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Blacknight, as you know, is a 100% Irish owned and operated company. It’s something we’re proud of and one of the many reasons Irish businesses trust us to provide them with services. This week, however, I am not in Ireland. I’m not even in Europe. Instead I am in Washington DC joining other members of […]
Like everything, various factors can contribute to a price change in domain extensions, for example currency rates or wholesale costs. A lot of the domain registries we work with bill us in US dollars, while some bill us in Sterling. Currency fluctuations mean that we have to keep an eye on the value of […]
I’ve mentioned the IANA transition here several times over the last year or so. Personally I’d love to not have to mention it ever again, as it’s not the kind of topic that we should be spending too much time thinking about or worrying about. There are plenty of other things out there that cause […]
Back in March 2014 the US government, via the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which is part of the US Department of Commerce, signalled that it was ready to decouple the US government from the IANA functions. While the announcement from NTIA may have come as a surprise to some, it was something that had been […]
If you have an even passing interest in privacy you’ll probably be aware that “Safe Harbor” is dead. Safe Harbor (sic) was, essentially, an agreement that allowed for the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US safely. Essentially US companies agreed that they’d apply the same standards of privacy (and security) to […]
Just over a week ago I was in Washington DC as part of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition‘s delegation. Over the course of two days we met with quite a few Hill staffers, congress people and representatives. It was a fascinating experience, though also incredibly tiring. Why does Blacknight care? Blacknight is an Irish company. While […]
To celebrate the recent successes for Marriage Equality rights in Ireland, and in the USA, we are currently running a discount on the .wedding domain extension. Starting today until August 15th you can secure your .wedding domain for €12.99; probably the cheapest item in your wedding budget! Whilst the face of marriage in Ireland in […]
We’re happy and proud to be a 100% Irish owned and operated company. We wouldn’t want to change that. Unfortunately, however, a lot of our suppliers, in particular software vendors and domain name registries, operate in US dollars, while we operate in Euro. Over the past few years the currency exchange rates between the Euro […]
The internet is global, but, as we often like to remind people, it’s also incredibly local. With the launch of so many new top level domains (the bit on the right of the dot) throughout this year consumers and businesses are going to get used to seeing businesses advertising their products and services with new and […]
A lot of Internet Governance isn’t “sexy” or “exciting”. A lot of it is meetings, conference calls and emails discussing quite abstract concepts. However, from time to time, there are big historic events that capture the world’s attention. Last Friday evening the US government made one such announcement. Up until now the US government has […]
Since Edward Snowden leaked information about the US government’s mass digital surveillance program the media and industry have been very focussed on digital security and privacy. We live in a digital age, with much of our lives either in “the cloud” or connected to it in some way. But what if you can’t trust the […]
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 […]