Web Hosting News & Industry Updates

The Secure Hosting Alliance is gaining momentum. More and more companies are joining including big names like Hostinger and DreamHost. So we decided to take a closer look at what this initiative

As has become tradition, cPanel has once again announced updated licensing prices — and, as usual, the hosting community’s reaction ranges from weary sighs to outright frustration. Starting January 1, 2026, new pricing will take effect, and while the increases aren’t surprising, they will certainly sting for many administrators and resellers.

Porkbun has hit a major milestone: more than 3 million domains are now under its management. For a company that entered the scene in 2015, the achievement highlights just how far it has come in less than a decade.

When you look at the hosting industry, you don’t expect much change. Most companies move slow, stick to old playbooks, and call it innovation when they add a new control panel theme.

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When Konrad Keck sat down with Vincentas Grinius during BalticNOG 2025 in Vilnius, the conversation quickly revealed something important: this event was not just another tech conference. It was, as Vincentas himself put it, “the last missing piece” for the region.

Platform.sh is a cloud-native Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) purpose-built to make it easy for distributed teams to build, ship, and grow software across every major cloud. It originated in 2010 within SensioLabs, the Paris-based

The domain management industry is changing again. Com Laude, a key player in corporate domain services, has announced it will acquire MarkMonitor from Newfold Digital. This deal, valued at around $450 million, marks a major shift in the competitive landscape. But what does this mean for the industry - and for hosting providers and corporate domain managers?

Now it's time to talk about hosting in Kuwait. Population here is 4 plus million people. There is a lot of gas and oil in this area. You can meet two types of people. First: the ones who like oil, gas and everything that supplies them. And second: the rest of the people who come from Sri Lanka, India, etc.

WordPress.org has just launched another edition of the Hosting Survey – a study that aims to better understand the state of WordPress hosting in 2025. It’s a great initiative that not only highlights the diversity of approaches among hosting providers but also helps set the direction for the entire industry

CVC Capital Partners has announced an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Namecheap, one of the largest independent domain registrars and hosting providers. The deal values the company at around $1.5

HOSTAFRICA, one of Africa’s fastest-growing hosting providers, is stepping into the Tanzanian market with the acquisition of Zesha, a local web hosting and domain company. The deal, announced in Cape Town on August 4, 2025, marks HOSTAFRICA’s fifth national operation after South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana.

London, September 3, 2025 – Day Two of the Domain Summit London 2025 was another jam-packed day full of insights, practical strategies, and inspiring stories from the world of domains and hosting.

We have now reached the beautiful Thailand. The country has a population of around 70 million people and around 30,000 temples, which comes up to about 3 domains per single temple! But let’s talk about hosting now.

he first day of the Domain Summit London 2025 has officially wrapped, and you can feel the energy. Industry leaders, innovators, and domain enthusiasts from around the globe have gathered at the prestigious "Business Design Center" for what is already shaping up to be an unforgettable event. As the day's sessions conclude, we're left with a wealth of new ideas and a renewed sense of community.

We often talk with solution/software providers that want to bring new products or services to web hosting companies. They are quickly surprised when they hit a wall as hosters do not want

Before the first coffee was poured at Contributor Day, the biggest news in hosting broke worldwide: Rocket.net and Hosting.com (WHG) announced a new partnership that reshapes the WordPress hosting landscape. You might

Exciting news for users from France with strong GDPR and privacy demands that need hosting services! Hosting.de GmbH, a leading web hosting provider based in Aachen, Germany, is expanding its cloud hosting.

For over a dozen years, it’s been one of those names that inspired a sense of security in the hosting industry: ConfigServer. For server administrators using cPanel or DirectAdmin, it has become almost synonymous with stability. The CSF firewall, exploit scanners, spam monitoring — a suite of tools that over the years has become a standard.

Rocket.net - the fast-rising managed WordPress platform that barely existed six years ago and is already making noise at the top of the market - is officially joining forces with Hosting.com