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| 2025 | GlowHost recognized as a Top Performer for Spring 2025 in web hosting services. |
| May 2025 | Wix acquired Hour One, a startup specializing in AI-powered video creation tools, to enhance its generative AI capabilities. |
| May 2025 | According to W3Techs technology survey, Wix usage reached 3.8% of websites by the end of May. |
| 2025 | Hetzner began upgrading its core network infrastructure, implementing Nokia routing technology with 7750 SR-1x routers capable of supporting 100G, 400G, and 800G connections. |
| April 26 2025 | Web.com became Network_Solutions, marking a significant transformation in the company's corporate identity. |
| March 2025 | Hostinger launched Hostinger Horizons, a no-code AI tool for building and launching custom web apps, designed to empower non-developers and solo entrepreneurs to create web applications without coding expertise. |
| March 2025 | Hetzner and MHB Montage launched HT Clean Energy, a solar initiative for data centers aimed at reducing the company's carbon footprint. |
| March 2025 | CNET identified Wix as the 'Best overall website builder' in its digital publisher review. |
| March 2025 | Flexential announced a partnership with DigitalOcean to expand GPU infrastructure, involving a phased deployment of high-density GPU servers at Flexential's Atlanta-Douglasville data center to support AI and machine learning workloads. |
| March 10 2025 | During Oracle's Q2 earnings call, Larry Ellison revealed that Newfold Digital is migrating to Oracle Cloud to enhance security and performance. |
| March 10 2025 | During Oracle's Q2 earnings call, Larry Ellison announced that Newfold Digital (Bluehost's parent company) is transitioning to Oracle Cloud to enhance security and performance. |
| 2025 | GoDaddy returned to Super Bowl advertising after an eight-year hiatus, featuring a commercial promoting their AI service Airo with actor Walton Goggins. |
| March 2025 | OVHcloud US expanded its network by introducing a new Local Zone in Seattle, targeting improved data processing speeds and connectivity for Pacific Northwest businesses, aimed at reducing latency for cloud applications. |
| March 2025 | OVHcloud obtained the SecNumCloud 3.2 qualification for its Bare Metal Pod cloud platform, awarded by the French Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI), recognizing its high-security standards for public and private sector cloud solutions. |
| February 2025 |
WP Engine
A class action lawsuit is filed by a WP Engine customer against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg, alleging deliberate disruption of business operations and contract interference.
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| 2024 |
Green hosting
A survey of 1,000 internet users in the United States reveals 28% would support businesses with strong environmental practices, and 35.4% are more likely to purchase from sustainable websites.
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| 2024 | Expanded global footprint with a new data center in Singapore. |
| 2024 |
Green hosting
A survey of 1,000 U.S. internet users reveals 28% would definitely support businesses with strong environmental practices, and 35.4% would be more likely to purchase from sustainable websites.
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| 2024 |
Green hosting
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report finds data centres consume 4.4% of U.S. electricity, with projections indicating this could rise to 6.7-12% by 2028.
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| 2024 | 000webhost, the free web hosting brand powered by Hostinger, shut down its operations. |
| 2024 | Ionos conducted a survey in the U.S. market revealing that 55% of American small and medium-sized businesses are using or would consider using artificial intelligence (AI), marking a 5% increase from the previous year. |
| December 2024 | AWS announced Amazon Nova, its own family of foundation models available through Amazon Bedrock, designed for tasks including content generation, video understanding, and building agentic applications, offered in six different sizes. |
| December 10 2024 |
WP Engine
Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín issues a preliminary injunction requiring Automattic and Matt Mullenweg to cease blocking and interfering with WP Engine's access to WordPress.org.
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| October 2024 | Hostinger dropped to number 10 on the Phishing Attack Score ranking. |
| October 12 2024 |
WP Engine
WordPress.org replaces WP Engine's Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin with a fork called 'Secure Custom Fields' citing public safety guidelines.
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| October 7 2024 |
WP Engine
Matt Mullenweg announces that 159 Automattic employees (8.4% of the workforce) have quit, receiving a severance package of $30,000 or six months of salary, with a condition of not returning to the company.
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| October 2 2024 |
WP Engine
WP Engine files a lawsuit against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg for extortion and abuse of power.
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| October 1 2024 |
WP Engine
WordPress.org temporarily restores access to WP Engine ahead of allowing the company to build mirror sites.
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| September 25 2024 |
WP Engine
WordPress.org blocks WP Engine and its affiliates from accessing its servers, including security updates, plugin, and theme repositories.
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| September 22 2024 |
WP Engine
Matt Mullenweg begins speaking negatively about WP Engine during the week preceding this date, criticizing the company's contributions to WordPress and its private equity ties during WordCamp US 2024.
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| July 2024 |
WP Engine
WP Engine acquired NitroPack, an IT company, likely to improve website performance and optimization technologies.
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| July 19 2024 | AWS updated its documentation to recommend more secure implementation practices for Application Load Balancer authentication. |
| July 11 2024 | AWS confirmed the Application Load Balancer security issue affecting its customers. |
| June 2024 | Wix reported reaching over 260 million users worldwide. |
| April 2024 | Security researchers from Miggo security identified a configuration vulnerability in AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) that could allow attackers to bypass access controls. |
| April 2024 | AWS announced Deadline Cloud, a new service for setting up, deploying, and scaling graphics and visual effects rendering pipelines on cloud infrastructure. |
| April 2024 | Heart Internet was acquired by Your.Online for an undisclosed amount. |
| March 2024 | Wix publicly launched its AI web builder, which uses a chatbot interface to help users create website content. |
| March 2024 |
WP Engine
Introduced AI-Powered Search for WordPress Sites.
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| February 2024 | Yancey Spruill left DigitalOcean. |
| January 2024 | Epik LLC discontinued its registration agreement with Kiwi Farms, citing complaints about child sexual abuse material, doxing, and other terms of service violations. |
| January 2024 | ICANN approved the transfer of Epik, finalizing the sale to Epik LLC. The company updated its terms of service, removing violators and 'problematic clients' from its platform during the review process. |
| January 2024 | Rackspace relocated its San Antonio Global Headquarters from Windcrest (The Castle) to the RidgeWood Plaza II office building in north-central San Antonio. |
| January 31 2024 | Scheduled date for Hetzner to end business relationships with Russian customers, as previously announced in December 2023. |
| 2023 | CEO Matt Lundstrom was interviewed by Website Planet, providing tips on choosing a web host. |
| 2023 |
Green hosting
Global internet usage reaches 67% (5.4 billion people), with the International Energy Agency reporting data centres consume 1-1.3% of global final electricity demand and are responsible for 1% of energy-related CO2 emissions.
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| 2023 |
Server Name Indication
HCL Notes added SNI support in version 14.0.
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