In the press

Summary The Web hosting business is built on trust: many of your customers rely on you for their entire operations, so if your service is down or unreliable it can be debilitating. This demand for high performance and high availability means that providers must have a robust technology infrastructure that thrives under constant pressure. For [...]

In recent years there has been a significant surge in the amount of online businesses, with widespread and faster internet access being a key driver for this growth. The increase in internet usage creates a number of problems for businesses in terms of IT security. Small businesses that do not have security measures in place [...]

A North London based small business Executive, Ellis Spero, is today celebrating winning a Dell Latitude laptop worth over £2,000 after participating in a survey for leading hosting company Webfusion. The prize was awarded randomly as part of a customer survey that was conducted by Webfusion. Everyone who completed the survey and entered their contact [...]

123-Reg, one of the UK’s leading registrars, is urging companies to think laterally about domain names for their online businesses, as the rise in competing for an online presence reaches an all time high. The warning comes as the result of recent statistics from online company formation group, Companies Made Simple which shows the sharp [...]

A business’ brand is critical to its success, not least because a strong brand can establish and build customer trust and loyalty. This is even more important for growing businesses that have a smaller customer base, as one tarnished customer relationship can have a huge impact on the whole business. Establishing a business is hard [...]

My involvement in the hosting and domain names’ business began over 10 years ago, starting with 1&1 in the UK, and then moving on to set up 1&1 in the USA, whilst continuing to manage the UK business. I returned to the UK in 2007 to head up the Pipex SME Hosting Business, looking after [...]

123-Reg customer survey reveals key consideration 123-Reg has just completed a customer survey, receiving responses from over 6,500 customers.  Its findings show that while competitive pricing is an important part of the purchasing decision, the UK’s biggest domain registrar has seen overwhelming feedback that purchasing decisions are based not just on price, but value for [...]

From today Webfusion is offering its Hosted Exchange solution at half price for the first three months. The solution is designed to provide businesses with improved email functionality whilst reducing the hassle of administration. Hosted Exchange enables businesses to share large folders, documents, calendars and contacts throughout their organisation whenever and wherever required. As users [...]

For those looking for an Easter bargain that isn’t of the chocolate variety, 123-reg is set to launch an Easter promotion that will tickle the taste buds of internet savvy bargain hunters. Between 31 March – 8 April the domain name provider is cutting the price of its .info domain name to just £2.88, giving [...]

Host Europe is to grow its virtualisation and reseller business on 1 April 2010 by acquiring the technology, employees and contract customers of vanager GmbH – a specialist in virtualisation. With around 35,000 active virtual servers, Host Europe is the leading virtualisation provider in Europe, striving to be at the forefront of the sector. The [...]