If you’ve visited the blog before, you’ll have noticed that things look a bit different. We’ve launched the new branding that we first announced back in October 2018! But the start of the project, which we’ve worked on alongside United By Design, actually dates back even further. Bytemark has more web properties than most. There’s the […]
Read moreAttending meetups is one of the best parts of working at Bytemark. Companies and individuals come together to share experiences, ideas and new technologies, inspiring us to learn more. One of the most exciting technologies to emerge in recent years is Kubernetes – and with over 100 attendees filling the room at the first ever […]
Read moreIf you work in software development, or even just have an interest in tech, then you’ve probably heard the term ‘Cloud Native’ mentioned increasingly often over the past few years. But what does cloud native actually mean, and how is it different from cloud-enabled, cloud-first, or any other cloud-[insert adjective here] approach? Definition The Cloud […]
Read moreBack in 2013, I wrote about how the hosting industry is losing customers to proprietary mail platforms. I also announced that we would be supporting Geary, the email client from Yorba. Unfortunately, the Geary campaign didn’t reach the target they set. Even though that campaign didn’t work out, I still believed that supporting the development of free […]
Read moreIn October 2016 there was a significant denial-of-service attack (DDoS) which took down Netflix, Reddit, Twitter and other big internet services. People noticed slow-loading pages, not being able to watch a favourite show, or even having their whole work day grind to a halt: The whole internet is down, so I guess I'm calling a snow […]
Read moreMe and my girlfriend Clara have just come away from the AutoTrader “Science Fair” and we’re full of thoughts, ideas and reflections and wanted to get them down somewhere. We heard about the event at Barcamp Manchester last weekend, and decided to go along to get a better understanding of how AutoTrader works. I know […]
Read moreFOSDEM stands for the “Free and Open Source Developers European Meeting”. It is a conference aimed at, you guessed it, developers working on Free and Open Source software. The event takes place once a year, over two days in Brussels, Belgium. It has been running since 2000. Bytemark staff have attended several times, so I’ve […]
Read moreFive years ago, I purchased a £250 set of cookware that comes with a “lifetime guarantee” but after only a few years of use, the non-stick surface began to degrade…
Read moreDear colleagues and competitors in the hosting industry, Our businesses are built on an enormous foundation of free software. Web hosting remains solid, but we’ve all lost customers in the last 10 years to proprietary email platforms, and have just collectively just accepted it. Mail solutions based on exclusively free software are looking second rate compared to […]
Read moreWe’re circling in on a test release of our new hosting system, called BigV. Bytemark have never thrown more hardware or programmers at a project for so long, so if you’re in our fan club you might like the results. I’m a little shy of making promises just yet, but I’ll write about a few […]
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