You can only get in the passenger side door, numerous maintenance lights are lit on the dashboard and the engine will overheat if you go over 5000 revs. These are some of the pains you may experience when using a car that is past its time. While the car may still ‘do the job’ with
We are pleased to announce we have extended our service portfolio with the introduction of PCI compliant servers. Give your customers the confidence to spend online with our managed eCommerce hosting. Our PCI offering is optimised for customers who qualify for Level 3 and 4. If you handle under 1 million transactions through your site
In a previous article, we explained the basics of what is RAID? and what the benefits are of using RAID configurations for your drives. We thought we’ll continue the theme and talk about the different RAID configurations out there. Not all RAID is equal. There are generally 6 different RAID configurations. 0,1,5,6 & 10. Each
RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks It is typically associated with backup, but it is important to mention that it is not a backup solution in itself. People choose to configure their hard drives in RAID as it provides for better reliability and increases performance. RAID is where you have two or more
Datacentreplus will be exhibiting at the DMR event in Blackpool. The Digital Marketing Roadshow is a new type of event which looks to bring together digital experts in the local area and share their expertise and insights to those who look to remain competitive online. Companies are becoming increasingly reliant on technology to drive their
Backup, backup, backup… Being told to backup does get a little tiring after a while, but the advice is about as solid as ‘don’t eat yellow snow’. Seriously, though, what do you have in place to protect and recover irreplaceable files from corruption, deletion or theft? We are always told to have a ‘plan b’,
Data is important, right? We talk about securing your data, making sure your data is protected and away from prying eyes. But what about data backup? It’s hard to ignore the impact of technology on businesses in the 21st century. We’re now more reliant than ever on depending on these ‘mission critical’ services and infrastructure.
In our previous article we talked about how SSL certificates work and how they are important authentication methods for indicating your connection to the site is secure. We also mentioned that it’s necessary to secure your connection to the server as well. SSH does exactly that. SHH Secure Shell is a network protocol that
Data security is important. In previous posts we’ve touched on topics such as securing your online accounts, securing your server and securing weaknesses from the inside, but what about securing your website? More specifically, the connection to your website? As websites are served to users, the information travels across a network computer to computer. In
Data security couldn’t be more important than it is now. We hear about how accounts are getting compromised almost every week in the media these days that it’s hard to ignore the importance of keeping your credentials safe. If you don’t want your details leaked online, or important information stolen, start by not having a
Many of our customers will be aware that there are two sets if IP addressing conventions. We thought it would be interesting to look at the history of this. Lets jump back to 1983, the Internet was conceived and the first set of addresses were allocated. There are around 4.2 billion valid IPv4 addresses;
Changing colocation providers isn’t something you would want to do regularly. There is a lot of time, effort and risk of downtime associated with colocating. Hopefully migrating colocation providers is something you will only have to do once or twice. If you talk to people about migrations, ‘tedious’, ‘painful’ and ‘never again’ might be their
As we are becoming more reliant on technology, businesses are too. When technology plays a central role to how a company operates and offers their product, the performance and reliability of the equipment is of critical importance. It’s common that we hear from companies such as accountancies, logistics, procurement companies and startups do in fact
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Is the art of doing certain activities that help improve how well your website appears on search engines such as Google. Most people undertake SEO activities as an attempt to get their website to the top of the front page. Whilst this is the general jist of what SEO is about,
Good news for people who don't want the hassle of managing their own server. Datacentreplus now offers Managed Server Hosting Packages so that you can focus your efforts where it is most needed. Our Managed Server Hosting comes in two packages, Silver and Gold. The Silver package offers a quad core server with 8GB
Many companies have spent 2016 deciding whether or not to utilise the benefits of the cloud. No doubt, you may have started 2017 with the same question lingering. Leave the decision til after the holidays they said... However, whilst the cloud seems like all the craze at the moment, it doesn’t mean that you should
2017 is here and it marks that time of year where we revise everything in our lives. Whether you’re looking to detox, declutter, save or reduce things from your life, for many techies and small businesses, it brings together the discussion of revising their current hosting provider. Choosing to move from a hosting provider is
What’s the difference between cPanel or Plesk I hear you say? If you’ve been looking around for some Dedicated Servers or a new hosting solution, you may have been presented with the option of choosing a control panel to manage your web hosting. Most commonly, you’ll see an option for cPanel or Plesk. cPanel and
Colocation is a service where you can rent a physical space in a datacentre to hold server equipment that you own. The data centre would take care of all the essentials needed to run a server. Power, cooling, connectivity, and of course the data hall your server sits in are provided. A good data centre
We’ve been hearing a lot about big enterprise companies being hacked these days, but did you know that SMBs are increasingly becoming a more attractive victim? As SMBs tend to hold equally attractive customer data on their servers, they are most likely to have weaker levels of security than the big enterprise companies. As a
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