Archive for the ‘News’ Category

IE? Firefox? Safari? Google? Opera? Today, Microsoft rolls out its ‘browser choice’ ballot, asking European Union citizens to choose their preferred web browser from a choice of up to 12 surfing tools on Windows-based computers.

This means that millions of people who have never really thought about which browser to use will now be asked to make a choice. Whilst this sounds like music to my ears, I’m still at a loss as to whether it’ll change the “browser war” as we currently know it.
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Are you passionate as we are about web hosting, IT, or the internet in general? Do you love writing, and have an idea for an article which you’ll like to share with thousands of visitors to UK2? If you’ve answered yes to both questions, then here’s your chance!

Send your article to uk2guestblogger@uk2.net, and if we love it, we’ll publish it and even add a backlink to your website!

You’ll not only get the chance to share your expertise, but you could also be exposing your business / website to a large number of potential customers and visitors.

Email your article now, and we’ll get back to you ASAP.

Christmas is just round the corner, and very soon we’ll be opening presents and sitting down to roast turkey and all the trimmings! We will like to take this opportunity to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at UK2.

The UK2 office will be closed on the following days:

24th December (Christmas Eve) - Closed from 12:30pm
25th December (Christmas Day) - Closed all hours
26th December (Boxing Day) - Closed all hours
27th December - Closed all hours
28th December - Closed all hours
1st January (New Year’s Day) - Closed all hours

But don’t forget, tickets can still be submitted at all times via our online ticket system.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

We are very pleased to announce that UK2 website hosting has been nominated in the Top 25 Most Popular Web Hosting awards held by Web Host Directory UK. The award, which is based on the number of votes a company receives and the amount of times their profile has been viewed each month, has been won by UK2 for three consecutive months now.
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We’ve gone mad at UK2, well not literally, we’ve just gone mad on offers.

All through summer, we have sizzling offers planned to add a bit more sunshine to your regular summer day. Check regularly at UK2 for the latest summer offer.

Our current summer offers include £1 domain name, and a chance to win a 32″ Samsung LCD TV or an Asus EEE Netbook.
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It’s a known fact that UK2 Servers are a powerful server solution and you get so much for your money, well you’ll be pleased to know that we’ve just made them even better!

We have upgraded the specs on our Bronze, Silver and Gold Servers. They now come with faster processors, double RAM, an extra 5TB data transfer* and… wait for it… a Super Fast SSD system drive! This is latest technology and I am very pleased to say that UK2 is the first and only company to offer this as standard.
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Hi everyone,

It’s the 1st May, a lovely sunny day and we have a Bank Holiday weekend ahead. Could life be better? Well here at UK2 we hope we can make your life better, with some “May Madness” filled with hosting offers galore!

We have lots of promotions and offers planned on Domain Names, Website Hosting, Reseller Hosting and Dedicated Servers. So don’t forget to keep an eye out for the latest news.

You can get UK2 news from:

Have a wonderful weekend and let’s hope this is the start of a fab summer for us all!

Bye,

Nicola

Hiya all,

Did you know that UK2 was incorporated on the 22nd April 1998? That means we are 11 years old today - woohoo!

To celebrate we’re going to eat lots of cake in the office, but we wanted to share the celebration with our customers.

So if you fancy a UK2 Discount Voucher worth £11, just email us at uk2birthday@uk2.net with the answers to the following questions:

Hint Hint!!! Why not check out the UK2 Homepage and Web Hosting page on the UK2 website?

Vouchers will only be sent to those email us with the two correct answers before midnight! So hurry!!!

Have a fab day!

Nicola

The £11 Discount Voucher will be valid until 31st May 2009
Discount Terms and Conditions

Hi everyone,

We have some fantastic news, our new VPS product is now available as a public beta trial, and you can sign up between now and the end of April for a very special price of £10 per node!

That’s a saving of 50% off the usual price, so hurry and get your virtual private server today!

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