Member Spotlight, Open Internet
Dell, FedEx, Google, HPE, IBM, Microsoft, NetApp, NFL, PIPA, Postal Service, SingleHop, SOPA, Switzerland, UPS, USPS, Veeam
In August, Comms Manager Dakota Graves sat down with new Senior Director of Global Cloud Solutions for Veeam, Jordan Jacobs.
Internet Governance, The Internet Infrastructure Industry, US Policy
FIFA, IANA Transition, ICANN, ITU, NTIA, PIPA, SOPA, UN, United States Congress, US, US Commerce Department, US Congress, US Senate, WCIT
Last week we had the biggest technology policy win since the Internet community banded together to defeat PIPA/SOPA back in 2012.
US Policy
Capitol Hill, Internet Advocacy Day, PIPA, Protect Intellectual Property Act, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act
Without education about how the Internet works, the lack of understanding by lawmakers only promises to bring more unfavorable legislation, like SOPA and PIPA, and endangers the future of Internet freedom as a whole.
Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy
National Security Agency, NSA, PIPA, SOPA
I’ve been the lead administrator on WebHostingTalk.com for several years now. As such, I’m often approached with “great ideas.” Ideas generally revolve around new and improved ways of hosting, new tools for hosters, and ways WHT should regulate the industry. I remember roughly 6 years ago when someone approached me about “starting an organization to […]
Access To Data, Privacy, US Policy
Attack of the Internet Killers, Consumer Electronics Association, CTA, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, National Security Agency, NCMEC, NSA, PIPA, Protect Intellectual Property Act, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act
For many years, I did not believe that a hosting industry organization was necessary. Over time, the critical nature the industry plays in the functioning of the Internet has changed that belief. The i2C was critical in the defeat of PIPA and SOPA. Without our involvement, these two bills really could be law right now. […]
