Industry stats Updated Oct 2026 All domains worldwide 401.6M registered names +8.1% YoY Verisign · Q2 2026 .com + .net total 179.1M names in zone Verisign · Q2 2026 .com + .net 11.5M newly registered · 76.3% renewed Verisign · Q1 2026 Country-code TLDs 148.6M names +3.6% YoY Verisign · Q2 2026 New gTLDs 52.9M names · 30.9% renewed +3.7% QoQ Verisign · Q2 2026 Legacy gTLDs 20.5M names · 67.6% renewed +14.6% YoY Verisign · Q1 2026 WordPress 40.1% of all sites · 58.6% of CMS sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 Shopify 5.4% of all sites · 7.8% of CMS sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 Wix 4.2% of all sites · 6.2% of CMS sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 Squarespace 2.4% of all sites · 3.6% of CMS sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 Joomla 1.1% of all sites · 1.6% of CMS sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 Webflow 0.8% of all sites · 1.2% of CMS sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 Drupal 0.7% of all sites · 1.1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 No CMS detected 31.5% of all sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 Nginx on 33%–39% of sites W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026 Apache on 24%–29% of sites W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026 LiteSpeed gaining share among web servers W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026 DMARC adoption 937.9K valid records +79% in 3 yrs EasyDMARC · 2026 YTD Fortune 500 95% publish DMARC · 80% enforced EasyDMARC Fortune 500 62.7% use strict reject policy EasyDMARC Inc. 5000 15.2% use strict reject policy EasyDMARC Deal CVC Capital Partners → Namecheap · CVC Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Namecheap in September 2025, valuing the company at $1.5B (including debt). Namecheap reported $398M in revenue for 2024, an 18% year-on-year increase. 2025 Deal team.blue (Hg-backed) → Loopia Group · team.blue acquired Loopia Group in May 2025, expanding its customer base from 2.5M to over 3M entrepreneurs across Europe. Loopia Group operates in Sweden, Finland, Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary, and Serbia, with 320 professionals and ~650,000 customers. team.blue reported €866M in ARR for FY2025, with 11% organic growth and €300M in acquired revenue since 2020. 2025 Deal Miss Group (Perwyn-backed) → Web4U s.r.o. · Miss Group acquired Web4U, a Prague-based web hosting and domain registration provider, in 2025, marking its 14th acquisition under Perwyn ownership and 22nd since 2018. Web4U serves 15,000+ customers and reported CZK 38M in revenue for 2021. Miss Group surpassed 2M domains under management in Europe as of August 2025. 2025 Deal group.one → Webglobe · group.one acquired 100% of Webglobe in May 2025, a leading hosting provider in Slovakia, Czechia, and Serbia. Webglobe manages ~300,000 registered domains and registers ~10% of national domains in its core markets. 2025 Deal hosting.com (World Host Group, Oakley Capital-backed) → FastComet, A2 Hosting · hosting.com acquired FastComet in April 2025 and A2 Hosting in January 2025. FastComet serves 32,000 clients across 100 countries. A2 Hosting was rebranded under hosting.com in April 2025, including a $2M purchase of the hosting.com domain. World Host Group operates 30+ brands and reported 700,000+ customers globally as of 2025. 2025 Deal Automattic → WebHosting.com domain · Automattic acquired the WebHosting.com domain in July 2026; the domain now resolves to a 'coming soon' page with Automattic branding. No hosting business or customer migration was included in the deal. 2026 Industry stats Updated Oct 2026 All domains worldwide 401.6M registered names +8.1% YoY Verisign · Q2 2026 .com + .net total 179.1M names in zone Verisign · Q2 2026 .com + .net 11.5M newly registered · 76.3% renewed Verisign · Q1 2026 Country-code TLDs 148.6M names +3.6% YoY Verisign · Q2 2026 New gTLDs 52.9M names · 30.9% renewed +3.7% QoQ Verisign · Q2 2026 Legacy gTLDs 20.5M names · 67.6% renewed +14.6% YoY Verisign · Q1 2026 WordPress 40.1% of all sites · 58.6% of CMS sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 Shopify 5.4% of all sites · 7.8% of CMS sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 Wix 4.2% of all sites · 6.2% of CMS sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 Squarespace 2.4% of all sites · 3.6% of CMS sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 Joomla 1.1% of all sites · 1.6% of CMS sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 Webflow 0.8% of all sites · 1.2% of CMS sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 Drupal 0.7% of all sites · 1.1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 No CMS detected 31.5% of all sites W3Techs · 5 Oct 2026 Nginx on 33%–39% of sites W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026 Apache on 24%–29% of sites W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026 LiteSpeed gaining share among web servers W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026 DMARC adoption 937.9K valid records +79% in 3 yrs EasyDMARC · 2026 YTD Fortune 500 95% publish DMARC · 80% enforced EasyDMARC Fortune 500 62.7% use strict reject policy EasyDMARC Inc. 5000 15.2% use strict reject policy EasyDMARC Deal CVC Capital Partners → Namecheap · CVC Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Namecheap in September 2025, valuing the company at $1.5B (including debt). Namecheap reported $398M in revenue for 2024, an 18% year-on-year increase. 2025 Deal team.blue (Hg-backed) → Loopia Group · team.blue acquired Loopia Group in May 2025, expanding its customer base from 2.5M to over 3M entrepreneurs across Europe. Loopia Group operates in Sweden, Finland, Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary, and Serbia, with 320 professionals and ~650,000 customers. team.blue reported €866M in ARR for FY2025, with 11% organic growth and €300M in acquired revenue since 2020. 2025 Deal Miss Group (Perwyn-backed) → Web4U s.r.o. · Miss Group acquired Web4U, a Prague-based web hosting and domain registration provider, in 2025, marking its 14th acquisition under Perwyn ownership and 22nd since 2018. Web4U serves 15,000+ customers and reported CZK 38M in revenue for 2021. Miss Group surpassed 2M domains under management in Europe as of August 2025. 2025 Deal group.one → Webglobe · group.one acquired 100% of Webglobe in May 2025, a leading hosting provider in Slovakia, Czechia, and Serbia. Webglobe manages ~300,000 registered domains and registers ~10% of national domains in its core markets. 2025 Deal hosting.com (World Host Group, Oakley Capital-backed) → FastComet, A2 Hosting · hosting.com acquired FastComet in April 2025 and A2 Hosting in January 2025. FastComet serves 32,000 clients across 100 countries. A2 Hosting was rebranded under hosting.com in April 2025, including a $2M purchase of the hosting.com domain. World Host Group operates 30+ brands and reported 700,000+ customers globally as of 2025. 2025 Deal Automattic → WebHosting.com domain · Automattic acquired the WebHosting.com domain in July 2026; the domain now resolves to a 'coming soon' page with Automattic branding. 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France’s sovereign cloud stalls on Microsoft desktop habits

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France’s sovereign cloud stalls on Microsoft desktop habits

France’s push for digital sovereignty has hit a snag: while the Education Ministry successfully scaled Nextcloud storage to 400,000 accounts, users continue to use Microsoft Office on their desktops, undermining the goal of full autonomy from non-European tech.

16 Jun 2026 · 4 min

US AI export controls disrupt European access to Anthropic models

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US AI export controls disrupt European access to Anthropic models

European enterprises and policymakers are reassessing reliance on U.S. AI providers after Anthropic disabled access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models following a U.S. export control order. The incident highlights operational risks in sovereign AI strategies and procurement practices.

15 Jun 2026 · 4 min

Capgemini earns SAP's inaugural Sovereign Cloud Partner badge as HMRC tax overhaul begins

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Capgemini earns SAP's inaugural Sovereign Cloud Partner badge as HMRC tax overhaul begins

Capgemini is the first partner to receive SAP's Sovereign Cloud Partner designation across France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK — and is already deploying that credential on the HMRC Enterprise Tax Management Platform migration to SAP S/4HANA.

14 Jun 2026 · 3 min

Smals names Google Cloud primary cloud provider for Belgian public sector IT

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Smals names Google Cloud primary cloud provider for Belgian public sector IT

Smals, which serves more than 300 Belgian public institutions, has signed a framework agreement with Google Cloud, making it the primary cloud provider for member organizations including social security and healthcare bodies. Google Cloud joins existing infrastructure tiers rather than replacing them.

14 Jun 2026 · 3 min