Think of how often you’ve been asked these two questions in quick succession at a party. “What’s your name?” “What do you do?” These two questions give us a quick snapshot of a person and a brief story of who they are, what they are doing and where they are going next. “Peter – I’m […]
Read moreHere, we give some insight into what it’s like to be part of our Support team. Name: Allan Buchan Department: Support Job title: (our first!) Junior System Administrator Random fact about you: I enjoy growing super-hot chilies (and foolishly eating them!) Also, I’m naturally better at a South African accent than Dutch – even after living […]
Read moreWe’re excited to announce that an update to Symbiosis is now available as an update on Bytemark Cloud. This update updates Symbiosis to the latest stable Debian version (Stretch) and adds many general fixes to improve reliability and increase performance. Whats New We’ve updated the Debian base from Jessie to Stretch. This brings extensive benefits, […]
Read moreWe’re constantly developing Bytemark Cloud with new features and enhancements based upon your feedback. In the last month, we’ve made a wide range of changes, including some new features and some major changes behind the scenes to continue to improve reliability and performance. I’m excited to share 2 major updates with you today, as well […]
Read moreEarlier this year, we released the ability to image a new Cloud Server with a custom ISO directly from the Panel. What is a Custom ISO? An ISO image is an archive file used to distribute operating systems, or other large programs. They are useful because they can store everything included in the operating system […]
Read moreWe’re excited to announce that two-factor authentication can now be set up on all Bytemark accounts. What is Two Factor Authentication? Two-factor authentication (also known as 2FA) is a method of confirming a user’s claimed identity by utilising a combination of two different unique identification mechanisms. Typically these mechanisms fall into at least two of […]
Read moreWordPress is an incredibly popular website management system, powering an estimated 25% of websites. We love it because at its very core, it’s an open source CMS. The source code is freely available for anyone to study, use, modify, and build upon. This has resulted in thousands of people across the world using it to build sites, […]
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that Backups for Cloud Servers based in York are available from today in the Bytemark Panel and in version 2.4 of the Command Line Client. This means that you can now take a backup of your root disc and restore your Cloud Server from a backup at any time. You […]
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 moreBack in August 2016 I flew out to Zambia with four others to volunteer at the Saint Francis’ Hospital, Katete to upgrade their network. The hospital is located in in a relatively remote part of eastern Zambia, around an hours drive from the Mozambique and Malawi border. Due to this remote location, it can be […]
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