Unlimited in the UK
June 8, 2007 -- When UK based hosting provider Fasthosts announced last week that it was providing shared Web hosting customers with unlimited transfer, it wasn't that the company was introducing a new service, exactly. Instead, it was publicising a feature it had always offered, positioning an attractive feature as a real selling point. (read more) (make a comment)
PayPal Urges Phishing Legislation
April 18, 2007 -- At last month's 2007 e-crime congress, Paypal's associate general counsel Joseph E. Sullivan voiced his disappointment in Web hosting companies. (read more) (make a comment)
Spam Sticking in Europe
December 19, 2006 -- European Internet users and businesses are experiencing what their American counterparts did a few years ago as the tide of spam continues to rise across Europe. (read more) (make a comment)
TeleCityRedbus Adds Through Acquisition
August 25, 2006 -- The European hosting market continues its consolidation with larger hosting providers, ISPs and telcos setting their sights on smaller companies in an effort to expand their service portfolios and market share. (read more) (make a comment)
EURid Domain Crackdown a First Step
August 4, 2006 -- The most vocal critic of EURid and the land rush process that introduced the .eu top level domain name last spring is crediting the nonprofit organization for its suspension of .eu domain names and lawsuits against bogus registrars. (read more) (make a comment)
EU Domain Sees Fanfare, Fiasco
May 1, 2006 -- The recent rollout of the new European .eu domain name and the land rush for registration has been described as both a screaming success, and a scandalous sham. (read more) (make a comment)
UK Outages Make Annual Appearance
Feb 10, 2006 -- A growing number of UK Internet users experienced arguably more than their fair share of downtime as 2005 drew to a close, with UK-based hosts and ISPs having to answer for widespread outages. (read more) (make a comment)
World Wants More DNS Control
December 2, 2005 -- At November's World Summit, the world made a case for the US to give up some of its control over Internet oversight. But the US is not eager to hand over its control. (read more) (make a comment)
Web Host TeleCity Consolidates With Redbus Buy
November 14, 2005 -- The colocation market in Europe underwent a major consolidation earlier this month with TeleCity entering into an agreement to buy rival Redbus Interhouse in an all-stock transaction. (read more) (make a comment)
Europeans Do Domains
October 14, 2005 -- According to recent reports from VeriSign, Europeans are outpacing North Americans in both the pace and the aptitude with which they register domains. (read more) (make a comment)
Server Seizure Concerns
August 8, 2005 -- According to lawyers for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Rackspace UK may have been too zealous in turning over hard drives to a government investigation. (read more) (make a comment)
Regional Domain Pricing Tested
June 10, 2005 -- The disparity in domain name pricing between the US and UK operations of large registrars like 1&1 Internet has recently drawn criticism from customers and competitors. (read more) (make a comment)
UK Data Center Housing Crunch
April 25, 2005 -- Organizers for the Data Centres Europe conference say data center space is growing scarce in London, even as IT growth across Europe is booming. (read more) (make a comment)
Verizon's Spam Curtain
March 9, 2005 -- US-based Internet service provider Verizon drew the ire of European ISPs and some of its own US customers with its aggressive move to block spam originating in Europe. (read more) (make a comment)
Spam Control Out of Control?
February 3, 2005 -- While Lycos Europe's Makelovenotspam.com project proved to be an effective tool in striking back against spammers, questions of ethics and a dangerous potential made it a short-lived project. (read more) (make a comment)
Rules are Tight in Europe
December 6, 2004 -- European Web hosts may face an even stricter set of regulatory guidelines than hosts based in the US, and they often have to meet US regulations to do business with US clients. (read more) (make a comment)
Domain Launch Sparks Questionable Services
September 15, 2004 -- The rollout of the new .eu top-level domain is prompting some businesses to advise companies to begin planning domain strategies and registrations. But EURid, the organization chosen to manage the .eu domain, is warning Web users against paying for services that provide little or no advantage over simply waiting for the registry to launch. (read more) (make a comment)
Web Hosts Eye UK Rate Change
September 2, 2004 -- UK regulators are trying to juice Great Britain's broadband market with efforts aimed at lowering prices for consumers and bringing in other broadband carriers to compete with dominant player BT (bt.com). However, smaller ISPs are complaining the wholesale broadband increases will drive them out of the market and leave all that new found competition to only the largest players in the region. (read more) (make a comment)
Internationalized Domain Names Open Obligation, Opportunity
July 23, 2004 -- Much of the discussion at ICANN's (icann.org) recent meetings in Kuala Lumpur focused on Internationalized Domain Names and the use of local languages and characters, promoting the addition of a range of character sets without damaging the end-to-end interworking of today's Internet, which is limited mainly to specifically coded Latin characters. (read more) (make a comment)
Host Europe Buy Makes Hosting Force
June 16, 2004 -- There is no doubt that the Pipex Communications (pipex.net) acquisition of Host Europe (hosteurope.com) creates a bigger force in the European market, but the joining of the broadband service provider and hosting and services company may also represent a new wave of partnerships, products and services emerging in the area. (read more) (make a comment)
European Authorities Serious on Spam
May 27, 2004 -- With a bust of text-message type spamming by the UK's ICSTIS, the nabbing of a number of suspected virus writers in Germany and enforcement of last year's spamming legislation, it appears that Europe is slicing into spam with the teeth of its existing legislation. (read more) (make a comment)
EU Presses for Spam Crackdown
April 8, 2004 -- Europe's battle against spam continued this month with the European Commission warning eight European Union member states that legal action could be taken against them. Belgium, Greece, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Luxembourg, Germany and Finland have still not implemented the EU's two-year-old Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications, which includes a spam ban. (read more) (make a comment)
Broadband Growth Promising for UK Hosts
March 24, 2004 -- Web hosting leaders and key industry players are keeping a close eye on the UK access market, as Internet users ditch dial-up for broadband. The surge in broadband has insiders optimistic about the future, predicting the hosting industry will grow along with it. (read more) (make a comment)
EU Steps Up Push to Enforce Anti-Spam Law
March 10, 2004 ---The European Union is continuing its efforts to fight spam, promising Tuesday during an EU telecommunications ministers meeting in Brussels to curb unsolicited bulk emails by speeding up the implementation of a law introduced two years ago. (read more) (make a comment)
Anti-Spammers Win Over ISPA Judges
February 25, 2004 -- Anti-spam efforts and the organizations spearheading those movements were honored at this year's annual UK Internet Industry Awards, held by the Internet Service Providers Association, UK (ispa.co.uk). (read more) (make a comment)
Europe: January Surveys Highlight 2004 Trends
Januart 14, 2004 -- As EuroTrust continues to reorganize, the company announced that it would start the New Year with resignations of two of its leaders. In good news for European Internet businesses, EURid announced this month that .eu domain names are finally on the way. In somewhat less pleasant domain-related news, a professor's report on domain (read more) (make a comment)
BBC Technology Sale Sparks UK Backlash
January 7, 2004 -- Businesses are expected to start the bidding process this month in the competition to purchase the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) subsidiary, BBC Technology Ltd. (bbctechnology.com) - a sale expected to bring in more than £100 million. (read more) (make a comment)
EuroTrust Continues Company Transformation
December 5, 2003 -- The sale of EuroTrust's (eurotrust.dk) secure Web hosting unit marks the end of an era for a company that has dabbled in many industries and continues to adjust its business focus. (read more) (make a comment)
Europe's I.T. Skills Shortage Evaporates
November 13, 2003 -- In the late 1990s, there was a great deal of media coverage in Europe dedicated to an impending job shortage that would decimate the profitability of businesses in the early years of the new millennium. In fact, by September 2000, research firm IDC (IDC.com) predicted that Europe would be short almost four million I.T. and e-business employees in coming years, and many other articles predicted similar dire situations. (read more) (make a comment)
Sealand's Hosting Venture Hits Choppy Waters
October 6, 2003 -- When HavenCo (havenco.com) first announced it would establish a secure, offshore hosting facility in the Principality of Sealand, many critics were skeptical about the viability of a hosting firm located in a disputed territory. (read more) (make a comment)
Marketing Web Hosting in Europe
September 4, 2003 -- There are many commonalities between marketing your Web hosting business in Europe and North America. Each, for example, share similar demands, service offerings and sales channels. But while the Internet can bring you closer to new markets, a unique approach is required for every market in which you intend to promote your Web hosting business (read more) (make a comment)
Small Business Key to Growth in Europe
July 10, 2003 -- Companies searching for success in Europe's Web hosting market need to look no further than small to medium sized businesses (SMBs), which are poised to drive much of the industry's growth in the region for the next several years. (read more) (make a comment)
Flexibility Driving Success for European Hosts
June 19, 2003 -- Although most companies don't like to admit it, achieving success in the hosting industry sometimes requires a change in focus. Higher-end firms with complex offerings occasionally find that lowering the bar slightly leads to more customers and revenue, while some smaller companies will use the introduction of managed services to foster growth. (read more) (make a comment)
Managed Services Rebound in Europe
May 5, 2003 -- Managed services in Europe are making a comeback after being decimated by the telecom downturn, and have helped foster recent growth in several major European hosting providers. (read more) (make a comment)
PSINet Europe Returns With Managed Focus
April 7, 2003 -- After a brief hiatus, PSINet Europe (europe.psi.net) is betting on a renewed interest in managed services to propel itself back to the top of Europe's communications sector. (read more) (make a comment)
Acquisitions Help Business Serve Grow Up
March 13, 2003 -- In today's competitive Web hosting industry, many firms use the term "growing up" to describe their tales of survival in a cutthroat market. But at Business Serve, a UK-based communications firm, the term is used to describe an eye-opening growth spurt. In fact, the company credits the maturity it has developed to a string of acquisitions it has made since 2001. (read more) (make a comment)
Sweden Develops Potential as Strong Hosting Market
January 14, 2003 - When the Europe's Web hosting market began to take shape several years ago, a great deal of focus was placed on the United Kingdom's relationship to the rest of the continent. The UK was widely viewed as the "gateway" to Europe, particularly in North America; this was because the first stop for many transatlantic fiber gateways was the UK, and because (read more) (make a comment)
Outlook Brightens for Europe's Co-location Market
December 30, 2002 -- The past two years have been difficult ones for Europe's co-location market. Most co-location providers across the continent are running below capacity and struggling to fill empty racks as clients continue to fall victim to the telecom downturn - which has led to dwindling revenues and little growth. But as 2003 approaches, (read more) (make a comment)
Cable & Wireless Woes Continue
December 13, 2002 -- The trouble emerging at UK communications giant Cable & Wireless moved beyond the theatre of Web hosting this week, igniting a chain of problems for the company. Downgrades, leaked reports and a sliding stock price appear to indicate that the firm is in need of a directional shift quickly, or negative consequences could be in store. (read more) (make a comment)
Holidays Look Bright for Europe's Online Stores
November 15, 2002 - Despite a sagging retail market and an ongoing downturn in the technology sector, it appears that the holiday season will be full of cheer for Europe's online retailers. And a cheery Christmas for e-tailers means a busy time for European Web hosts. (read more) (make a comment)
Europe One Step Closer to .eu Domain Names
September 6, 2002 - The European Commission is now welcoming bids to become the official registrar for .eu, the domain extension it hopes to offer individuals and businesses located in European Union member states. (read more) (make a comment)
New Regulations Govern UK Web Hosts, ISPs
August 23, 2002 - Web sites and hosting firms in the United Kingdom now have a new set of specific accountabilities to consider after new e-commerce regulations were introduced this week. (read more) (make a comment)
Europe’s Hosting Woes Accompanied by Silver Lining
July 10, 2001 - Like most other Web hosting markets, Europe has seen its fair share of difficulties over the past year. Several companies have closed shop, others have been sold, and the WorldCom debacle is already having a negative effect on the marketplace. (read more) (make a comment)
Internet Failing Europe's World Cup Fans
June 5, 2002 - As nations worldwide geared up for the World Cup, one of the world's greatest sporting showcases, nearly everyone expected there would be an upset or two on the soccer pitch when the action began earlier this week. (read more) (make a comment)
British Cable Troubles May Impact Internet Services
May 8, 2002 - Although communications firms of all sorts have been struggling during the recent economic slowdown, the situation appears to have become particularly difficult in Britain, where cable television and Internet services can often go hand-in-hand. (read more) (make a comment)
Hostway Heads in to Europe's Web Hosting Market
May 1, 2002 - European expansion has produced a mixed bag of results thus far for North American Web hosting companies. Some have seen significant growth since heading east, while others have scaled back their operations after finding it a difficult market to penetrate. (read more) (make a comment)
European Hosts Look to New Services, Markets For Growth
April 24, 2002 - Last year was obviously a tough one for Web hosting companies both in Europe and abroad. The collapse of the tech economy posed a difficult challenge to the business models of many hosting firms, which were already facing slim profit margins in an ultra-competitive business environment. (read more) (make a comment)
New Future Awaits PSINet Europe
April 17, 2002 - PSINet Europe (psinet.ch) will likely have a new owner next week after its parent company filed a motion in U.S. bankruptcy court to auction the firm. (read more) (make a comment)
Telecom Woes Hit Europe's Marconi
March 27, 2002 - It's been a long, hard winter for Marconi (marconi.com). The London-based firm, which develops telecom hardware and software solutions, has watched the value of its stock plummet to well below 50 cents after being valued at more than 12 dollars less than a year ago. (read more) (make a comment)
European Hosts Test Viability of Co-location Model
February 27, 2002 - In North America, the demise of Exodus Communications was effectively responsible for equating the term "co-location" with "trouble." Many businesses and investors, whether rightly or wrongly, came to believe (read more) (make a comment)
North American Fiber Woes Head to Europe
February 20, 2002 - Both companies and investors alike have been burned over the past months by the well-publicized financial troubles of North American telcos and network carriers. And if recent events are any indication, it would appear the problem is spreading to Europe as well. (read more) (make a comment)
Despite Sagging Market, Host Europe Continues to Grow
February 8, 2002 - The European Web hosting market has proven tough to penetrate for many hosts. Higher prices, a lack of connectivity in certain regions and slow uptake of technology have been significant barriers for many North American and international hosting firms hoping to succeed in Europe. (read more) (make a comment)
Cable and Wireless Must Prove Worth of Acquisitions in 2002
January 25, 2002 - 2001 was an extremely busy year for British telecommunications firm Cable and Wireless. The company made three major acquisitions, vaulting itself in to the exclusive group of companies leading the world's Web hosting market. (read more) (make a comment)
New VAT Directive Could Ease Freeserve's AOL Concerns
December 19, 2001 - UK Internet Service Provider Freeserve is urgently calling on the British government to quickly implement a new EU directive that regulates how Value Added Tax, or VAT is charged for digital goods and services. (read more) (make a comment)
European Enterprises Warm Up to Network Services
December 12, 2001 - European enterprise firms are increasingly recognizing the importance of broadband communications infrastructures like IP VPNs, according to a recent survey from the Yankee Group, an international research firm. (read more) (make a comment)
Rackspace Managed Hosting Confident of Success in Europe
November 21, 2001 - In the face of recent market turbulence, a number of companies have decided to scale back, readjust or even completely scrap their European operations. But Rackspace Managed Hosting, which opened a London data center last year, has instead (read more) (make a comment)
Webstreaming.com Weathers New Media Slowdown
November 20, 2001 - The business of streaming media suffered serious setbacks from the very beginning, says Bruce McCoubrey, business development manager of UK-based streaming media hosting provider WebStreaming.com. Two or three years ago, (read more) (make a comment)
Worldport Takes Aim at High-End Hosting Market
November 1, 2001 - European managed service provider Worldport Communications is scrapping its focus on small to medium-sized enterprises in an effort to attract higher-end companies with more complex IT requirements. (read more) (make a comment)
Outlook Brightens for European ASPs
October 17, 2001 - The past two years have been a rough ride for the ASPs. After being heralded as the 'next big thing' in early 2000, the sector was maligned most of 2001 for failing to meet the expectations of industry analysts. (read more) (make a comment)
Europe's
July 23, 2001 -- When Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) in Europe got serious last year, most ISPs, second-tier telcos and Web hosting companies hailed it as a crucial step toward opening up the high-speed Internet access marketplace to competition. (read more) (make a comment)
Sealand: Taking Offshore Hosting to a New Level
July 10, 2001 -- When people think of hosting their data offshore, the first place that often comes to mind is the Caribbean. After all, the sunny countries to the south are warm, close to the United States and typically feature lax policies related to business and privacy. (read more) (make a comment)
Ireland Becomes High-Tech Hotbed
June 6, 2001 -- Many Internet companies looking to set up shop in Europe in the late 1990s decided to choose England as their first stop. It had economic power, and it was fairly wired when compared to the rest of Europe. (read more) (make a comment)
Placing Blame For Europe's Limited Bandwidth
May 31, 2001 -- Much has been made of the issue of available connectivity in Europe, and how it continues to be a scarce, expensive resource despite the fact that every European ISP and hosting company needs it like humans need air. (read more) (make a comment)
European Net Initiative Draws Controversy
May 24, 2001 -- One year ago this week, the European Commission met to ratify an initiative aimed at eventually creating an "eEurope" - one that would create a foundation to bring safe, quality Internet access to homes, businesses and schools alike. (read more) (make a comment)
Worldport Narrows Focus
May 17, 2001 -- When most Web hosting companies decide to venture in to the European market, they usually do it after establishing a strong North American presence first. (read more) (make a comment)
New U.K. Internet Act A Work In Progress
May 2, 2001 -- ISPs, hosting companies and even consumers who are either already established or are looking to set up shop in the United Kingdom should take note of a recent piece of legislation that has permanently altered the Internet landscape in Britain: the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act. (read more) (make a comment)
Go East, Young Man
April 25, 2001 -- As the European Web hosting market continues to grow at a torrid pace, more North American hosting companies are choosing the United Kingdom as their first destination for expansion. (read more) (make a comment)
Netscalibur Continues King-Sized Acquisitions
April 11, 2001 -- London-based ISP Netscalibur topped off a recent spending spree this week by snapping up German Web hosting company Securitas Internet Systems for a cool 4 million pounds – Netscalibur’s sixth acquisition in eight months. (read more) (make a comment)
InFlow opens data center in Dublin
April 5, 2001 -- InFlow, Inc., a leading provider of Internet data centers (IDCs), officially opened its first international facility in Dublin with three customers already under contract. The Open House ceremony will be presided over by Ms. Mary O'Rourke T.D. Minister for Public Enterprise. (read more) (make a comment)
Usinternetworking opens data center in Dublin
April 5, 2001 -- USinternetworking, Inc., a leading application service provider (ASP), announced the opening of a new data center in Dublin, Ireland, to meet the growing international requirements of U.S. multinational clients. (read more) (make a comment)
Europe Slow To Adopt Data Protection Act
April 4, 2001 -- E-commerce has long been heralded in Europe as an excellent way to promote cross-border trade. Many business owners have cited the Internet as an excellent avenue to increase product exposure and attract new customers. (read more) (make a comment)
UK, Germany Emerge As Hosting Hot Spots
March 22, 2001 -- As most industry insiders will tell you, Europe has become a hotbed of Web hosting over the past two or three years. Companies are scrambling to establish a presence in Europe, because many consider it to be a largely untapped Web hosting market. (read more) (make a comment)
Interliant announces major restructuring, lays off 190
March 15, 2001 -- Interliant, Inc., a leading global application service provider (ASP), today announced that it will provide OneSwoop.com with a Web-based CRM solution using Onyx Software employee, customer and partner portals and INIT CRM services. (read more) (make a comment)
Europe ... The Next Big Thing?
March 14, 2001 -- Most industry analysts agree that Europe is truly Web hosting's "Next Big Thing". With a deluge of hosting companies and related infrastructure already firmly established in North America, all eyes have now turned to Europe, where the Web hosting industry is growing at a torrid pace. (read more) (make a comment)
