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| April 26 2025 | Web.com became Network_Solutions, marking a significant transformation in the company's corporate identity. |
| 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 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 | 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. |
| 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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| 2023 | Hostinger launched the AI Website Builder, an artificial intelligence platform that generates custom websites with unique content, stock images, and design elements. |
| 2023 | Daugirdas Jankus became Hostinger CEO, with Arnas Stuopelis continuing as Chairman of the Board. |
| 2023 | The Cybercrime Information Center reported Hostinger as one of the top five phishing hosts based on their Phishing Attack Score. |
| 2023 | Launched 'ProActive' brand to provide managed cloud services on IONOS Cloud platform, targeting industries like Ecommerce, SaaS, Healthcare, and Education. |
| 2023 | The Worcester data center received tier IV certification, signifying high standards of infrastructure reliability and performance. |
| 2023 | The Lenexa, Kansas data center became the site for hosting Ionos' cloud products. |
| 2023 | OVH was ordered to pay €250,000 to two customers who lost data in the March 2021 datacenter fire, with over 130 other customers engaged in a class-action lawsuit against the company. |
| 2023 |
WP Engine
Expanded offices into Limerick city centre and formed a partnership with digital agency Granite Digital to expand presence in Ireland.
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| November 2023 | Iliad launched Kyutai, the first European independent and non-profit artificial intelligence research laboratory, with a 300 million Euro investment. |
| October 2023 | Periodic updates to the Project Nimbus procurement document continued, highlighting ongoing controversy surrounding Amazon Web Services' contract with Israeli government and defense organizations. |
| October 2023 | Wix fired employee Courtney Carey in Dublin, Ireland, for social media posts critical of Israel. This led to criticism from Irish Parliament members and government officials. Carey subsequently sued for unfair dismissal and won, with Wix admitting liability. |
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