping Down As ALAC Chair

Olivier  Crépin-Leblond announced earlier today that he would step down as ALAC Chair. He has been Chair of ALAC since 2010. He also nominated Alan Greenberg to take his place. Nominations for the position are open until September 3rd. Whether other candidates will be nominated for the position is unclear, but Greenberg has accepted the nomination.… Continue reading Olivier Crépin-Leblond Stepping Down As ALAC Chair

Dreamhost Hit With ICANN Breach Notice

Dreamhost is one of the larger webhosting providers out there. The Los Angeles based company was founded back in 1996 and offers Linux hosting exclusively ie. no Microsoft software. According to HosterStats they currently host around 1.3 million domain names. Earlier this week the company was hit with a breach notice by ICANN’s compliance team.… Continue reading Dreamhost Hit With ICANN Breach Notice

OVH Pulled Up By ICANN Due To Whois Format

OVH, a French registrar and hosting provider, has been sent a breach notice by ICANN. The registrar had not updated its whois format to be compliant with the 2013 RAA.   So for example, a whois lookup on ovh.net currently returns:   # local time    : Friday, 16-May-2014 15:22:25 CEST # gmt time   … Continue reading OVH Pulled Up By ICANN Due To Whois Format

GoDaddy Acquires MediaTemple

Blake Irving, Godaddy CEO

GoDaddy has been on an acquisition spree this year, announcing a number of acquisitions in recent months. Today’s announcement is that they’ve acquired Media Temple. Media Temple are a relatively big hosting provider whose focus has always been on serving developers and designers. That GoDaddy should acquire the company while surprising is logical. Media Temple… Continue reading GoDaddy Acquires MediaTemple

Barnes & Noble Weigh In On Amazon’s New TLDs

Some pretty big companies are beginning to show an active interest in ICANN’s new TLD project. The most recent of them is bookseller Barnes & Noble. The letter, which is available both on the ICANN website and below, is quite narrow and pointed in its scope and focusses on the perceived competition issues with Amazon’s… Continue reading Barnes & Noble Weigh In On Amazon’s New TLDs

ICANN Advertising For Director of gTLD Registry Services

ICANN currently has a number of job vacancies open, which isn’t that surprising for an organisation of its size. One of them, however, caught my eye: Director, gTLD Registry Services, Los Angeles, United States Reading the job description this sounds very like the role formerly held by Kurt Pritz (well – one of his roles… Continue reading ICANN Advertising For Director of gTLD Registry Services

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