March 30, 2011
Wow what fun we have with sending mail via the various broadband providers in Ireland. As you might be aware receiving an email is usually no problem and people get mail via the email provider, so Eircom customers get mail from mail.eircom.net and most companies get mail from mail.companydomain.ie etc. I have spoken about this [...]
Tags: 3 mail server, 3 outgoing mail server, smtp servers in ireland, three outgoing mail server, three smtp server
Posted in email, Hosting, SMTP Servers ireland
March 28, 2011
Thinking of upgrading your web browser then a new version of Mozilla Firefox 4 is now available to download from their website. We have been using the Beta version for a few weeks now and it appears that they have worked on the speed issues that was causing it to run slowly. Speed is King [...]
Tags: FireFox, firefox 4, firefox four, internet browser
Posted in Open Source, Software
March 24, 2011
We have upgraded our servers today to take advantage of Quad Core processing. This meant the downtime for 15 minutes during lunch time while our engineer Brian installed the 2 new Intell processors. So what, I’m bored already! Well if this news doesn’t float your boat or give you a tingle, it should because it [...]
Tags: cheap hosting, cloud computing ireland, cloud computing wexford, cloud computing wicklow, cloud hosting, fast hosting, fast hosting ireland, quad core processing
Posted in Website Design
March 24, 2011
Hi folks, Quick notice that at 13:30 today the server will be down for 15 minutes while we carry out an upgrade. It will be back on-line when the installation is complete. Apologies for late notice, but this is a necessary upgrade for all concerned. More details once it is completed .
Tags: server upgrade
Posted in blog, Hosting
March 15, 2011
Yes, its here Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9, the all new and improved and apparently faster version of their browser. As the competition heats up for browsers that have better compatibility for HTML 5 Microsoft have launched their latest version now. Side effects will include the dropping of support for older versions of Internet Explorer and even dropping of support [...]
Tags: google chrome, http://www.google.com/chrome/, ie.microsoft.com/testdrive, internet explorer 9
Posted in Web Browsers
March 14, 2011
Good to see that business in the construction industry is not totally gone when we spoke to the owner of this business, Spectrum Home Improvements. Pat Dunne asked us to work with him in securing a domain name and business hosting for his company. Pat has been in business for may years in various areas [...]
Tags: composite doors, conservatories, doors, pat dunne, patios, sash windows, spectrum home, spectrum home inprovements, windows, www.spectrumhome.ie
Posted in Website Design
March 13, 2011
Just a quick note to let our hosting customers know that our main hosting server is back on-line as of last night at 1:45am. The server has a multiple hard disk system that duplicates the content called a RAID system. One of these hard disks was failing last week and we had to be replaced. [...]
Tags: apache, mysql, web hosting
Posted in Hosting
March 10, 2011
With one of the busiest weeks nearly over and many meetings with new clients completed, I found myself repeating the same phrases over and over again. As many of our employees have heard me say in the office over the years as I end up explaining layout and design to the customers. The website we [...]
Tags: bad website design, best website design, brilliant website design, crap website design, poor website design, push for contact, website design
Posted in Website Design
March 10, 2011
Anyone see the new feature on Facebook whereby they are updating the comments live on the page without the refresh the page. I was having a chat with a web designer in Leitrim called Leon Quinn when the comments were popping up live. Another demonstration that websites are living and breathing animals that are always [...]
Tags: facebook, twitter
Posted in blog, Facebook, Social Media
March 8, 2011
We saw a sign in Gorey recently for a new Pc Repair service in Gorey and called in to say hello. They based up above street level beside Wreckless Skate Shop, over what was Pooles, or the Bank or Katie Daly’s as its know now depending how old you are! The pc repair centre is [...]
Tags: computer shop gorey, gorey pc, laptop repair gorey, laptop sales gorey, laptop sales wexford, laptop screen replacement gorey, pc repair in gorey
Posted in blog, Hardware
March 8, 2011
Great to see that the items I talked about to candidates during the election have been put into the Programme for Government with a great use of the Internet as a means of getting this country off it’s knees and gaining us some respect in Europe. Some of the items in the new programme include [...]
Tags: cloud computing, cloud computing ireland, cloud computing wexford, cloud computing wicklow, digital island, fine gael internet policy, fixmystreet.ie, internet capital of europe, www.fixmystreet.ie
Posted in blog, cloud computing, Recession in Ireland
March 7, 2011
I would like to let our hosting customers know that at 8am on Thursday 10th March 2011, we are upgrading the main hosting server. The upgrade will take approximately 15 minutes to perform services will resume once the server is booted. If you have any questions before this takes place then give me a call [...]
Posted in Hosting
March 5, 2011
Here’s a slide show with some images from the BNI Trade show in Gorey last week. You can also visit the website of the Falcon Chaper to see the images . www.bnigorey.com
Tags: bni falcon chapter, gorey bni trade show
Posted in blog
March 4, 2011
I have a contact who is a Social Media Mum as she calls her self and if looking for work maintaining Facebook and Twitter accounts for small businesses in the Wexford area. She love Facebook and currenmtly runs campaigns for Driving schools and Florists etc. If you are looking for this type of service for [...]
Tags: social media manager, social media mum
Posted in Social Media
March 4, 2011
I was researching on-line this morning and looked for a specific website here in the South East that had a “blog” with their news on it. Great idea to have a blog as it informs the public of your company news and events and creates communication between you and your customer in a less formal [...]
Tags: blog comments, blog websites, on line reputation, online advertising, spam filters, writing a blog
Posted in Advertising in Newspapers, Advertising Rates, blog