RIPE 66 Dublin May 2013

RIPE Coming To Dublin And We’re Sponsoring AND Speaking

By on April 16, 2013 in Events

Next month RIPE 66 will be held in Dublin. And not only will we be attending, but we’re also sponsoring it and I’ll be speaking at it. I’ve been to several RIPE meetings in the past and they’re an interesting mix of material covering both policy and highly technical topics. This time round I’m speaking [...]

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Brute Force Attack

Defending Against A Massive WordPress Brute Force Attack

By on April 15, 2013 in Hosting, network, security, Service Issue, WordPress

Over the last few days there has been quite a bit of media attention on a very large attack against self-hosted WordPress sites. As the largest host of WordPress powered sites in Ireland we were impacted as well and have been tracking this attack closely. Last Tuesday we began to see high load on a [...]

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RIP

Reduced staff Friday the 12th of April 2013

By on April 10, 2013 in General

As a mark of respect to Mr Thomas Kelly (beloved father of Paul Kelly (Blacknight founder and CTO), the Blacknight offices will be closed Friday 12th April until 2:00 PM and will operate a reduced staff number on the sales / service desk for live-chats and email . The offices will re-open for normal business [...]

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ICANN 46 Beijing

We’re Off To ICANN 46 Beijing

By on April 3, 2013 in Events, icann, newtlds

Starting this weekend is the 46th ICANN public meeting. We’ll be attending, as usual, and I’ll be doing a followup post later today to give you a taste of what the meeting is about in terms of “key” topics. The 46th ICANN meeting is being held in China, in Beijing. It’s the first ICANN meeting [...]

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i2coalition + blacknight

Don’t Ignore The Internet’s Nuts and Bolts

By on April 3, 2013 in policy, Press Releases

The internet as we know it is under constant attack. I don’t mean by DDOS or other “charming” things, though it’d be incredibly dumb to ignore them. What I’m talking about is the ongoing battle between the “open” and “free”. What I’m talking about is the balance between industry “self-regulation” vs government’s “top down” regulation [...]

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Do You Speak English?

Is English Your Second Language?

By on April 2, 2013 in News

While we might be a 100% Irish owned company (and proud of it!) we have clients in over 120 countries worldwide. For many of our clients English is not their first language and we want to be able to serve them better. So with that in mind we’re looking for multi-lingual staff to join our [...]

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.co breaks 1.5 million domain names registered proving pigs might fly

Congratulations To CoInternet (.co) On 1.5 Million Domains!

By on March 26, 2013 in .co, Domains

A couple of hours ago the CEO of .co, Juan Diego Calle, posted a short update, but it signified a major milestone: 1,499,999 … good bye 400s.Good morning 500s. — Juan Diego Calle (@juandiegocalle) March 26, 2013 The .co domain has broken the 1.5 million domain name mark! That is truly impressive, especially when you [...]

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The Easter 2013 opening hours ( also happy easter )

By on March 26, 2013 in Customer Service, General

Just to let  you folks know the opening hours for the Easter Bank Holiday Monday – 1st April 2013 (and no, it’s not an April Fool’s Day Joke!)   Our office is open as normal on Good Friday, the 29th of March. Our Billing, Support, and Sales teams will be available for any live chats, [...]

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Save Big On US Domains With Hosting

By on March 20, 2013 in cctlds, Domains, Press Releases, Promotions

We’re announcing a nice discount deal on .us domain names. If you register a .us domain name and get an annual website hosting plan at the same time you’ll get the .us domain name for only EUR5.99 (ex-VAT) for the first year. You can read a bit more about .us domain names and why we [...]

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we like stats

We like stats part II

By on March 14, 2013 in Domains, General, iedr, Promotions

It has been a while since we last posted any stats on the blog. So we’re at it again. The below are stats for the .ie ccTLD. (Hint: There are discounts to celebrate at the bottom) Just like the last time the graphs really do speak for themselves. First up it’s the number of new [...]

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Talking Policy & Industry Self-Regulation With CloudFlare

By on March 14, 2013 in policy, video

There are a few topics and themes that I tend to spend more time talking about than others .. One of them is internet policy and how the Irish government is failing us. (See my previous article to get a taste of this) They simply do not turn up. So when I was in Las [...]

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Expand Your Online Business Into the US market

Targetting the US Market? Maybe A .US Domain Makes Sense?

By on March 13, 2013 in business, cctlds, Domains

The internet is global, but it’s also local. What do I mean? If you’re an Irish business you probably have a .ie domain name. If you’re based in the UK then you probably have a co.uk website. Why? Because people expect you to and they know and trust the concept of “local”. If you want [...]

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