The Brand Registry Group (BRG) will be holding a one day conference on the sidelines of the upcoming ICANN meeting in Montréal. The event is aimed at brand owners who either have a TLD of their own or who might be considering applying for one in the future. While the full schedule for the event is not available yet the overview is: Come and find out how dotBrands are … [Read more...] about Brand & Domains Event to be Held in Montréal
New Zealand’s ccTLD Opens Consultation on Disputes
The .nz ccTLD's policies are managed by the Domain Name Commission, who I've mentioned previously. They're currently conducting an open consultation on dispute resolution in the .nz name space. The consultation is made up of both online and offline options, so that stakeholders get plenty of opportunity to provide input. You can read about the current policy and process … [Read more...] about New Zealand’s ccTLD Opens Consultation on Disputes
Cloudflare Suffers Outage Caused by Software Glitch
Cloudflare powers an ever growing percentage of the world's websites and online services. So when Cloudflare has snaffu a lot of other services are impacted, including ones that you might not even realise were using CloudFlare. Yesterday afternoon Cloudflare had an outage that lasted about 30 minutes. During that time period a lot of sites and services that use Cloudflare … [Read more...] about Cloudflare Suffers Outage Caused by Software Glitch
ICANN 66 Montreal Registration Open
While the most recent ICANN public meeting only drew to a close at the end of last week the details of the next meeting are already available. ICANN's next public meeting will be ICANN 66 which will run from November 2nd to November 8th in Montreal and it is also the organisation's AGM. It'll be a bigger meeting than the last one and it'll probably also have quite a bit … [Read more...] about ICANN 66 Montreal Registration Open
Hungary to Host National Internet Governance Forum
While the main IGF event is being held in Berlin in November many countries are organising their own national IGFs. This September will see Hungary play host to its very first IGF in Budapest. The event, which will be held on September 12th, will be held in the Hungexpo in Budapest. The event will be free to attend, though registration will be required. What will be on … [Read more...] about Hungary to Host National Internet Governance Forum
INEX Announces New CEO
INEX, the Irish IXP, has announced the appointment of a new CEO. The new CEO is Mr Colin Dalton. Dalton has been involved in the Irish telecoms industry for the last 20 years, having held multiple roles with Eir, previously known as Eircom. Dalton previously served on the board of INEX where he was Chair. … [Read more...] about INEX Announces New CEO
Centralnic Acquires Hexonet / 1API
Centralnic has announced that it is acquiring Hexonet, which also owns 1API. The deal, which was announced today, will see Centralnic pay up to €10 million to acquire the German and Canadian based company. As a company focussed on domains there is of course a lot of recurring revenue: Like CentralNic, Hexonet has a high level of recurring revenues and excellent … [Read more...] about Centralnic Acquires Hexonet / 1API
ICANN to Offer Childcare Grants
ICANN will be offering grants of up to $750 per family for childcare. The grants will be made available to help cover the cost of childcare for those attendees who are bringing their children to the ICANN public meetings. ICANN will not be providing childcare facilities directly onsite, but will provide assistance with identifying suitable providers. One of the … [Read more...] about ICANN to Offer Childcare Grants
New Zealand’s ccTLD Taking on DomainTools in Court – Video
As I mentioned several months ago, the .nz ccTLD registry Domain Name Commission is taking legal action against several companies that have been harvesting whois data for years. They were granted a preliminary injunction and were in court in person a few days ago. You can watch the legal pleadings from both sides in the video below: Personally I find the arguments from … [Read more...] about New Zealand’s ccTLD Taking on DomainTools in Court – Video
LINX Appoint New CEO
LINX, the London Internet Exchange, is one of the largest Internet exchanges in the world. For the past 18 years John Souter has served as the organisation's CEO, but he will be retiring towards the end of 2019. So who will replace him? The new CEO for LINX is an internal hire: Kurtis Lindqvist, who is currently CMO will assume the role of CEO from mid-September onwards, … [Read more...] about LINX Appoint New CEO