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Installing and using DotNetNuke on Host Media
TweetLast month our team took some time to have a look at one of the most popular .NET content management systems; DotNetNuke using Plesk application installer. Below we have put together a little intro into how easy it is to install and get going with DotNetNuke. First step is to login to your Plesk control [...]
Server/Service Moving Plans
TweetLate last year we started making our 2013 plans for the services we would like to go forward more with and where to focus our efforts. The discussions were mainly in terms of the global locations and the suppliers we want to become our primary suppliers. We have decided to disband two locations, one in [...]
Protecting your VPS or Server with ConfigServer Services
TweetWhen running any online hosting service a software firewall is key to help protecting your server(s) from being attacked if the hardware firewall fails to stop the attack. With all our Linux services we recommend ConfigServer Security & Firewall which is a free software based firewall program. It also has an integrated cPanel addon which gets [...]
Host Media Implements New Anti-Fraud Systems
TweetAs some of you may know we are partnered with MaxMind, Inc to help prevent fraudulent orders from being processed by our system automatically. This system has worked very well up to now but with the increasing number of fraud orders being placed with smarter systems and remote machines from addresses near to stolen payment gateway logins we [...]
Use WordPress? We recommend W3 Total Cache by W3 EDGE
TweetWe get a lot of our customers asking what is the best way to improve the performance of their WordPress websites and blog easily. We now recommend W3 Total Cache, it improves the user experience of your WordPress install by improving your server performance, caching everything, reducing the download times and providing transparent content delivery [...]
cPanel DNSONLY Hosting Available – (VPS and Dedicated Servers)
TweetWe now fully support and provide cPanel DNSONLY hosting which can be installed by our team on a clean VPS or Dedicated server. Clustering your DNS is becoming more common and popular because of the effects it has on your DNS look-up speeds. Multiple servers can have cPanel DNSONLY installed to manage your servers DNS [...]
Railo Hosting now available in the UK
TweetAdding to our 2 other Railo hosting locations we are happy to announce our 3rd Railo location, the UK. We have been offering US and Germany based solutions for some time which has worked well and has been a fantastic service to offer our customers. As many of our customers are UK based we felt [...]
New VPS Location – Kansas City, MO
TweetRecently we announced the up and coming of the Kansas City (Missouri), US Data Centre. We are happy to confirm that this location is now available for VPS services. The Data Centre provides a Brocade based network in a fully parallel, redundant design and a fast private fiber ring connecting the Data Centre to downtown Kansas City. You can now select [...]
Second US location under way – Kansas City, MO
TweetWe are very excited to announce plans for our second US facility for our private racks and leased services. This will allow new additions to our Dedicated Servers, Virtual Private Server and Reseller solutions. The new planned located is Kansas City, Missouri and located on a private fiber ring connecting them to downtown Kansas City. This ring is self [...]
UK Dedicated Servers Now Available
TweetWe are delighted to announce the release of our fully managed UK dedicated servers starting from only £64.99 (ex VAT). All our UK servers are housed in a top of the line data centre powered by a BGP4 Juniper routed network and fully redundant power supplies. Learn more: http://www.hostmedia.co.uk/dedicated-servers/ Order now: https://www.hostmedia.co.uk/client/cart.php?gid=17 Server Packages DS X3060 CPU: Intel X3060 Dual Core [...]