Rob Golding Internet Entrepreneur Member of multipe ICANN Working Groups - fighting for domain registrants rights Expert Witness on IT for UK Courts
Rob Golding
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Oct 29 2015
WARNING: Domain Registrant Phishing Scam
IMPORTANT NOTICE – Domain Phishing Attacks You may have heard that a massive phishing attack is ongoing against domain owners. We have received multiple reports that some of those attacks are claiming to come from Astutium or Astutium-GRS to target our registrants in an attempt to obtain your client portal / registrar access login details, …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2015/10/warning-domain-registrant-phishing-scam/
Jul 06 2015
Astutium Ltd Acquires US Web Host PeachyHost.com
6th July 2105: Newark, DE – for immediate release Astutium Ltd, the only hosting provider with over 10 years of continuous uptime, has today announced the successful acquisition of PeachyHost.com (a boutique US Web Host) As a result of the agreement, PeachyHost exits the industry following the completed transfers of all the domain, hosting, server, …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2015/07/astutium-ltd-acquires-us-web-host-peachyhost-com/
Jul 01 2015
Jetting off to HostingCon 2015 San Diego
HostingCon 2015 in San Diego is only a few days away… See our blog post for more details on the HostingCon 2015 Event I’m leaving tomorrow so better let the flight crew know I’m on my way 😉 One of the best parts of attending HostingCon for me is the unique combination of opportunities to …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2015/07/jetting-off-to-hostingcon-2015-san-diego/
Jun 16 2015
Astutium Attending HostingCon Global 2015
HostingCon Global 2015 is the premier industry conference and trade show for hosting and cloud providers. What? HostingCon Global 2015 Where? San Diego Convention Center 111 W Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101 When? Sunday 26/July/2015 | Monday 27/July/2015 | Tuesday 27/July/2015 | Wednesday 27/July/2015 + travel either side The best and brightest from the …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2015/06/astutium-attending-hostingcon-global-2015/
Jun 03 2015
Premium .GR Domains Now Available at dotGR Accredited Registrar Astutium.com
The .gr registry (eett/forth) have today made-available a number of premium and previously reserved domain names, which (at time of writing) are available to register at .GR Accredited Domain Registrar Astutium. These are the remaining [.gr] domain names whose variable field is an ‘Internet’ keyword and remained undisposed at the Auction that was recently conducted …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2015/06/premium-gr-domains-now-available-at-dotgr-accredited-registrar-astutium-com/
Jun 01 2015
Attendance at Industry Events, Meetings and Exhibitions
Astutium can often be found at industry events that cover general IT, Internet, Telecoms, Business Startups, IoT, Domaining and many of the other ‘verticals’ we are involved with. Our staff are regulars at: LINX (London INternet eXchange) quarterly members meetings and socials Nominet (.uk Registry) events and policy meetings UK-IGF (UK Internet Governance Forum) Tref …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2015/06/attendance-at-industry-events-meetings-and-exhibitions/
Dec 23 2014
2015 Was The Year It All Changed (for EU VAT)
Upcoming VAT Changes Effective from the 1st January 2015 there are updated European Union regulations relating to VAT on “digital services” (for example: domains, hosting, virtual/dedicated/cloud servers, voice-over-ip and internet-connectivity) for individuals and business – European Directive 2002/38/EC relating to VAT. As of the 1st January 2015 you will be charged the VAT rate in …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2014/12/2015-was-the-year-it-all-changed-for-eu-vat/
Dec 02 2014
Withdrawal of dotBEST .BEST gTLD of BestTLD Pty Ltd
We are withdrawing from sale the gTLD .BEST / dotBEST operated by BestTLD Pty Ltd ( a company registered in Australia ) for being spammers. BestTLD Pty Ltd, and their spamming representative Mike Deparini believe that sending out mass-automated spam emails to domain registrants and domain registrars is a form of ‘marketing’ of their #newGTLD …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2014/12/withdrawal-of-dotbest-best-gtld-of-besttld-pty-ltd/
Nov 24 2014
Astutium Ltd Acquires Web Host Zooko
London, UK – November 24, 2014 – For immediate release. Astutium Ltd ( www.astutium.com ), an established leader in UK business and enterprise web hosting for over a decade, announced today the completed acquisition and integration of Zooko – a uk host providing cPanel based internet services to small business and individuals. We are pleased …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2014/11/astutium-ltd-acquires-web-host-zooko/
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2014/10/bash-vulnerability-shellshock-how-to-test-and-secure-your-machines/