Hosting: August 2006 Archives
Just thought I'd let my blog readers know.
After testing it for the last few weeks we've now made Ruby on Rails hosting available on all our linux hosting plans.
Yet another first for Blacknight :)
Jmcc forwarded a press release from Google earlier this morning where the search engine giant espoused its plans for hosted services.
I can see quite a few google fans getting excited about this, but I seriously doubt that they'll stick around after they've encountered Google's customer (dis)service.
Full details here
Back in January I added a webmaster discussion forum to search.ie. Over the last few months the number of visitors and general level of activity has grown, but it was still a bit on the quiet side..
After talking to a few people about ways to boost the site I've spun it off onto its own domain - with proper branding to follow as soon as I can get a logo done.
The kind of topics you can discuss are pretty broad and cover all facets of online design, development, marketing, seo and monetisation.. Drop by and make yourself heard :)
You may have to excuse the meandering nature of this post, as it's more of a stream of thought late at night than anything vaguely coherent
I have a love hate relationship with technology. From speaking to other entrepeneurs who work in the IT field I get the feeling that I am not alone...
One of the things that I love about technology is that it constantly changes and evolves. Of course this facet of the business is also one that I hate in some regards :)
No sooner have you become accustomed to a technology than you find that it has been surpassed by something else.
So what is the next big thing going to be?
Over the last year or so php5 has become accepted as "stable", although it's not stable enough for a lot of "shared" hosting clients.
Microsoft have been pushing MS SQL Server 2005 really hard, but I still see a huge demand for MS SQL 2000.
Apple now offer Intel based hardware, so you can get the best of both worlds (supposedly) - sleek design and a choice of OS.
An offshoot of Debian has captured the hearts and minds of techies the world over and Ruby on Rails seems to be the big buzz.
So what is next?
I don't have a magic looking glass but I can see some technologies and, more importantly, their uses / implementations, becoming more and more central.
I have a love hate relationship with technology. From speaking to other entrepeneurs who work in the IT field I get the feeling that I am not alone...
One of the things that I love about technology is that it constantly changes and evolves. Of course this facet of the business is also one that I hate in some regards :)
No sooner have you become accustomed to a technology than you find that it has been surpassed by something else.
So what is the next big thing going to be?
Over the last year or so php5 has become accepted as "stable", although it's not stable enough for a lot of "shared" hosting clients.
Microsoft have been pushing MS SQL Server 2005 really hard, but I still see a huge demand for MS SQL 2000.
Apple now offer Intel based hardware, so you can get the best of both worlds (supposedly) - sleek design and a choice of OS.
An offshoot of Debian has captured the hearts and minds of techies the world over and Ruby on Rails seems to be the big buzz.
So what is next?
I don't have a magic looking glass but I can see some technologies and, more importantly, their uses / implementations, becoming more and more central.
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