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Latest Mergers and acquisitions news, updates and analysis from the web hosting industry — 85 articles.
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Automattic Is Not an Owner of the WordPress Marks It Asserted in Court, a Judge Rules
The September 24 order brings back four antitrust claims the same judge had dismissed in an earlier ruling. It also holds that Automattic and Mullenweg are neither owners nor registrants of the WordPress marks, so they cannot assert them in their own right.
Automattic Is Not an Owner of the WordPress Marks It Asserted in Court, a Judge Rules
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The September 24 order brings back four antitrust claims the same judge had dismissed in an earlier ruling. It also holds that Automattic and Mullenweg are neither owners nor registrants of the WordPress marks, so they cannot assert them in their own right.
We Ranked Hosting Two Ways. We Resolved 108 GoDaddy Domains: 96 Point at Amazon.
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Ranked by domains on their nameservers, GoDaddy leads with 73.1 million. Ranked by hosting attribution it falls to 3.5 million, but that column records whose address space a site is served from. We resolved a sample of GoDaddy's domains: 89% land in blocks registered to Amazon.
IONOS Is Cutting 12% of Its Workforce Five Weeks After Raising Its Revenue Outlook.
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IONOS will reduce headcount from about 3,800 to about 3,350, spending around EUR 35 million once to save up to EUR 30 million a year from 2027. IONOS says the savings will be reinvested, including in AI product development and cloud, and its 2026 adjusted EBITDA forecast is unchanged.
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Consolidation season in Europe: group.one buys WebGlobe, Team.blue buys Loopia
The web hosting market in Europe is currently undergoing significant changes, driven by a wave of consolidation. Two high-profile acquisitions - the purchase of WebGlobe by group.one and the acquisition of Loopia
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Squarespace’s bold move: going private in a $6.9 billion deal
Squarespace, the popular website-building platform, is making waves with its decision to go private in a massive $6.9 billion all-cash deal with private equity firm Permira. After nearly three years of turbulence on the public market, this move comes as no surprise to industry insiders.
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Your.online acquires Heart Internet brand from GoDaddy
Significant changes have taken place in the web hosting industry that could affect the future of the UK web services market. Heart Internet, considered one of the UK's leading web hosting providers,
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Colohouse acquires Hivelocity: industry milestone
The internet is buzzing with news that Colohouse has announced the acquisition of Hivelocity today! This transaction, heralding the birth of next-generation services, has the potential to revolutionize the data center industry by offering cloud and bare-metal solutions on an unprecedented scale.
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As we might have expected, ICAAN finally approves the transfer of registrar Epik to a new owner.
In the ever-evolving landscape of the internet, domain registrars play a crucial role in shaping the accessibility and management of online spaces. Among these, Epik has stood out for its contentious practices.