by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Jun 16, 2010 | Server Administration, VPN, WordPress
If you happen to know any Windows Server “fanboys”, you’d probably have noticed the smug look they have on their faces right now. Its most likely after little announcement. A recent version of the Unreal IRC server source tar ball, stored on various...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Jun 15, 2010 | Server Administration
Zend framework- The future of PHP, is a simple straight forward open source software framework for PHP 5 with a rigorously tested agile code-base. It eliminates the tedious details of coding and lets us focus on the big picture. Its strength lies in its highly-modular...
by admin | Jun 14, 2010 | Server Administration
Test-Driven Development concentrates much on the test driven approach in both design and development. Test Driven Development (TDD) is a simple approach for development. It is a two way process: (i) “test-first”, where we write a test code (ii)...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Jun 11, 2010 | Technical Support
For all who could relate to the guy in the recent blog webhost’s dairy, fraud detection software is an answer, that helps. The answer is the same for others, who have an e-commerce site, or handle e-transactions/payments. Fraud screening checks are usually...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Jun 9, 2010 | Litespeed, Server Administration
We’ve all heard about the wonders of Load Balancing, and how it can improve the performance of a site(s) or service. In this post we’ll take a look a few things you should know about before going ahead and setting it up for your site. Mirroring your...
by admin | Jun 8, 2010 | Technical Support
When I asked my colleagues to take a moment away from their daily routine and think about our Oceans and suggest ways by which we could preserve them, I expected some silly replies like “we are not oceanographers” or “we have other technical issues...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Jun 7, 2010 | MySQL, Server Administration
MySQL is an important service in the Web-Hosting industry. Almost 80% of websites on the Internet are database driven. In a shared hosting environment, the availability of this service is critical. Many times, I have come across the problem of some particular database...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Jun 4, 2010 | Technical Support
The day was special. Unlike normal days, that day there were about a dozen new sign-ups. It was indeed good news to me, and I suddenly felt – business is indeed getting better! The competition is tough, margins meager and the technology is advancing day by day....
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Jun 2, 2010 | Sendmail, Server Administration, VMware
ommunication is one of the most important paradigm on which a business stands. In today’s world, e-mail is still the fastest means of formal communication. Even though it has been around since mid 1960’s, never before has its glory reached the present...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | May 28, 2010 | Technical Support
United Nations has declared 2010 as the “International Year of Biodiversity”. This ‘World Environment Day’, we have an opportunity to convey the importance of bio-diversity; in the well-being of our planet. Let this day highlight the...