5 Reasons why fully-managed backups can be better for business
Heard the one about the “Billion Dollar Delete Button”? If you’ve read our previous article, you’ll remember how Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Mr Potato Head, Hamm and Rex almost never made it to the big screen in Toy Story 2.
Storm Internet Breaks Own Record at 2021 ISPA Awards
Storm Internet has again set a new record at the Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA) annual Awards. Taking first place in the coveted Best Hosting Provider category brings the Oxfordshire host’s total number of category wins to 9, three more than previous record holder UKFast.
Google’s Search Results Can Influence Your Opinion, and it’s dangerous
In December of 2020 an article appeared on Forbes about 13-year old Agastya Sridharan who proved that Google’s search results can influence opinions. This is as revealing about the search engine monolith as it is about how we use it. And it is troubling.
Whitepaper: 86 billion WordPress attacks in 6 months
The 2021 Mid-Year WordPress Security Report is now publicly available. The joint Wordfence-WPScan whitepaper analyses the current WordPress threat and vulnerability ecosystem.
Why businesses migrate to the cloud
In a recent Gartner report, 58% of technology leaders cited in-house skills shortages as one of the biggest challenges to cloud adoption and optimisation. As a result, many turn to managed service providers (MSPs) to help fill tech gaps and lighten the load on internal teams.
Shopping for a web host? Look for these must-have security features
The Wordfence-WPScan whitepaper is out, shedding light on the state of WordPress security. But these threats aren’t just limited to WordPress; virtually any website that uses a database, accepts user input (e.g. forms), or has a login page (for users or site administrators) is a legitimate target.
Pixar’s ‘billion dollar delete button’ is a data loss warning to all business
Data loss doesn’t always make the headlines, but that doesn’t mean it only happens once in a blue moon. Stats indicate that more than 1 in 5 businesses suffer some form of data loss every year. Where major data loss occurs, it’s a blow few businesses recover from.
Shared hosting could be killing your growth
You’ve put a lot of effort into your site. The visuals are great, it loads fast and the copy’s good. But somehow you’re struggling to make an impact. Every now and then your site slows down, and your emails end up in the junk folders of clients and prospects (if they arrive at all).
Storm Internet wins Best Hosted Provider at 22nd ISPA Awards
Storm Internet has won the award for Best Hosted Provider at the 2020 Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA) Awards. It is the 8th win for the Oxfordshire based host since 2013, in what has become one of the UK’s most competitive events for internet service providers.
Strong start to Storms fundraising goals for Oxfordshire Mind
In June 2019 Storm Internet entered into a two-year partnership with Oxfordshire Mind as its official charity partner. Throughout the two-year partnership Storm Internet aims to raise £10,000 to support the charity’s invaluable and often lifesaving work.