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Hosting Is the Next Layer AI Will Transform – Vito Peleg, CEO of Atarim
Vito Peleg of Atarim on why he reads AI as the biggest opportunity hosting has had in fifteen years, how today's vibe coders mirror the server-in-the-bedroom generation that built today's hosting market, and why reactive agencies feel like a tax while proactive ones win.
Hetzner Has Now Raised Prices Three Times in 2026. This One Is Different.
Hetzner announced its third price move of 2026 on May 27, effective June 15. New orders only, portfolio standardised into -1/-2/-3 tiers, and a new Limited tier introduces hardware segmentation as a structural market shift. Other European hosts will face pressure to follow.
Cloudflare Called It AI Restructuring. Every Hosting Company Faces the Same Decision.
Cloudflare cut 1,100 employees (20% of headcount) on a $639.8M record revenue day and used a "builders, sellers, measurers" framework that maps directly onto hosting operations. Billing, support triage, and compliance are where AI closed the gap. The advantage goes to who acts first.
WordCamp Europe 2026: A Hosting Industry Guide to the Schedule
WordCamp Europe 2026 opens June 4 in Kraków with Contributor Day plus two conference days. The Inside WordPress 7.0 panel anchors Friday. Hosting-specific sessions cover stress testing, secure hosting, DDoS, and CERN's 800-site migration. Over a dozen hosting companies sponsor.
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A Compromised Server Is the Beginning. Here Is What Breach Law Requires Next.
Change Healthcare's $3.1 billion in breach costs is the new normal of what a serious compromise sets in motion: parallel notification clocks across GDPR, NIS2, DORA, and HIPAA; personal liability for CISOs and boards; and a cyber insurance market with conditions that can deny coverage at the worst moment.
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My WordCamp Europe 2025 Key Takeway: What’s Holding WordPress Back? Its First 5 Minutes.
Last week at WordCamp Europe, I had some of the most eye-opening conversations I’ve had in a while. Not just with fellow hosting providers, but also with solution providers who are quietly reshaping what WordPress ecosystem and hosting solutions look like. I left the event with a notebook full of thoughts and I’d like to share the ones that stuck with me most.
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Top 7 sessions you can’t miss at WordCamp Europe 2025
WordCamp Europe 2025 will take place from June 5–7 in Basel, Switzerland. It’s the biggest WordPress event in Europe, gathering users, developers, and entrepreneurs from all over the world. With multiple tracks running in parallel, it can be hard to choose what to attend. Here are seven standout sessions that deserve a spot on your
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European Commission seeks experts for .EU Domain Advisory Group
The European Commission has announced a call for applications to select new members for the .EU Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG). This initiative aims to bring together experts from various sectors to guide the governance of the .eu top-level domain (TLD), which currently boasts around 3 million domain names.
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OVHcloud Q3 2024 financial summary
OVHcloud, one of the leading European cloud companies, has published its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024. The company reported significant revenue growth, continued international expansion, and the introduction of innovative technological solutions. Below is a detailed summary of these results, including year-over-year (Y-Y) comparisons and key achievements.
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European domain growth slows
As of early 2024, registered domains across EU member state countries have risen to an estimated 82 million, marking a 0.4% increase over the previous year. This growth has been unevenly distributed, with countries like Poland, France, and Italy leading the pack, primarily through their national ccTLDs.