The end of 2022 leaves us of an important date, 23 December 1987, the day and year when, at CNR-CNUCE, the first .it domain name, cnuce.cnr.it, was registered: exactly thirty-five years have passed since that date, which also celebrates the birth of Registro .it, boasting today more than 3,456,000 Italian-branded domains.
Speaking of numbers, the Registro's end-of-year report, outlines a decline for new .it names (in fact, the 2022 increase is only +0.50%), compared to previous years, although in line with the trend (related to domain name registration) declining worldwide. While the increase in new domains in the two-year pandemic period (2020-2021) had boded well for the revival of activities bent by the restrictions imposed by the government, online presence remains the mainstay of the economic recovery, and 2023 is already shaping up to be the year of potential growth for .it names and sites.
The period from 6 to 9 October, however, brings us back to the Internet Festival, the annual event on the Web, which has been held in Pisa, Italy, for 11 years now. As every year, the Registro is among the promoters of the initiative, and at the same time participates with targeted events dedicated to companies and professionals who want to improve their online business through proper digital transformation and communication. The Internet Festival has also hosted, since its birth, the events of Ludoteca del Registro, which this year presented its Manifesto with the Decalogue on Cybersecurity for Connected School: the manifesto entitled “A scuola di cybersecurity (Learning Cybersecurity)” outlines the 10 rules that the very young must know in order to safely surf the Web.
Registro doesn’t stop here. Along with What a Digital World, it addresses the changes in a society becoming more digital with new episodes on Quantum computers and the importance of Big Data, as well as new episodes on useful conversations for the online presence of SMEs and all those who want to invest in digital business.