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EUrid, the .eu domain name registry, has been running the EU Web Awards for the last few years. The idea is pretty simple – if you have a website using an EU domain name then you can enter for free. What can you win? Win a 2 month billboard advertising campaign in Brussels AirportThe .eu […]
We are growing again, which means we’ve got a couple of openings on our team. So I will keep this short and to the point. First off, while we might have photos of shirts and ties our company dress code is pretty casual. Sure, you might have to wear a business attire in some situations, […]
ICANN public meetings are held three times a year. The most recent one was in Kobe, Japan and the next one will be kicking off this weekend in Marrakesh, Morocco. As usual I’ll be there representing the company, while also sitting on the GNSO Council as one of the 3 representatives of registrars. ICANN operates […]
This week I’ll be attending the RIPE meeting in Iceland. The week’s schedule should be quite interesting, with both plenary sessions on various topics, as well as some more specific sessions organised by the various working groups. Topics that will be covered are, naturally, of a very technical nature for the most part, but there […]
For many small businesses choosing between Linux and Windows powered hosting has always been a source of confusion. Windows hosting makes perfect sense if you, or your developer, is building web applications using ASP.NET or leveraging other technologies that are specific to a Microsoft stack. If you know the difference between MS SQL and Maria […]
Next week ICANN is organising a number of events that are focussed on the more operational side of domains and DNS. For the last few years ICANN’s Global Domains Division (GDD) has organised an annual conference that was aimed at registrars, registries and related organisations, but with a much stronger focus on our day to […]
The IEDR, which runs the .ie domain name registry, will be introducing a new dispute resolution process in July of this year. At the moment if there’s a dispute involving a .ie domain name registration, such as one in relation to trademark rights, the only avenue open to a complainant is the ieDRP which is […]
Today (30th April 2019) is the final day that you can switch your IOL.ie email over to ourselves. If you don’t make the switch today your old IOL.ie email account will be shutdown and you will NOT be able to move it to us. As we previously announced, we are working with BT Ireland to […]
As we announced earlier this year, we’re taking over the email services for several of the original free ISP email accounts. Those services are: @iol.ie@iolfree.ie@oceanfree.net@esatclear.net It’s a bit of Irish internet history … When the internet was introduced to the Irish market many many years ago IOL and other ISPs were some of the first […]
We’re adding a new security feature to our systems this week which will make your account login more secure. What is it? We’re adding two step verification as an option for all user accounts. So to login you’ll need your username, your password AND the randomly generated code from your authenticator app. What does this […]
We are currently working on making some changes to the login process for the main Blacknight control panel. At the moment the login screen looks like this: Current login screen I won’t bore you with the technical issues, but making any changes to the current login screen is overly complicated. So we’re rolling out some […]
We talk about branding and marketing online quite a bit. It’s something we think is very important for everyone. It doesn’t matter if your business is one or two people, or has a staff of thousands. Having a strong, recognisable brand is important. Of course the same is true for any of us on an […]