In the Press
In The Press includes Netregistry Group Ltd companies mentions within the wider media landscape. For media and publicity enquiries, please email media@netregistry.com.au.
Netregistry Group bails out distribute.IT after 4800 website accounts were hacked23 June 2011 The Netregistry Group has taken over the business of stricken web hosting firm distribute.IT after hackers permanently obliterated files and websites belonging to more than 4800 accounts during a devastating half hour of infiltration... Read more |
More than just data lost in cruel hack25 June 2011 On Thursday web services company Netregistry announced it had ''acquired'' Distribute.IT. Netregistry chief executive Larry Bloch said he had no prior designs on a takeover, but the gravity of the crisis gave him no choice.... Read more |
Netregistry buys Distribute.IT23 June 2011 NetRegistry has bought the business and assets of hacked web host and domain registrar Distribute.IT in a deal sealed in the past 36 hours. The tie-up was leaked by the Australian domain administrator auDA... Read more |
Netregistry Group buys hacked Distribute.IT customers23 June 2011 Netregistry Group has acquired Distribute.IT along with Click n Go customers and assets. Monetary details haven’t been disclosed. Distribute.IT was recently a victim of a hacking attack, which affected 4800 domains and accounts... Read more |
Netregistry buys half of Reach Accounting7 June 2011 Netregistry has taken a 50 percent stake in local online financial software start-up Reach Accounting for a "six figure" sum. Chief executive Larry Bloch told iTnews that two-year subscriptions to the software-as-a-service... Read more |
Netregistry takes half of Reach Accounting – offers product free7 June 2011 As part of the deal, Netregistry, has also announced that it will offer 250,000 Netregistry customers the online accounting software free for two years... Read more |
Australian retail sector must adapt or die1 February 2011 Australia's change-resisting retailers have been told to get back in their box, and the rebuke comes from within their own ranks. The big boys like Harvey Norman boss Jerry Harvey and Premier Investments' Solomon... Read more |
PM is using weasel words on the GST-equity debate18 January 2011 Beware the fury of a consumer spurned. Despite a very hostile initial reaction, there’s going to be no let-up in the major campaign launched by Australian retailers for the federal government to level the tax playing-field... Read more |
Retail Coalition campaign revs up17 January 2011 The Retail Coalition is to issue documents to the Australian Securities Investment Commission to incorporate its activities, enabling it to hire staff and ramp up its campaign to remove the GST tax-free threshold... Read more |
Retail Coalition set to register as a company as it fights against GST exemption17 January 2011 The Retail Coalition is set to ramp up its lobbying activities this week, with the group preparing to lodge as a company with ASIC in order to hire a chief executive and board of directors in preparation with a fight... Read more |
Retailers to fight on17 January 2011 Hostilities surrounding the popularity of GST-free retail sales on the internet will be reignited this week as newly formed lobby group the Retail Coalition prepares to hand in documents to the securities regulator... Read more |
NetRegistry joins retail GST push11 January 2011 Local hosting and domain name specialist NetRegistry has backed the Gerry Harvey-fronted push for a level tax playing field between Australian and international retailers... Read more |
Netregistry founder Larry Bloch tells – why I’ve joined the Retail Coalition against GST exemptions11 January 2011 The Retail Coalition that is campaigning to have the Government abolish the GST exemption on purchases made overseas has an unlikely new member – domain name reseller and web hosting firm Netregistry... Read more |
GST 'not the issue' in online shopping11 January 2011 Closing the GST loophole on offshore purchases would have little effect on Australia's retail sector, economists say. And it would not stem the tide of shoppers jumping online, they say... Read more |
Australian web hosts wouldn't host WikiLeaks7 December 2010 It’s been dumped by Amazon and mirrored across the globe as it attempts to spread its whistleblowing message to the masses. But would any web hosting company in Australia consent to play host to WikiLeaks?... Read more |
auDA moves to kill off Bottle Domains2 December 2010 auDA's long running battle with domain registry Australian Style, which trades as Bottle Domains, is drawing to a close with AuDA seeking to have the company wound up for failing to pay almost $400,000... Read more |
Five ways to defend against a DDoS attack12 October 2010 So you're under attack. What now? The economics of the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack tend to work in favour of the aggressor and not those attempting to protect online assets... Read more |
Anonymous Launches DDoS Attack against AFACT29 September 2010 The activists represented by the organization "Anonymous" came up with its latest mission "Operation Payback" in Australia that aims at a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the Australian... Read more |
Australian anti-piracy group & 8000 sites brought down by DDoS10 September 2010 The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) trade group suffered a massive DDoS attack that crippled the copyright group’s website for a few hours. The attack was part of “Operation Payback”... Read more |
When founders flounder: lessons from Mr and Mrs Groves26 April 2010 Netregistry survived the bursting of the dot-com bubble a decade ago and is now thriving as Australia's largest domain name provider. Larry Bloch is worried though... Read more |
Another incident, another company withdraws, validating Go Daddy's move out of China5 April 2010 An Australian domain name registrar said last week it would stop taking new accounts in China. And the Web site of Foreign Correspondents Club of China recently experienced two days over continued... Read more |
SAP StreamWork targets online collaboration market30 March 2010 SAP is unveiling an online collaboration tool that will let users combine a range of business applications into a single screen, hopefully making it easier to share content, have online meetings and plan projects... Read more |
Hackers attempt to dupe NetRegistry customers15 March 2010 Scammers using a Brazilian domain name have targeted customers of large Australian domain name and hosting company NetRegistry, seeking usernames and passwords in order to launch new malware... Read more |
Australian SMEs Lost When it Comes to Digital Marketing15 March 2010 A recent survey conducted for The Internet Show Melbourne indicates Australian businesses are struggling to efficiently and profitably market their business online. Of the 4000 companies surveyed nearly 50%... Read more |
NetRegistry proactive response to phishing attack15 March 2010 In response to a phishing attack against its customers, NetRegistry has issued a warning reminding them that they would never ask for a password. The full text of the warning is as follows... Read more |
BigPond redirects typos to 'unethical' branded search page20 November 2009 Customers presented with advertisements, paid links and search results instead of error message. Telstra has begun redirecting failed domain name lookups on its BigPond broadband network to a Telstra... Read more |
OGS, Netregistry buy stake in TPP Internet27 October 2009 Netregistry's parent company, Online Growth Solutions (OGS) has acquired a controlling interest in domain name registrar, TPP Internet, by buying out one of TPP’s founding partners... Read more |
Netregistry / Online Growth Solutions acquires stake in TPP Internet27 October 2009 Netregistry and Online Growth Solutions Ltd (OGS) have acquired a controlling interest in TPP Internet by buying out one of the Founding partners. This increases the Group’s lead in market share... Read more |
Twitter for Business5 August 2009 Over the last few weeks (for that's speed at which things can change in the social media universe) it's become obvious that many businesses have realised that Twitter, Facebook and their ilk aren't just some... Read more |
Netregistry's parent snaps up Web hosting company4 August 2009 Netregistry’s parent company, Online Growth Solutions (OGS), has acquired MD Web Hosting for an undisclosed price and is hungry for more acquisitions. The new hosting company is an accredited auDA Registrar... Read more |
Online Growth Solutions acquires MD Web Hosting4 August 2009 Online Growth Solutions Limited (OGS) has announced the addition of MD Web Hosting to its portfolio of companies. The acquisition will see OGS edge out MelbourneIT for the controlling share in Australian domain... Read more |
Online Growth Solutions buys MD Web Hosting4 August 2009 MD Web Hosting is now part of the Online Growth Solutions group of companies, alongside Netregistry, PlanetDomain, NETT Magazine and Hostess. Announcing the acquisition Larry Bloch, CEO... Read more |
Acquisition makes OGS Australia's top registrar3 August 2009 Online Growth Solutions (OGS) - the company behind Netregistry, PlanetDomain, NETT Magazine and Hostess - has acquired hosting provider and registrar MS Web Hosting. According to OGS CEO Larry... Read more |
Netregistry / Online Growth Solutions Acquires MD Web Hosting3 August 2009 Netregistry / Online Growth Solutions acquires MD Web Hosting, overtakes Melbourne IT in .AU Domains under management. MD Web Hosting is now part of the Online Growth Solutions Ltd group of companies... Read more |
Netregistry owner buys MD Webhosting3 August 2009 Steps closer to toppling Melbourne IT in shared hosting. Netregistry owners Online Growth Solutions have acquired MD Webhosting to overtake Melbourne IT as the number one player in the .au market... Read more |
Bolton dusts off for another courtroom scrap19 May 2009 You can't keep Nicholas Bolton out of a scrap these days. Fresh from a $4.5 million pay day after his BrisConnections adventures, the 27-year-old Melbourne internet entrepreneur has been busy preparing for... Read more |
CeBIT nurses cause Twitter uproar12 May 2009 Domain name specialist NetRegistry has come under fire for using women dressed as nurses to promote its services at Australia's largest trade fair CeBIT this week. Throughout today a number of members... Read more |
Bolton takes on internet controller20 April 2009 FIRST Nicholas Bolton threatened to bring BrisConnections, builder of the nation's biggest infrastructure project, to its knees. Now the 27-year-old has embarked on a legal fight that could destroy the governing body... Read more |