St Patrick’s Day and being Irish
Blacknight is a 100% Irish owned and run company. It’s something we’re proud of. Some of us are currently in Germany, at ...
ICANN Submits IANA Transitions Plans To US Government
For the past two years ICANN and the broader internet community have been working towards one goal: removing the special ...
Blacknight on TV!
We made the news last week, when a TV crew from Nuacht RTÉ/TG4 visited our company headquarters in Carlow. The ...
Europe’s Get Online Week Empowering People To Get Online
Building trust and confidence of internet users helps get more people online, and for those that are online, they’ll be ...
Heading to Austin for #SXSW
Like last year I'll be in heading to Austin again for SXSW. This year I'm an official speaker and I'll ...
Tá Brí le Síntí Fada – Ba Chóir Dóibh a Bheith San Ainm Fearainn .IE
D'fhógair Michele ar an suíomh seo roinnt laethanta ó shin go bhfuil próiséas comhairliúcháin seolta ag IEDR, an clárlann d'ainmneacha fearainn ...
ICANN 55 Next Week In Marrakech
As you may know, ICANN holds three public meetings every year. The most recent one, ICANN 54, was held in ...
Does talk about pemlinweb scare you?
So does talk about pemlinweb, pemlinng or pemwinweb scare you? Don't worry it scares me too. Well it's just you're never ...
Congrats PuntCat: Over 100 Thousand .Cat Domains Registered
Congratulations to Santi and his team in Fundació puntCAT (the .cat domain registry). They've now got over 100 thousand .cat ...
Let’s Talk About Fadas In Domain Names – IDN Domains In IE
If you're Irish, or live and work in Ireland, you'll know that a LOT of Irish words, and more specifically, ...
Want A Short IE Domain? You’re In Good Company!
Getting a short, memorable, easy to spell domain name is the advice we always give clients. However, normally we're talking ...
Encryption and Security: Why The FBI vs Apple Debacle Worries Me
For the last few days both the tech and mainstream media have dedicated a lot of of coverage to a ...
European Commission Launches Online Dispute Resolution For Consumers And Business
Have you ever had a dispute with a business over a purchase made online within the European Union? Have you ...
Achievement Unlocked! Blacknight Now ISO Certified
One of the things we have always taken seriously is our customers' security and privacy. Neither are particularly "sexy" or ...
Serious About Cloud? Let Your Domain Choice Show It!
These days most online services probably include some mention of "cloud". You could spend hours talking about what the cloud ...
Parliamentary Committee Has Significant Concerns With UK Surveillance Bill
The UK government is pushing to have your internet and mobile records stored for a year as part of their ...
An Irish guy walks into a WordCamp #WCParis…
So an Irish guy walks into a WordPress conference and a great time was had by all. (May have ...
Safer Internet Day Warns of Scams And Gives Online Protection Advice
It’s the twelfth Safer Internet Day today where internet users around the world are warned of scams and educated on ...