Category: Industry reports

In a rapidly evolving web hosting industry, a new player has emerged from a team of familiar faces. BuiltFast.com, is a hosting company founded by former…

After years of handling the .CO domain, GoDaddy has lost its role as the official registry. A new partnership, called Consórcio Equipo PuntoCo, made up of Germany’s Team Internet and Colombia’s Central Comercializadora de Internet (CCI), has won the contract to operate Colombia’s country-code top-level domain (ccTLD), .CO, for the next ten years.

AEserver, one of the UAE’s earliest web hosting and domain name providers, is celebrating its 20th anniversary - a rare milestone in the fast-moving tech world. Founded in 2005 by Munir Badr, AEserver began with a clear purpose: to make it easier for people and businesses in the UAE to register domains and host websites.

The Linux Foundation has just announced something big for WordPress users and developers - the FAIR Package Manager project. This new tool promises to change the way plugins and themes are shared and updated, making the WordPress ecosystem more stable, secure, and open.

HostPapa, a Canadian company that helps businesses create and manage their online presence, just hit a big milestone. Jamie Opalchuk, Founder and CEO of HostPapa, proudly shared the news on LinkedIn - they have secured $130 million in new financing, led by the Bank of Montreal along with several other major banks.

Big news for domain investors and startup founders: Atom, known for its domain marketplace and branding platform, has officially become an ICANN-accredited registrar. The company shared the announcement on its LinkedIn profile, marking a fresh start in the domain space.

Richard Kirkendall, CEO of Namecheap, announced on X.com on May 8 that Spaceship — a Namecheap-affiliated brand — has officially released Thunderbolt, a brand-new encrypted communication app that uses your domain name as your identifier instead of a phone number or email address.

GoDaddy has published its financial results for the first quarter of 2025. The company showed solid growth across most areas, even though net income dropped compared to last year due to a large one-time tax benefit in 2024.

There’s a big change coming in the industry. Newfold Digital – the company behind brands like Bluehost, HostGator, and Network Solutions – announced today that it is closing the Web.com brand. In the next few weeks, all Web.com customer accounts will be moved to Network Solutions.

Sustainability remains a core part of the OVHcloud identity. The company recently improved its score in S&P Global’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment by 10 points, placing it in the top 16 percent of the industry. It’s a rare blend of high performance and high principle—a combination that many modern tech buyers are increasingly prioritizing.