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A Vercel for Africa? HOSTAFRICA’s HCode Runs in South Africa
HOSTAFRICA launched HCode on November 5 as its answer to platforms like Vercel, with prices in local currencies across six African countries. The apps run in South Africa. HCode, a rebranded version of the Zanode platform HOSTAFRICA bought in May, starts at R50, or about $3, a month.
Monarx Reviewed 65 Hosts: 10 of 12 Large Hosting Brands Sell Website Security Add-Ons
Partners #cybersecurity#monarx
Monarx's review of 65 hosting providers finds 37 including advanced website protection at no extra cost, 31 selling a separate security product and 18 doing both. Mass-market brands lean toward add-ons, while managed WordPress hosts mostly build protection into the plan.
Who Owns Europe’s Largest Hosting Markets: IONOS Controls the Leader in Germany, Poland and Spain
Industry reports #domains#europe
The four largest Swiss-owned hosts hold 39.8% of .ch domains, while the UK has one British-owned operator among its eight largest. We matched the leading operators in Europe's eight largest domain markets with their owners, and IONOS owns the leader in three of them.
DreamHost Confirms File Manager Breach. FTP/SFTP and Some Webmail Credentials Were Exposed
Security #cybersecurity#dreamhost
A security breach prompted DreamHost's October 23 File Manager shutdown and password resets. An attacker exploited third-party software behind the tool and could access FTP/SFTP credentials of users who signed in, plus some webmail logins. Well under 10% of email and FTP/SFTP accounts were affected.
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ESA Picks OVHcloud and CGI for Digital EO. The Size Is Not Public.
OVHcloud and CGI will help build Digital EO, the ESA system for an archive expected to pass 500 petabytes by 2035, deployed across Italy, France and Germany. It is OVHcloud's second European public award this year, and the one number missing is the price.
Security
Cloudflare Reached FedRAMP High Without Building a Separate Government Cloud
Cloudflare reached FedRAMP High without a separate gov cloud: one network, U.S.-only processing, 22 agencies on board. One catch: it brands the milestone Class D, a certification FedRAMP's roadmap only pilots next fiscal year. The Pentagon's IL4 is the next target.
Interviews
When 64GB of RAM Costs €3,000: The Shortage Behind Hostinger’s Biggest Server Order
Server costs up 5-6x, components up to 8x, lead times at 30 weeks: Hostinger explains its largest hardware order in our Q&A. COO Aivaras Šimkus on €3,000 RAM, scaling from 5 to 7 million customers, and why certainty is now the main advantage.
Pricing updates
Leaseweb’s VPS Increase Falls Hardest on the Cheapest Plans
Leaseweb raises VPS prices on August 1, but not evenly: the cheapest US plan nearly doubles while premium tiers rise far less and some mid-range plans hold. It is less a broad memory tax than a deliberate reset of its cheapest plans, and it lands hardest on the price-sensitive buyers who chose cheap in the first place.
M&A
Thirty Deals in Six Months: The H1 2026 Hosting Consolidation Map, and the Two Clocks Driving What Sells Next
H1 2026 produced a US$1B Polish hosting-commerce merger, a $450M registrar champion, serial buyers closing two deals apiece within a fortnight, and a $40B data-centre record, while Google's AdSense shutdown forced Sedo and Team Internet to market. The map, the multiples, and the debt walls pushed to 2028-2029.
Industry reports
August 2 Is Still Real: What the AI Act’s Big Date Means for Hosting After the Omnibus
The Digital Omnibus moved the AI Act's high-risk obligations to December 2027, and much of the industry heard "delay." But August 2, 2026 still activates Commission fines up to 3% of turnover for GPAI providers and transparency duties for new AI systems. Where hosts sit, step by step.
Industry reports
An AWS Region Has Been Offline for Months, and the Cloud’s Address Is No Longer a Technicality
The war between the US and Iran has kept an entire AWS cloud region offline for months, something ordinary outages never do. Why losing one region can take an unprepared business down, and what real disaster recovery requires.
Security
A 16-Year-Old KVM Escape, and OVHcloud’s Week-Long Patch Across a Million VMs
A 16-year-old flaw in KVM let a customer with admin access escape their virtual server and seize the host on both Intel and AMD. OVHcloud built a fix and rebooted around a million VMs in a week to deploy it, and the campaign shows the quiet choice every host makes between your consent and your safety.
Industry reports
UK Financial Regulators Now Oversee AWS, Google, Microsoft and Oracle
The UK's three financial regulators are now overseeing the cloud giants. From July 13, AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft and Oracle are designated critical third parties, a recognition that regulated finance runs on a handful of clouds and one outage could ripple across it. It mirrors the EU's DORA.
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UpCloud’s Founder Becomes CEO After a 15-Month Outside Hire
UpCloud has named founder Joel Pihlajamaa as chief executive, ending Arno Schäfer's roughly 15-month tenure and putting the Helsinki cloud provider under founder-led leadership. The company frames it as a natural evolution and a signal that its sovereign, engineering-led strategy stays the course.
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