Host Europe Group announced the successful acquisition of the domain name registrar, Domainfactory, for an undisclosed amount. Domainfactory currently manages 1.1 million domains and serves approximately 173,000 customers. This transaction follows the recent acquisition by Host Europe Group of Telefónica Germany Online Services GmbH, a leading enterprise managed hosting provider. "This … [Read more...]
Key-Systems Celebrates 15th Birthday
In a press release we received today, Key-Systems is celebrating its 15 Birthday Key-Systems, which currently manages more than 3 million web addresses (domains) for more than 70,000 retail/corporate customers and 1,800 resellers worldwide, celebrates its 15th company anniversary in October. Since its foundation in 1998 the Key-Systems GmbH has emerged … [Read more...]
1and1.com New gTLD Pre-Registrations Top 3 Million Domain Names
It was back on September 22nd when we posted that 1and1.com, the domain name registration which has been running television commercials in heavy rotation in the United States t0 promote new gTLD domain names broke the 2 Million pre-registration mark. Tonight 1and1.com blew past the 3 … [Read more...]
ICANN Shuts Down Pacman Registrar From New Registrations and Transfers Until At Least Jan 30, 2014
In a letter sent to Pacnames Ltd. of Auckland New Zealand ICAN has sent a NOTICE OF BREACH OF REGISTRAR ACCREDITATION AGREEMENT AND NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF REGISTRAR’S ABILITY TO CREATE NEW REGISTERED NAMES OR INITIATE INBOUND TRANSFERS OF REGISTERED NAMES The current breach is the third breach for Pacnames within a twelve-month period. Accordingly, Pacnames’ ability to create new Registered … [Read more...]
Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon Wins Overall Net Visionary Award From The Irish Internet Association
Web domain and hosting firm Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon won this year’s Overall Net Visionary Award handed out by the Irish Internet Association (IIA) for his thought leadership and pioneering work as the chair of the ICANN Registrar Stakeholder Group. “Winning an IIA Dot ie Net Visionary Award means you’re the best at what you do but not in the run-of-the-mill ‘best’ kind of way but in a … [Read more...]
Web.com Finally Completes Acquisition Of NetworkSolutions.com
According to an email we received tonight it looks like Web.com (WWWW) has finally completed the acquisition of NetworkSolutions.com Here is the email we got tonight: "I have great news for you! Network Solutions is now a Web.com company, and with that everything just got easier. Not only will you still have access to the Network Solutions products and services you currently enjoy but you … [Read more...]
ICANN Sends Breach Notice To A Top 10 Domain Name Registrar, Register.com
ICANN sent a "Breach Notice" to Register.com yesterday giving the domain name registrar until October 2nd, to provide information to ICANN and cure the Breaches or face a possible Registrar termination. Register.com is owned by Web.com (NASDAQ: WWWW) and is a top 10 domain name registrar in terms of domain name under management. Shares of Web.com traded down just about 4% in trading … [Read more...]