They have finally upgraded and reworked the backend over at webhosting.info. The previous version of the site was painfully slow to load regardless of your connection speed, while the new one has obviously been optimised. We're now ranked 19 on the IE toplist, which is nice. Last month was not a very active month for us in terms of CNO registrations and transfers, although we … [Read more...] about Webhosting.info Stats
Growth Rate
According to the latest figures released by WebHosting.info we are now ranked 21st for Ireland. There are a number of flaws with the webhosting.info stats, however, as an extremely rough barometer, it is interesting. John McCormack's WhoisIreland also provides statistics, which seem to be slightly closer to reality. In either case we are definitely expanding, whether this … [Read more...] about Growth Rate
MyDoom vs M$ vs Linux
Earlier this week a number of media sources reported on the aftermath of the MyDoom virus. What was quite shocking was the way they handled or, more accurately, mishandled it. Both RTE and BBC attributed the blame to linux / Open Source. If that were not bad enough, one of the commentators on Irish radio chose to add insult to injury ny threatening legal action against … [Read more...] about MyDoom vs M$ vs Linux
Copyright
Interesting one this.. I came across an Irish site this evening that is a verbatim copy of another one - or at least very large tranches of it are. I've asked a few other people in the industry what they think of this kind of behaviour. Personally I find it abhorent. … [Read more...] about Copyright
The long Friday
Today was Friday - what a revelation!! Last night we went to the NOC to do some work and install a server for a new client. As was to be expected, we didn't get back to Carlow until late.... What I was not expecting was the busiest day for the company we've had so far. All sorts of weird requests from companies and individuals have been arriving all day long.. and they still … [Read more...] about The long Friday