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About Michele Neylon

Known for his outspoken opinions on technology and the Internet, Michele Neylon is the award winning author of several blogs and co-host of the Technology.ie podcast. A thought leader in the Internet community, Neylon is active within ICANN and an expert on policy, security, domains, ICANN, Nominet and Internet Governance. You can stalk him on various social media networks including Twitter and Instagram

Helping Keep The Internet Open and Free

Helping Keep The Internet Open and Free

By Michele Neylon|2018-07-11T11:42:33+01:00May 6th, 2014|Categories: Business, Hosting, Policy|Tags: blacknight, Carlow, government, Internet Infrastructure Coalition|

Here at Blacknight we are passionate about the internet. It's what we do. It's what we eat, sleep and breathe. ...

Domaining Spain 2014 Here We Come

Domaining Spain 2014 Here We Come

By Michele Neylon|2014-04-30T22:47:11+01:00May 1st, 2014|Categories: Domains, Events|Tags: blacknight, Generic top-level domain, icann, Michele Neylon, spain, Top-level domain, Valencia|

Domaining Spain is being held again this year in Valencia. And I'm delighted to be both speaking on several panels ...

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8 Years of EU Domains

8 Years of EU Domains

By Michele Neylon|2018-06-19T13:09:09+01:00April 11th, 2014|Categories: ccTLDs, Domains, EURid|Tags: Business and Economy, Country code top-level domain, Domain name, eurid, European Commission, european union|

It's been 8 years since the .eu domain name launched. Now with well over 3 million domain names registered the ...

Verisign’s Latest Report – Domains By The Numbers

Verisign’s Latest Report – Domains By The Numbers

By Michele Neylon|2014-04-09T22:52:50+01:00April 9th, 2014|Categories: Domains|Tags: Computers and Internet, Country code top-level domain, Domain name, Top-level domain, verisign|

Verisign have released their quarterly "brief" on the state of the domain name industry and have produced a very interesting ...

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2014 Cork Lifelong Learning Festival Is Go!

2014 Cork Lifelong Learning Festival Is Go!

By Michele Neylon|2016-08-24T11:33:13+01:00April 4th, 2014|Categories: Events|Tags: blacknight, cork, Cork Lifelong Learning Festival, Mulley Communications, sponsor, Twitter|

We've been a sponsor of the Cork Lifelong Learning Festival for the last few years. This year we're happy to ...

Helping Keep The Internet Clean

Helping Keep The Internet Clean

By Michele Neylon|2014-04-01T08:42:57+01:00April 1st, 2014|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: Country code top-level domain, Domain name, Domain name registrar, Generic top-level domain, icann, Michele Neylon, SDF, Secure Domain Foundation|

A clean and crime free internet would be a good thing. Unfortunately, as we all know, the current reality is ...

ICANN 49 Singapore Preview

ICANN 49 Singapore Preview

By Michele Neylon|2014-03-18T11:58:16+00:00March 18th, 2014|Categories: ICANN, New TLDs, Policy|Tags: Fadi Chehadé, icann, internet governance, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, NTIA, São Paulo, singapore|

Three times a year the ICANN Community meets for a public meeting. The meetings are free to attend and most ...

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US Government To Transition Key Technical Functions

US Government To Transition Key Technical Functions

By Michele Neylon|2014-03-16T12:51:34+00:00March 16th, 2014|Categories: ICANN, Policy, Press Releases|Tags: Fadi Chehadé, iana, icann, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, singapore, Steve Crocker, United States, US government|

A lot of Internet Governance isn't "sexy" or "exciting". A lot of it is meetings, conference calls and emails discussing ...

What’s With the Irish Only Blog Posts?

What’s With the Irish Only Blog Posts?

By Michele Neylon|2018-11-05T10:05:26+00:00March 14th, 2014|Categories: Domains, Social Media, Video|Tags: Cultural heritage, ireland, irish, Irish language, Saint Patrick's Day|

Conn posted earlier today about a couple of things - if you don't understand his post Google translate works pretty ...

New TLDs in Europe – Challenges & Opportunities

New TLDs in Europe – Challenges & Opportunities

By Michele Neylon|2014-03-11T07:05:40+00:00March 6th, 2014|Categories: Domains, Events, New TLDs, Press Releases|Tags: Belgrade, Generic top-level domain, NetNod, Serbia, Stockholm, Sweden|

Next week is going to be quite a busy week! As I mentioned yesterday, I'll be in Belgrade on Monday ...

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Off To Serbia To Talk About New TLDs

Off To Serbia To Talk About New TLDs

By Michele Neylon|2014-03-05T11:55:38+00:00March 5th, 2014|Categories: Domains, Events, Press Releases|Tags: blacknight, Country code top-level domain, DIDS, Generic top-level domain, Serbia, Top-level domain|

Serbia is a very vibrant and interesting country. Their domain registry is organising an event next Monday and I'm delighted ...

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Look What We’ve Cooked Up To Celebrate Our Data Centre Opening

Look What We’ve Cooked Up To Celebrate Our Data Centre Opening

By Michele Neylon|2014-03-04T14:57:55+00:00March 4th, 2014|Categories: Hosting, Promotions|Tags: Carlow, Data center, data centre, dedicated servers, special offer|

Just over a month ago we opened our new data centre here in Carlow. We've already started moving some of ...

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