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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

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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Kickstart Your Business With .Co!

By Michele Neylon|2014-03-04T13:32:57+00:00March 4th, 2014|Categories: .co, Domains|Tags: business, Business and Economy, Computers and Internet, Domain name, Kickstarter, Small business, startup|

When you're starting out with your online venture you need to make sure that you've got a good domain name. ...

Dear ICANN Our Hands Are Tied. This Makes Me Sad

Dear ICANN Our Hands Are Tied. This Makes Me Sad

By Michele Neylon|2014-02-26T20:15:16+00:00February 26th, 2014|Categories: Domains, ICANN, New TLDs, Policy|Tags: Contract, data retention, european union, Generic top-level domain, icann, law, Lawyer, Legal opinion, singapore, Top-level domain, Waiver|

A couple of weeks ago I posted at length and in detail about our issues with ICANN and the new ...

We’re Irish and Proud of it!

By Michele Neylon|2018-07-13T09:31:55+01:00February 25th, 2014|Categories: Domains, Marketing, Video|Tags: blacknight, Carlow, Ethnicity, ireland, irish, Irish language, Irish people, Seachtain na Gaeilge, verisign|

Blacknight is a 100% Irish owned and operated company. There are a whole load of reasons why we are proud ...

Talking Marketing & Registrars in Guatemala

Talking Marketing & Registrars in Guatemala

By Michele Neylon|2014-02-18T07:26:05+00:00February 14th, 2014|Categories: Domains, Marketing|Tags: Antigua Guatemala, blacknight, Carlow, Country code top-level domain, Guatemala, marketing, Michele Neylon, policy, Top-level domain|

I'm heading off to Guatemala this weekend to speak at the LACTLD marketing workshop. (LACTLD is the association of country code ...

Say NO To Mass Surveillance

Say NO To Mass Surveillance

By Michele Neylon|2014-02-09T13:44:18+00:00February 9th, 2014|Categories: Policy, Press Releases|Tags: Aaron Swartz, Electronic Frontier Foundation, law, Mass surveillance, National Security Agency, privacy, security, Stop Online Piracy Act, Surveillance, wordpress|

I love the internet. I love technology. I love the way that the Internet has revolutionised so many aspects of ...

ICANT Cope With ICANN!

ICANT Cope With ICANN!

By Michele Neylon|2017-10-26T09:11:24+01:00February 7th, 2014|Categories: ICANN|Tags: Article 29 Working Party, blacknight, Data Protection Directive, data retention, european union, Generic top-level domain, icann, Member state of the European Union, privacy, Top-level domain|

I'm angry, frustrated and unhappy. Why? Due to ICANN. ICANN has put us and other European Union based registrars in ...

Blacknight Data Centre Opening

Blacknight Data Centre Opening

By Michele Neylon|2024-02-12T13:39:40+00:00February 3rd, 2014|Categories: Blacknight, Events, Hosting, Video|Tags: blacknight, Carlow, data centre, event, hosting, launch, opening|

We will be streaming the data centre opening event via Ustream this afternoon. More details of the data centre opening ...

Should You Invest In a Strong Domain? Hell yes!

Should You Invest In a Strong Domain? Hell yes!

By Michele Neylon|2018-12-06T09:08:38+00:00February 2nd, 2014|Categories: Aftermarket, Domains, Marketing|Tags: brand, Domain name, domains, For Sale or Auction, marketing, Top-level domain|

We love domain names, we love branding and we really think that marketing is important. So we were delighted when ...

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Sprucing Up Blacknight HQ In Advance of the Opening

Sprucing Up Blacknight HQ In Advance of the Opening

By Michele Neylon|2014-02-02T10:06:47+00:00February 2nd, 2014|Categories: Blacknight, Hosting|Tags: blacknight, Building, business, Data center, facebook, Instagram, ireland, Social media, Twitter|

Over the last few weeks at Blacknight HQ we've been working on putting the final touches to everything in advance ...

The Big Day Is Almost Here – Blacknight Data Centre Opening Next Week!

The Big Day Is Almost Here – Blacknight Data Centre Opening Next Week!

By Michele Neylon|2014-01-27T11:57:56+00:00January 27th, 2014|Categories: Blacknight, Hosting|

In a week's time we'll be officially opening our new data centre. It's been a long time coming and like ...

Beware Data Assortment Ireland

Beware Data Assortment Ireland

By Michele Neylon|2018-06-19T11:38:36+01:00January 26th, 2014|Categories: Tips|Tags: Business and Economy, Data Assortment Ireland, dublin, germany, Hamburg, internet register ireland, ireland, scam|

Another year, another misleading direct mail. I'm tempted to call this a scam, but I'll call it "misleading" for now ...

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