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July 10, 2016
In this Blog I share some of our internal processes and methodology used at Net Solutions to provide a cost estimate to build a website. I spent many years pioneering and implementing activity based costing for major Telcos with great success. It may sound simple but its the result of […]
May 10, 2016
The number of users affected by ransomware has increased by 30% in the first three months of this year. The Russian AV firm Kaspersky Lab said it’s security systems prevented more than 370,000 attacks on users in Q1 2016, 7% of which were aimed at the corporate sector. During this […]
March 30, 2016
Introduction DNS, or the Domain Name System, is often a very difficult part of learning how to configure websites and servers. Understanding how DNS works will help you diagnose problems with configuring access to your websites and will allow you to broaden your understanding of what’s going on behind the […]
March 13, 2016
Blogging began in the latter half of the 1990s where people shared their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and opinions online, much like a bulletin board. Today we still blog in much the same way, but the role that blogs play in driving traffic to your website has never been so strong. […]
November 12, 2015
Once again our friends at CYREN reveal that an average of 2.25 billion malware attachments were detected on Fridays during Q3 2015. It shows shows that attackers were seeking to take advantage of employees being less protected over the weekend. The trend also resulted in IT professionals having to deal […]
September 21, 2015
Why do I need SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)? Did you know that 75% of Internet users never click beyond the first few pages of search results? That means that if your website doesn’t appear on the first few pages of search results, 75% of people searching for your products or […]
July 24, 2015
Today we announce the transformation from MySQL to MariaDB in all our cPanel Hosting fleet. MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL that uses alternative engines to improve performance and is now the default database engine in all our cPanel Hosted servers. MariaDB offers the same functionality as MySQL, but […]
May 19, 2015
You may have read about an unprecedented cyberattack involving the ‘Carbanak’ cybergang. Since 2013, they have stolen up to one billion dollars from more than 100 banks and financial institutions in at least 30 countries, including Australia. Losses per bank range from $2.5 million to approximately $10 million, making this […]
December 23, 2014
For quite some time now we have been using the BruteProtect plugin for our Managed WordPress clients. BruteProtect allows the millions of WordPress bloggers to work together to defeat Brute Force attacks using a cloud based solution. It served us well and was a member of the Net Solutions Certified […]
November 26, 2014
Getting people to pay attention to their online identity seems almost impossible these days. Many people I speak with, I try to advise on why using strong passwords mitigates identity theft and cyber crime. All too often though, I am presented with justifications, arguments and reasons for the need to […]
September 17, 2014
The team at Searchmetrics recently released the SEO Ranking Factors and Rank Correlation 2014 Whitepaper based on their own directly observable data. While many SEO analysts use theory and speculation, Searchmetrics claim that their methodology of ranking evaluations are exact, fresh and based on huge amounts of data. In summary, […]
September 9, 2014
WooCommerce and Magento have both seen massive growth over the last few years mainly due to their strong community support. Both have their Pros and Cons but WooCommerce has hit the sweet-spot for me. Before choosing any software, I’ve always looked at “what business problem” we are trying to fix. Only […]