By: Dave Cooper, RackNerd To have a successful web site it’s a good idea to think about how a user is going to interact with each page. These include thinking about how many clicks it takes to get to information and the placement of links and images on each page. In saying that it’s not […]
CloudFlare, a popular provider of CDN (content delivery network) and DDoS mitigation services, has today suffered a wide spread outage, which some say, up to half of the world’s Internet was impacted to some degree! In essence, any website, service, application, or DNS behind CloudFlare’s network experienced an outage. A lot of major websites/services, including […]
By: Dave Cooper, RackNerd I’ve had the pleasure of running my own business in the past and I’d like to share some tips with you that helped me grow my business, gain more customers, and be more profitable. It’s super simple but many business owners miss these most basic steps. 1. Brand The brand is […]
We recently revamped our AMD Ryzen Dedicated Servers – with new offers ranging from AMD Ryzen 5 3600 all the way up to the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X’s! Our AMD Ryzen dedicated servers are perfect for those who are looking for an ultra-fast dedicated server. Whether you are hosting a busy database, or rendering applications […]
You may have noticed I have been writing a fair bit of content for RackNerd so I thought some of you may want to know a bit of my background. Well, here it goes… My name is Dave Cooper, I am from Auckland, New Zealand and started in my IT career 15 years ago when […]
By: Dave Cooper, RackNerd COVID-19 has hit most businesses like a ton of bricks, and others not so much – but until today the thought about working remotely hasn’t been in most business’s priorities or considerations. Why? The fear of low productivity from your employees, the feeling of losing control, and most of all its all […]
By: Dave Cooper, RackNerd CDN stands for Content Delivery Network, in essence, it is a group of servers place in different countries all over the world and act as a cache of sorts for your data. This smart technology allows the user to access your data and be routed on the fly to the closest server, […]
By: Dave Cooper, RackNerd Following on from our last article “Finding The Best Hosting Provider” brings us to which hosting product is right for your needs. This article is geared towards those who are new to the hosting world and just want reliable information, Here at RackNerd we offer a range of hosting services with no […]
By: Dave Cooper, RackNerd If you’re one of those people that see a hosting deal, purchase it without thinking where what location/country it’s hosted in. SHAME ON YOU! 🙂 This is the single most important factor when selecting a host and it’s one that seems to be forgotten a lot. Why is location important? Have you […]
We frequently update our OS template selections based upon SolusVM official releases. Today, RackNerd is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 20.04 64 Bit, now available to deploy across its KVM VPS platform. If you are an existing VPS customer, you can now reinstall your VPS within our SolusVM control panel within a few clicks […]
