Market research is an important exercise. You should know: What people have What people would like to have What people need (not the same as above) What is on offer (in the market) How it is offered There's probably a more scientific way of presenting those ideas, but you should get the general idea. In the hosting market it is not uncommon to contact competitors to seek … [Read more...] about Do we look stupid? Market research gone wrong
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Why cheap domain registrars fail to deliver
Over the course of the last few years I have dealt with a wide range of ICANN registrars and their resellers. Some experiences have been good, some fantastic and some excruciatingly painful.Which ones stick out? The bad ones of course!It is a well known fact that people remember bad service and, more importantly, talk about it more than they do about good service. About a year … [Read more...] about Why cheap domain registrars fail to deliver
The death of phpbb?
According to Netcraft a number of hosting companies are banning the use of phpbb. Considering the number of security issues that the open source bulletin board software has had in the last 8 months, this move is not particularly surprising. However, as a spokesperson for the developers rightly pointed out: While phpBB has and no doubt will continue to suffer from exploits (show … [Read more...] about The death of phpbb?
Is the Irish Internet Prudish?
Ireland is supposedly a Catholic country and I suppose it has managed to retain some of its "moral values". Possibly more than other countries, although I doubt if all Irish people would subscribe as heartily to this ethos in the privacy of their own homes as they might like people to believe in public.A couple of weeks ago a new TLD specifically for the adult industry was … [Read more...] about Is the Irish Internet Prudish?
Irish Hosting in …. .. Europe
We officially launched a range of new servers in Amsterdam this morning and, needless to say, informed the press. What will be interesting to see is which publications and sites pick up on the news So far it has been picked up on a number of the "techie" news sites: ENN carried a snippet in their daily roundup Hosting Tech gave a slightly different slant The WHIR's coverage … [Read more...] about Irish Hosting in …. .. Europe