Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Hello - I thought I’d share a few of the new developments we are working on at UK2Group.

A few days ago Nicola wrote about the new control panel we’ve been working on for quite a while. We are really thrilled about it, and can’t wait to roll it out. We have named it “Tera”, and we’ve got this short video ready as a presentation of how it’s been implemented at our US dedicated server brand 10tb.com.

Check it out: Demo of Tera.CP on 10tb.com

Also, as Carlos mentioned back in December 08, the Virtual Private Server Cloud hosting setup at www.vps.net is on its way. It’s been through first and second beta round, and will actually go live within the coming 2 weeks.

See how to setup new virtual private server on the VPS.net Cloud

We have lots of new projects on the way - watch this space!

Best,

Ditlev

“Cloud hosting”, “utility computing”, “the grid”, “VPS”, and “virtual containers” are huge buzzwords in the hosting industry. They all sound really cool (to me at least), but is it something truly new and useful or just the latest trend in marketing hype?

Web hosting 2.0 anyone?

Well, you’re not alone - even for industry insiders like me it can be pretty difficult cutting through the hype and working out what a provider is actually selling. Carlos from vps.net (our upcoming ‘cloud’ brand) gives a really nice explanation of what’s actually going on.

If you’re interested in this kind of stuff (and who isn’t), I recommend you check out his full article Fluffy VPS Cloud on the site.

tom

After months of planning, we are finally in the homestretch towards releasing our (until now, Uber-secret) VPS.net Cloud.

So as such, time has come to start a blog (located at http://vps.net/blog), to keep everybody informed on the latest and greatest features we are working on for the VPS Cloud, as such, during the upcoming days and weeks, we will post details on the new website, the Cloud features, the user interface, and much more.

VPS.net is a new brand by that great hosting outfit (yes, shameless self promotion), the UK2 Group, owners of 10TB, UK2.NET, Midphase, etc ..

So keep checking that blog page every day (or even several times a day, things are moving fast), we expect to release VPS.net LIVE on January 31st, but will be looking for beta testers in the upcoming few weeks

Carlos

Hey - Nominet has written this great guide with tips for increasing traffic to your web site. I thought I’d pass it on to you for inspiration. Let us know how it works for you, and if you have other good tips!

You’ve got your new web site up and running. How do you
get maximum exposure for it and ensure that you get a constant
flow of traffic to it? There are a number of fairly simple things you
can do (more…)

Hey - Having gone through Top tips for marketing your web site and Top tips for registering a domain name this time I’d like to take you through Nominets guide on “How .uk works - and the basics of registering .uk domain names”

Take a read though - and go register your own .uk domain with us, its easy, fast and only costs £2.99!

Choosing a second level domain
If you are registering a .uk domain name through us you will have a contract with us
and a contract with Nominet, the registry that manages domain names ending in .uk
(see ‘The three way contract’ below for details). (more…)

Hey - hope you are all enjoying this wonderful summer day, they say it’s the last sunny day for quite some time

Anyway, as some of you may have noticed UK2 has launched a new e-commerce product, well - we’ve had an e-commerce package for quite some time, but we have totally redone it and now that our new product is online and live I’d like to tell you a bit about it. (more…)

The domain name is an essential part of any web site and registering it can be a tricky business. The good people at Nominet have written a guide on how to pick the right domain name.

I thought I’d pass on their recommendations and paste their guide below:

Top tips for registering a domain name

The domain name is an essential part of any web site, but
choosing and registering it can be a tricky process.

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Greetings!
We are often asked questions like that - “Do I need a dedicated server for this site?”, “what is the advantages and disadvantages of having my own dedicated server” and “Would my site be faster on a dedicated server?” etc. etc.

I thought I’d sum up a bit on the typical answers to those questions, and outline a few typical situation where you may want to go for dedicated hosting rather than shared - UK2 provide both dedicated servers and shared hosting, but I will try not to be too “salesy” (more…)

If anyone wondered just exactly what speed and amount of data allowance/traffic or bandwidth they are going to get on their dedicated server, then hopefully this will explain some of the offerings out there and what they mean (and what UK2 offers of course!). (more…)