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5 Reasons why fully-managed backups can be better for business | Storm Internet

Heard the one about the “Billion Dollar Delete Button”? If you’ve read our previous article, you’ll remember how Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Mr Potato Head, Hamm and Rex almost never made it to the big screen in Toy Story 2. And while the media focused on an errant command that nearly cost millions of kids (and some … Continued

Strong start to Storms fundraising goals for Oxfordshire Mind | Storm Internet

The Storm-Oxfordshire Mind raffle concluded on World Mental Health Day, October 10th 2019, and helped raise £414 for the Oxfordshire Mind charity. In June 2019 Storm Internet entered into a two-year partnership with Oxfordshire Mind as its official charity partner. Throughout the two-year partnership Storm Internet aims to raise £10,000 to support the charity’s invaluable and often … Continued

Fund Raising Raffle for World Mental Health Day | Storm Internet

Up for a family ticket to Cotswold Farm Park? What about a tour for two to Wychwood Brewery? Just make a small donation (minimum £1) and get your name entered into the Storm-Oxfordshire Mind raffle! And just in case you’re not into parks or breweries, check out the full list of prizes for something that’s a little closer to … Continued

Storm Internet kick starts North Kidlington School’s Chromebook project | Storm Internet

Back to school is cool. But it’s even cooler this year for the kids at North Kidlington School as the school launches its Chromebook project. The £2,000 donation by Storm Internet delivered a healthy start to the fundraising campaign, which, at the time of writing, already passed the halfway mark towards its goal of £24,000. … Continued

A fantastic article by Hosting Advice about how Storm Internet differentiates itself | Storm Internet

Having been included as one of their featured experts, Hosting Advice recently interviewed us to find out what has been happening within the industry, and for Storm. Their article covers how Storm Internet differentiates itself in the UK marketplace with secure cloud solutions and forward-thinking accreditations You can read the full article here. If you would like … Continued

7th Win at ISPAs for Storm Internet | Storm Internet

Storm Internet is proud to announce their 7th win at the 2019 UK Internet Industry Awards, the ISPAs. This year taking home Best Hosted Service. This year the ISPA’s were held in London at the Intercontinental Park Lane Hotel. The ISPA was founded in 1995 and the awards are the UK’s longest running for the internet … Continued

Storm Internet Launches Supercharged Public Cloud Service | Storm Internet

StormCloud Public customers can now enjoy a boost in content delivery speed of more than 50% across all their sites as Storm Internet launches high-impact changes to its Public Cloud infrastructure. These changes include robust enhancement of the Storm CDN to deliver maintenance-free server-wide caching of sites, and the addition of SSD-based storage. CDN Enhancements Content Delivery … Continued

Storm Announces Oxfordshire Mind as Official Charity Partner | Storm Internet

From June 2019 Storm Internet will enter into a two-year partnership with mental health charity Oxfordshire Mind to support the invaluable and often lifesaving work that the charity does. Storm Internet aims to raise £10,000 on behalf of the charity over the course of this partnership. Looking Beyond IT Mental health has become a media focal point … Continued

Storm Internet shortlisted in three categories for 2019 ISPAs | Storm Internet

The 2019 Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) Awards will take place at the Sheraton Grand Park Lane Hotel in London. The ISPA was founded in 1995 and the awards are the UK’s longest running for the internet industry. At the forefront of promoting innovation, competition and best practice within the UK Internet industry, the awards ceremony celebrates … Continued

Storm Internet’s ISO 27001 and 9001 Success | Storm Internet

It’s been a year in the making and Storm Internet, a leading managed hosting provider, are delighted to announce achieving the internationally accredited ISO 27001 and 9001 status – meaning they’ve been independently audited and verified to the very highest security and quality standards. Storm take their commitment to data security exceptionally seriously, which is … Continued

I don’t store card details, I don’t need PCI! | Storm Internet

Why you should secure your data to PCI standards in light of the GDPR The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on the 25th May 2018 and is the most significant change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. Companies failing to comply with requirements set out in the new GDPR for … Continued

Helen of Storm Internet raises money for Breast Cancer Now | Storm Internet

Helen of Storm Internet recently joined the Breast Cancer Now £1000 fundraiser, one of their longest running campaigns. She certainly rose to the challenge. She hosted a ‘Pop up’ Spa and Shopping evening where Reiki, Reflexology and Indian head massage therapies were offered alongside manicures, pedicures and eyebrow threading.  There were stalls selling gifts of … Continued

Proud to sponsor the Kidlington Comets Under 7s team | Storm Internet

We are delighted to be able to sponsor our local Under 7s football team – the Kidlington Comets. As a business built on family values, we know how important it is for children to be given opportunities at an early age. Salim Benadel, founder of Storm Internet had the following to say: “I believe it … Continued

Why Does Your Business Need PCI Compliance? | Storm Internet

Whether your business is a small start-up or large multi-site corporation, it is of vital importance to comply by the PCI (Payment Card Industry) standards. Even if your business does not take credit or debit card information from its customers, this standard still applies. Why? Because it is vigilant, thorough and protective in the way … Continued

Best Free Security Plugins for WordPress | Storm Internet

WordPress is the most used content management system on the planet. Millions of websites including many popular blogs and corporate sites are developed within WordPress. So, naturally hackers are also interested in hacking WordPress based websites. The WordPress Community usually sends out updates and patches for all the known vulnerabilities but, third party themes and … Continued

Storm Internet awarded a Commendation in the Best Host Category at the ISPA Awards 2018 | Storm Internet

Storm Internet Ltd was awarded a commendation in Best Host Category at the 20th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards, the ISPAs. In an ISPA first, this year’s Best Host category was the only hosting award given, so the competition was tight. It is also the first time the ISPAs have given out commendations to nominees. … Continued

You’ve Been Hacked! What Steps Should You Take To Minimise Damage? | Storm Internet

It could happen to you. This is true of winning the lottery, and unfortunately, also true of drawing the short straw and ending up falling victim to a major cyber attack. In days gone by, hackers were mostly interested in big businesses where potential for larger profits were spotted. But with a growth in small … Continued

Tips for Small Business Security | Storm Internet

Whether you’re a brand new startup or a mature small business, it is crucial that you do not overlook three fundamental pillars of business upkeep. These are: Business continuity Cyber security Disaster proofing It doesn’t matter if you’re a B2B or B2C, or what stage of development your business is at. The very bones of … Continued

The GDPR 3 weeks on | Storm Internet

GDPR nearly a month on: How has it affected you? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is here to stay and leave a organisations with a mix of new challenges and opportunities. It represents the most extensive overhaul of the European Union (EU) data protection legislation in the last 20 years. A legal game-changer, the … Continued

Is your webcam watching you? | Storm Internet

Can Your Webcam Be Used To Spy On You? If you’ve ever required your computer to be fixed remotely, you may have been alarmed to discover an engineer can ‘hijack’ your screen, manipulate your cursor and use your computer in the same way you can. While this technique can be highly beneficial for those of … Continued

What does Alexa know about you? | Storm Internet

What’s more fun than having a virtual assistant who can respond to voice commands and answer you back? Asking her ridiculous questions to see what her response will be, of course, is part of the fun. You might expect some confusion or a request to repeat the question but devices like the Amazon Echo Dot … Continued

What’s the Safest Method of Cyber-communication? | Storm Internet

No electronic communication handled by companies can ever be seen as completely secure. While advancements in technology have improved the way we protect ourselves online, targeted attacks and threats are also rapidly evolving, meaning companies must remain vigilant about their processes and staff training. So which communication methods are the safest to use? Email Email … Continued

How to protect your data from disaster and be GDPR compliant | Storm Internet

The Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming into force soon and will shift the legal landscape within the EU. There are a variety of changes that are going to take place and failing to grasp them could lead to terrible consequences, financial and otherwise.  Many businesses are already lining up resources to adapt to the … Continued

The Cambridge Analytica Scandal and Your Business | Storm Internet

Over the past couple of weeks, the hashtag #DeleteFacebook has dominated personal Facebook newsfeeds worldwide. Friends of yours may have even left Facebook and deleted their Whatsapps in an attempt to distance themselves from growing privacy concerns sparked by a scandal involving political data analysis company Cambridge Analytica. Ten hours of gruelling (and sometimes confusing) … Continued

What is a BYOD Policy and why is Important to Your Business’s security? | Storm Internet

There are many ways that your business’s security can be compromised from outside your business. What you might not be nearly as prepared for is an attack that starts on the inside of your business. You might be prepared for cyber-attacks, data breaches, and other common cyber security concerns but for companies that allow their … Continued

Secure hosting – why it is so important? | Storm Internet

What security measures can your business take to ensure the safety of your data? The internet continues to evolve at an increasingly rapid pace, providing businesses and individuals with a multitude of technological opportunities and advancements. But as the cyber world becomes more sophisticated, so do targeted cyber attacks and Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), burdening … Continued

How do you protect your laptop from a malicious attacks, threats and vulnerabilities | Storm Internet

Your laptop is vulnerable to different types of attacks.  Sure, you’ve crafted a strong account password: it’s 12 characters long and mixes upper and lowercase letters with random numbers and symbols. But what does this protect you against and is it even effective? Let’s get some perspective. The average cost of a data breach to … Continued

Business Continuity and Uptime | Storm Internet

Do you know the “true” cost of your website being down for an hour? We know of a case where a website crash once cost the business at least $100,000 because there was no business continuity plan in place. This particular website went down during a webinar for a $10,000 coaching program. The webinar page … Continued

Is it a Phishing Email? | Storm Internet

Is it a phishing email or a real email? Email is now the most commonly used method of communication there is, with 87 per cent of over 18s in the UK owning an email address. It’s also one of the most effective marketing tools used by businesses, not to mention critical for internal communications and exchanging day-to-day … Continued

2018 Featured Expert Storm Internet | Storm Internet

We were thrilled to be included as one of Hosting Advice.coms featured experts recently.  With the focus primarily on security, Hosting Advice’s Laura Bernheim interviewed Salim about the changes he’s seen in the industry. “As more information and dependency is placed online, there’s a lot more to gain,” Salim said. “The culture is changing. Security is definitely now at … Continued

Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities | Storm Internet

You may be aware of the recent reports regarding the Meltdown and Spectre hardware bugs affecting Intel, AMD and ARM computer processors. These vulnerabilities were discovered by a number of security researchers and first reported on Wednesday 3rd January 2018. This update summarises what we know about the problem so far and what we are … Continued

Storm Private Cloud v AWS | Storm Internet

Cloud Computing: Go for Storm Private Cloud! There are many different types of servers out there.  The big question is which one to choose? While different options have different benefits, it is always good to go for the one that stands out for your business and needs, and to do the research. There are many … Continued

Business continuity and Disaster recovery – 5 things you should be doing | Storm Internet

Technology malfunctions, networks go down and servers fail. These are facts of life. But business must march on! In this article we’ll look at what you should be doing to ensure that you don’t lose data and can establish and keep Business continuity. From small business owners failing to backup their work each day, to … Continued

Why you should care where your data is stored. | Storm Internet

There’s new data protection regulations on the horizon. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an EU regulation which will apply to all EU member states, including the UK (despite Brexit), from 25th May 2018. The last time data protection law was updated was the 1995 Data Protection Directive, which led to the UK’s Data … Continued

Storm Private Cloud or Dedicated Server | Storm Internet

To explain what Private Cloud is and where it is a better solution than a Dedicated Server we have prepared an information brief entitled:  Storm Private Cloud. In this article we explain the difference between Private Cloud and Dedicated Server options based on your business needs. What is Private Cloud? Private Cloud is like having … Continued

GDPR: 7 Things to do if you’re a digital data processor | Storm Internet

In case you’ve missed it, there are new data protection rules coming next May thanks to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), that shake up the current data protection regime in the UK. Whilst the UK is leaving the EU, the GDPR comes into force across the whole of Europe next year, before Brexit … Continued

How a Private Server Can Keep You Safe Online | Storm Internet

Everyone wants to keep their computers and network safe but, with all the recent hacks such as WannaCrypt, EternalBlue, and the Dolby Audio Driver exploit; it is more important than ever to keep safe. In the business world, safe means keeping your customers and employees information protected from hackers or other non-approved third parties. The best … Continued

Steps to Staying Secure Online | Storm Internet

Storm Internet offers total security with up-to-date protection and over 45,000 security checks and scans.  We’ve also recently partnered with Cloudflare to bring the best security features on offer. Here is our quick guide to securing your hosting environment: Passwords We all know the importance of secure passwords. It is really important to periodically change all passwords … Continued

Storm Private Cloud – Flexible and Scalable | Storm Internet

There are many benefits to using Storm Private Cloud for your business – cost savings, data security, resilience.  But as well as these benefits, it’s scalable and flexible too! award winning build your dedicated cloud up as your business requirements demand it. Change, re-configure and add more virtual resources as and when you need without ever … Continued

Introducing Cloudflare | Storm Internet

We have recently partnered with Cloudflare to offer even faster website speeds, better performance and additional security features. You can now protect all your web sites from common attacks including common spam and excessive bot crawling to more malicious attacks such as Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection as well as denial of service (DOS) attacks. These … Continued

Who Uses the Storm Private Cloud? | Storm Internet

We recently posted a short article explaining what a private cloud is, and how it compares to the public cloud. Amongst the benefits of a Storm Private Cloud is the ability to be flexible and scalable. It is easy implemented with our unique 7 step process, and it is 100% UK based, as well as great value … Continued

What is the Private Cloud? | Storm Internet

Everybody is talking about the Cloud. About how we should be storing our data in the Cloud, backing up to the Cloud and keeping the Cloud secure. But what is the Cloud? There are a number of Cloud platforms – Apple iCloud, Google drive – are just two examples of well- known Cloud providers. When … Continued

Storm Internet wins Best Host and Best Cloud Service at ISPA Awards 2017 | Storm Internet

Storm Internet are delighted to announce they have been awarded Best Host 2017 and Best Cloud Service 2017 at the 19th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards, hosted by the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) at the Café de Paris in London on 13th July 2017. The ISPA Awards are a celebration of the diversity of … Continued

Petya/Petwrap Ransomware information | Storm Internet

As you may be aware, just under 24 hours ago a further global outbreak of Malware attack began similar to the Wannacry attack we reported on in May. Following further investigations and analysis by multiple parties, this is the latest intelligence available to us regarding the Petya/Petwrap/Notpetya/Petna ransomware attack: How does it attack? While the malware … Continued

Preparing for the GDPR | Storm Internet

The General Data Protection Regulation and what it means for your business In 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force.  It is an EU regulation updating the rules for privacy and protection of data of EU citizens.  Plus, it was passed with a view to cut down the costs of compliance … Continued

Recent Windows Vulnerability | Storm Internet

Recent Windows Vulnerability   In view of recent events that have highlighted the persistent risk of the threat posed by cyber-attacks (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39899646) we strongly advised our customers to apply the following security update, released by Microsoft on March 14th this year: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms17-010.aspx if not having done so already. The NHS and other services were attacked … Continued

WannaCrypt Outbreak and How to Stay Safe | Storm Internet

Most people nowadays understand not to download suspicious software from obscure websites and how to turn on an anti-virus software. That is not enough to protect you from the WannaCrypt virus though. It gets into your computer through innocent looking emails and once it downloads in the background of your computer it spreads through your network … Continued

The importance of a good host provider | Storm Internet

Never misjudge the power of a Good Hosting Provider Hosting is very important in the present world of digitalization. To have an online presence is essential but to maintain it is even more challenging.  Maybe that is the reason companies seek the assistance of professional hosting services. It makes better business sense to outsource your … Continued

ASP.NET – A preferred hosting platform | Storm Internet

Asp.Net Hosting has become a preferred Platform If you want to make your business great then it is important you use proper professionals for your hosting needs. No matter how effective your services are or how amazing your goods may be, if your online presence is always fluctuating, you can lose your consumers. Even if you have … Continued

How to Choose a Good Hosting Provider | Storm Internet

The Importance of a good Hosting Service No matter if you are a start-up company, a well-versed business or a professional trade, you cannot underestimate the importance of a good hosting service. It is therefore important to choose a hosting provider that can offer you excellent options, features and services for your business. Whether you … Continued

Shared Hosting | Storm Internet

What to look out for from Shared Hosting If you run your own business, you will know how important good hosting is. You cannot get the most of your business unless your servers are hosted in a suitable and effective manner. Of course, the market is brimming with amazing hosting options like dedicated hosting, ASP. NET Hosting, … Continued

Asp.net and how to find a good host provider | Storm Internet

Productivity depends on the hosting Provider Asp.net is one of the best development languages in the Windows platform. It has been released by Microsoft and vastly used for building all kinds of dynamic sites and XML Web services. However, there are only a few web hosts who are in a position to cater high quality … Continued

Zombie and Bot Attacks | Storm Internet

Zombie and Bot Attacks What are Zombie and Bot attacks? If a group of hackers in Russia was trying to flood your web server with traffic then you could simply block their IP addresses and stop them cold.  They know that, so when they want to launch an attack they use a coordinated army of … Continued

SEO – The Evergreen Online Marketing Strategy | Storm Internet

SEO: The Ever-Green Online Marketing Strategy! SEO, Search Engine Optimization, is a process of getting maximum traffic to your site with free, natural, and organic search results on popular search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo. If you want your business or site to show up on the first page of Google when anyone searches … Continued

eCommerce Shopping Carts and Payment Gateways Explained | Storm Internet

eCommerce Shopping Carts and Payment Gateways Explained A company that wishes to sell its product on the internet needs various items: A web server to host the shopping cart. A shopping cart to let shoppers select, add to cart, and checkout items. A payment gateway and merchant account with a bank. Someone to host this … Continued

Apache web server vs nginx | Storm Internet

Apache web server is one of the oldest around. One reason might be most people learn to use it when they first start to learn about web servers. It powers 48% of the world’s web servers, Microsoft has 27%, and nginx 14%. Apache and nginx are both easy to install and work with. With either … Continued

Cloud Storage Defined | Storm Internet

Cloud Storage Defined Cloud storage means storing data files with a public cloud provider.  The customer can host their virtual machines and apps with the cloud provider too.  Or, in a hybrid architecture, they can keep those in their own data center and store databases, datafiles, and archived in the cloud. Cloud storage can provide … Continued

Digital Marketing Trends for 2017 | Storm Internet

Now we’re comfortably into 2017, it’s time to look at what’s new, what’s trending and what’s set to blow-up this year in digital marketing. In an ever-evolving industry, we can never rest on our laurels. A job well done in 2016 does not guarantee the same success into 2017. As the scene changes, so must … Continued

Are You Losing Sales on Your Landing Page? | Storm Internet

Has your website got a rather high bounce rate? A bounce rate of 48% is about average, but certainly not ideal and anything over 60% is poor. If you’re reading this and your website currently falls into the over 70% category, the good news is, there is plenty of room for improvement! The problem is … Continued

How to Determine Your Most Valuable Marketing Channels | Storm Internet

Digital marketing can be very costly if you’re not keeping an eye on what is and isn’t driving the results for your business. Once you identify which channels are delivering the most sales, you can invest more money into a model that is working. From this information, you can also adapt your approach to the … Continued

IPv6

What the System Administrator and Architect Need to Know about IPv6 IPv6 is something programmers and architects routinely ignore.  But the future tells us that this is a topic that should be on the planner’s radar. The IPv4 address nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn is 4 octets of 8 bits.  There are 4.3 billion possible IP addresses you can … Continued

A Step towards a New Horizon | Storm Internet

Perplexed about Joomla?  What is Joomla? It is a very good instrument used in the development of certain websites like ecommerce, online newspapers and many more. It uses oriented programming methods so that relevant code can be programmed properly. Its simplicity makes Joomla a desirable choice as a content management concept and is preferred by many. Even developers choose Joomla … Continued

What is AJAX? | Storm Internet

How Ajax is Influencing Networks As the world is digitalizing, many new concepts are arising in different areas like Ajax, Cloud Based cPanel Web Hosting and much more. Ajax is a client-side script which communicates to and from a particular database or a server without the requirement for a post back or a full page refresh. What … Continued

What is Prometheus? | Storm Internet

Prometheus Performance Monitor Prometheus is an open source performance monitoring tool first developed at SoundCloud. (SoundCloud is not the only media company to have one of those. Netflix built Vector which you can get here. But Prometheus is better since it is far more sophisticated and is a truly open source project and has many … Continued

Why the Cloud? | Storm Internet

What is the cloud? It’s a sort of electronic construction where data gets stored over various different computers and served up through a network connection. Today, companies are hiring Cloud Hosting Services Providers like Storm Internet for their business. Cloud is proving very helpful for all sized businesses. Midsize companies possess a huge chance for … Continued

Why should you consider the private cloud? | Storm Internet

Is it time to consider the Private Cloud? In this advanced era, businesses of all sizes are consider investing in cloud computing to increase their productivity. And this is the reason that the number of Cloud Hosting Services Provider is increasing rapidly. An Extensive Shift In recent times, companies, businesses and IT leaders throughout the industries have witnessed … Continued

What makes us human? | Storm Internet

What makes us human? Westworld, humanoids and technology. Westworld has received great reviews as one of the best science fiction series television has witnessed for a while.  But could anyone experience it for real in his lifetime? Just wonder about a world where one might get to act out our deepest, wildest fantasies. Westworld indeed challenges … Continued

What makes great tech support? | Storm Internet

Do you know the three elements it takes to make your business a success online? 1.  The first is having a great product. If your product is bad, even if you have the other 2 elements I’m about to explain to you, you won’t be successful because eventually the word will get out, and people will … Continued

5 ways to provide outstanding technical support | Storm Internet

Following on from our previous blog this one focuses on how best to provide outstanding technical support: 1.    Manage Expectations. There are two sets of expectations you need to manage to provide outstanding technical support, your customer’s and your staff’s. You want to make sure that the customer understands how they’ll receive support whether it’s … Continued

Better ROI – SEO or PPC? | Storm Internet

What provides a better return on investment and which one will, therefore, offer the most value to your business? The truth is, there are pros and cons to both of these marketing techniques. Gone are the days where the majority of customers would come directly to your website. Offline marketing used to send people directly. … Continued

Three Methods to Get More Visitors to Your Website | Storm Internet

It isn’t simply enough to have a great website. After all, if no one is going to see it wouldn’t matter if it was the best in the world. If you’ve made the mistake of thinking you’ll get an influx of traffic from Google in the first few months, it’s time to reconsider your strategy. … Continued

What is ELK? | Storm Internet

Scanning logs, and sometimes storing them, is crucial for purposes of performance monitoring, compliance with regulations, data analytics, and security monitoring. So, it is natural that these days when most people are using opensource software, ELK is one of the most popular ways to do that. Or they use Splunk, which is proprietary. Here we … Continued

Android Devices Vulnerable to Image Hack | Storm Internet

Own an Android device? Your phone and your website can be at risk! All it takes is an innocent looking image on social media or a messaging app and then all of a sudden you lose your phone and website to malware. Along with the dangerous Quadrooter vulnerabilities that affected an estimated 900 million devices, … Continued

Should I Start a Blog For My Business? | Storm Internet

Having a business blog on your website has so many benefits. The constant flow of new content is welcomed by search engine giants. Interesting articles from blogs attract social media shares, helping spread brand awareness and deliver new visitors. If you have the time and resources to create a small blog, it’s highly recommended you … Continued

Guard your business from three Drupal flaws | Storm Internet

Summary: If you have ever dealt with Managed Hosting Services and you run a business then you might know that Drupal has dispensed a safety update that resolves three security faults.  Two out of these three updates are deemed serious. Trio of Errors The three dangers, stated as SA-CORE-2016-004, affect versions 8.x of CMS and operators … Continued

Beginners Guide – What is the Cloud? | Storm Internet

The cloud is something of a mystery to many people. It’s no wonder really, it’s been the buzzword floating around for a while now. You’ve probably heard people telling you ‘save it to the cloud’, ‘back it up to the cloud’, but really where is this mysterious cloud? Are all our files floating around in … Continued

Software developers can now enjoy Microsoft’s HoloLens for their projects | Storm Internet

Virtual reality has taken the world by storm. So many new gadgets, especially smartphones, are featuring inbuilt systems to promote the use of VR headgear. It certainly is a technology which introduces us to the digital world. 3D technology came on the scene a few years ago, and people admired it for a while. But … Continued

Ecwid Plugin Now ready to deliver Hassle-free Ecommerce benefits for your Website | Storm Internet

Your WordPress websites have now been gifted with an awesome new plugin by Ecwid. This new feature will let website owners add in ecommerce-based features to their websites. WordPress’s exemplary content management system tactics accompanied with Ecwid’s advanced yet easy-to-use ecommerce features will endorse the system to a whole new level. Ecwid came up in … Continued

6 Ways To Improve Your Check Out Procedure | Storm Internet

The average rate of shopping cart abandonment is a staggering 67.91% according to the Baymard Institute. That means that more than 2 out of every 3 customers who add your products or services to your cart, end up leaving the site WITHOUT purchasing. You can do the math with your own product but if your average … Continued

F# Programming Unites with JavaScript | Storm Internet

Microsoft’s Fable compiler offers developers the power to diversify the programming functions by joining F# and JavaScript. The next development stage in this programming language will feature Babel compilers to develop source maps as well. The lead developer, Angelo Garcia-Caro has stated that Fable’s goal is just to compile F# to JS. It does offer … Continued

WordPress Engine comes up with a new WP website page performance booster | Storm Internet

It is certainly irritating when the pages of a website are not loading properly. Moreover, this is even more frustrating when such a website belongs to you, and your readers are not able to get faster access to your webpages. This not only costs time but also makes you lose money. However, if you have … Continued

Now use of mobile plugins is easier with Visual Studio’s Latest Version | Storm Internet

Microsoft’s latest Visual Studio version, Taco, has finally been updated, and it comprises of improved features. Most prominent among them is easy usages of plug-ins, which will let developers, build mobile apps with native device capabilities. Taco stands for Tools for Apache Cordova where Cordova is an open-source framework for developing mobile apps used at … Continued

Google Introduces Polymer Toolbox for Web Apps | Storm Internet

Setting an emphasis on the progressing web technology, Google introduces the Polymer Toolbox for creating native-level web apps with Google’s own Polymer library. Google is one of the top flourishing companies in the web world. Keeping up such a reputation involves the use of an approach that benefits users and developers with the latest technology … Continued

WP Engine launches the World’s first PHP7 compatibility verifying tool | Storm Internet

It’s been over a decade since WP Engine, a renowned web hosting provider for WordPress websites in Austin, established its roots in the web world. And now, the company is launching the first PHP7 compatibility checker of its kind. It is able to verify compatibility of codes for the latest PHP as well as code … Continued

WordPress Encryption finally turned on for all websites | Storm Internet

Encryption of websites for security is significant in order to prevent them from phishing, etc., but the cost for acquiring these encryptions has been quite high. However, WordPress has recently planned for launching their HTTPS encryptions on all its websites. This will enable them to be part of a secure network for better functioning. As … Continued

Does Page Load Speed Affect Google Rankings? | Storm Internet

Google, as well as other search engines, do use page load speed as a ranking factor in SEO. For most businesses, SEO is an important part of their marketing strategy, so therefore the speed of your website should be a crucial element of this. There are a number of things that can be undertaken to … Continued

Four Features of a Good Email Marketing Platform | Storm Internet

Email marketing is a perfect way to reach out to those people who have shown an interest in your brand or to up-sell to previous customers. There are quite a few things to consider when choosing which email marketing platform to start your promotions with. The four features below are must-haves when it comes to … Continued

Is Cybercrime Increasing and what to do to protect your organization? | Storm Internet

The Internet is constantly evolving and this presents organizations with the opportunity to adapt to new technologies quickly and oftentimes this fast adaptation of new technologies provides big risks along with big opportunities. One of these big risks is Cybersecurity breaches and cyber-attacks. You can barely open a web browser without seeing a news story … Continued

Three Ways to Capture Data on Your Website | Storm Internet

Three Ways to Capture Data on Your Website Sending traffic to your website takes a lot of effort, whether that’s through SEO, referral traffic, social media or other forms of advertising. The sad truth is that a lot of those visitors will come and go and probably never return. Capturing their details is one way … Continued

Here’s Why You Need a Mobile Optimised Website | Storm Internet

Mobile browsing is no longer a new phenomenon. In fact, it was right at the start of 2014 that mobile browsing officially surpassed desktop. Since then it has increased year on year, as more businesses have started to offer high-quality user experience via mobile apps or mobile optimised websites. Social media and easy access to … Continued

Storm wins 2016 ISPAs for making enterprise Cloud platform affordable to SMEs | Storm Internet

Storm Internet Ltd. has won the Best Cloud Product Award at the 18th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards, the ISPAs. This is the fourth consecutive win for the Oxfordshire-based hosting company in as many years, at an event which sees SME-sized companies competing against global telecoms giants. The longest running and most prestigious event of … Continued

GDPR Post-Brexit. What Now? | Storm Internet

We recently posted a blog about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules passed by the European Council and Parliament.  Click here to read. What do these mean for us now, post-Brexit? We are still part of the European Union. Nothing has changed yet.  We are still bound by the laws passed by the EU and will … Continued

Latest Email Phishing Scam in the Wake of Brexit | Storm Internet

It’s been a strange and uncertain time since the EU Referendum results were announced. Are we leaving the EU? Aren’t we leaving the EU? When and how will it happen? Political parties are in a mess with the main Leave campaigners abandoning ship and party members losing faith in their leaders.  So naturally people are … Continued

Storm Internet’s position on the EU referendum | Storm Internet

On the 23rd June 2016 the UK will be voting on whether to leave or stay within Europe. This article will give you a bit of information about why we think a vote to Remain is the best option for all of us. But first, what is the European Union and how did it come about? … Continued

Top 10 Tips For Business Security Online | Storm Internet

Most small and medium size businesses do not spend much time thinking about Internet security. Most small business owners assume that security breaches will happen to other businesses but not yours. As a small business owner, you may have heard about things like targeted attacks, phishing schemes, and the use of sophisticated malware but you … Continued

What the GDPR Means for Your Business | Storm Internet

The European Union has made good on its promise to put rules around the export of private data of its people and protecting data held within its borders too.  Plus they want to drive down the cost of compliance by having all EU countries use the same set of rules as countries have been writing … Continued

What Can Small and Medium Businesses (SMEs) Do To Protect Their Business? | Storm Internet

Small and medium business owners often think cybercrime only happens to bigger businesses like the recent breach at Target. In this article, we’ll reveal why this assumption is wrong and what you can do to protect your small or medium sized business from cyber crime. As a small or medium sized business (SME) owner you … Continued

Five SEO Factors for 2016 | Storm Internet

SEO has over the years become far more than just ranking for keywords. It influences all areas of digital marketing, integrating with multiple outreach channels. PR, guest blogs, social media and review type websites provide businesses with a platform, to capture traffic from search terms they wouldn’t normally rank for. SEO in 2016 isn’t about … Continued

What is a “Man in the Middle” Attack? | Storm Internet

Here we explain one of the hacker’s most common tools, which is the man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. We also explain what network equipment makers have done to reduce the incidence of that. As the name suggests, in the MITM attack the hacker positions him or herself between the victim and the intended target to read the … Continued

How Cloud Computing Is Affecting Everyday Life | Storm Internet

In many respects, we are taking today’s technological advances for granted, forgetting that sophisticated computers and intelligent machines are still fairly new. We’ve become overly dependent on our computers and smartphones, but then we can’t be blamed. After all, technology has made everything easy – from the way we work to the way we live … Continued

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