Author: Natalia Nowak

180 articles
Exploring the web hosting industry through writing - panels, providers, and everything that runs behind the scenes.

Interviews
When 64GB of RAM Costs €3,000: The Shortage Behind Hostinger’s Biggest Server Order
by Natalia Nowak · 4 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
Hostinger secured 3,000+ servers for 2026 as memory prices multiplied. COO Aivaras Šimkus explains the squeeze in our Q&A.
M&A
Estonia’s Zone Joins Your.Online, a Roll-Up Now More Than 60 Deals Deep
by Natalia Nowak · 3 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
Zone, an Estonian host since 1999 with more than 60,000 customers, joins Your.Online, a group that has bought more than 60 companies since 2017.
Industry reports
A DNS Record Now Flags Domains for Sale. Adoption Is Up to Registrars.
by Natalia Nowak · 3 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
A new standard, RFC 10023, lets a domain owner flag a name as for sale straight from its DNS, brokers optional.
Security
N-able’s First Patch Left the Door Open, and Attackers Walked Back Through It
by Natalia Nowak · 3 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
N-able's first fix missed a second route to the same flaw. Attackers are using it, and the new hotfix does not remove what they left behind.
Industry reports
$227,000 to Apply for a New Domain Ending: The First ICANN Round Since 2012 Closes August 12
by Natalia Nowak · 31 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
The first chance in 14 years to apply for a new domain ending closes August 12. The fee: $227,000. Country names need not apply.
Industry reports
GoDaddy Q2 2026: More Revenue From the Same Customers
by Natalia Nowak · 31 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
GoDaddy added 22,000 customers in Q2 2026 and still grew revenue 6.6%. The growth comes from the base paying more, not from new accounts.
M&A
Infomaniak Goes Public Without Losing Control
by Natalia Nowak · 30 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Infomaniak is going public on the SIX Swiss Exchange through a reverse takeover, structured so its foundation keeps control of the company.
Security
Two of cPanel’s Three New Flaws Cross the Line Between Accounts
by Natalia Nowak · 29 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
cPanel's July 29 patch fixes three flaws. Two cross the boundary between accounts on a shared server, one without any login at all.
Pricing updates
The Renewal Multiplier Index: What Hosting Costs After the Intro Price
by Natalia Nowak · 29 Jul 2026 · 5 min read
We measured renewal multipliers across ten major hosts, 1.0x to 5.3x; entry plans renew at higher multiples than top plans across the board.
Security
A Model Found the Artifactory Zero-Day; Only Self-Hosted Users Had to Patch
by Natalia Nowak · 29 Jul 2026 · 5 min read
An OpenAI model exploited a real Artifactory zero-day, escaped its eval sandbox, and stole its own benchmark answers from Hugging Face.
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