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The human aspect of cyber security

Attackers are developing bigger, scarier, and more complex viruses every day. Increasingly however, the biggest part of cyber security that businesses should be wary of is the human aspect. Companies... read more

Business

Pandemic tips: supercharge your small business during lockdown

Since the country slowed to a standstill in March, businesses of all types have been adversely affected and continue to operate under the shadow of the pandemic. Though workers have... read more

Security

Cybersecurity for your WordPress plugins: update or else!

WordPress is the undisputed king of the CMS realm with a worldwide market share of over 60%. With over 450 million websites using it, any dangerous security threat has the... read more

Digital

Domain transfers: moving your domain name is easy

Whether you're running a small business or an industry giant, a website’s domain is always important. If a customer asks you in person how to find your business online,... read more

Security

What is RAID storage?

If you’re in the market for a dedicated server, you’ll have a list of priorities. Reliability and performance are almost always at the top, and to satisfy these... read more

Servers

LAMP stack or MEAN stack? Let’s compare

In web development, no one can argue that web stacks aren't vital to keeping things running as they should. The increasing demand for seamless technology that extends across client-side, server-side... read more

Websites

Web Performance Explained: What metrics do we capture?

Last time in “Web Performance Explained”, we explored the role of good web performance when it comes to increasing your website’s conversions and boosting its search engine optimisation (SEO)... read more

Cloud

How to plan for your cloud migration

Ready to move your data to the cloud? Migrating to a new cloud infrastructure might seem like a daunting task, but with the right preparation and coordination, it really shouldn’... read more

Digital

The world's richest domains

We took a deep dive into some domains data to find out which domains were worth the most money, using estimations based on company revenue. While many domains are high-value... read more

Servers

10GB network: the next big shift for dedicated servers

When we’re discussing networking, the faster things go, the better. Huge strides have been made in the last few decades to maximise the speed at which we can transfer... read more

Websites

Web Performance Explained: Increase conversions & boost SEO

In the previous “Web Performance Explained” article, we covered how important good web performance is to creating a positive user experience (UX) for your website. To summarise, we learned that... read more

Business

Magento vs WooCommerce

Each accounting for roughly 30 percent of all ecommerce websites, Magento and WooCommerce are both incredibly popular. For anyone looking to build and maintain an online shop, these platforms are... read more

Websites

Web Performance Explained: Improving UX

There can be a misconception that user experience (UX) is only about a website’s visuals. But the reality is that a website can have the best, most intuitive user... read more