June 21, 2011
It’s great to see that major Internet-centric companies are officially dropping support for older web browsers, in favour of putting all their energies into supporting newer browsers. This announcement earlier this month from Google: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/06/our-plans-to-support-modern-browsers.html “As of August 1st, we will discontinue support for the following browsers and their predecessors:Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7, and…
Ross 
May 3, 2011
We’re pleased to announce a modest donation today from Itomic to the Constable Care program. Quite a few of us have kids of various ages (including soon-to-be new arrivals!), and so it’s a pleasure to be able to contribute to a cause that helps to make the world a little safer for them. From the Constable…
Ross
April 29, 2011
After several months of planning, the Itomic UK office is about to open. Here at Itomic, we are very excited to be opening our first international office and we are already accepting website enquiries via email, prior to the office doors opening in June. Itomic is already able to successfully service international clients from Australia,…
Ross
April 29, 2011
Itomic Perth’s bi-annual Supa Golf tournament in the nearby Swan Valley is to be held this afternoon! There’s an additional ‘excuse’ this time around: we’re farewelling Production Manager Liam Hargreaves from the Perth office – and welcoming him as Managing Director of Itomic (UK) Limited. That’s right, Liam is flying out in a week, and unleashing Itomic on…
Ross
April 20, 2011
They’re up to it again! And again. And again. Be on the lookup – again – for unsolicited but professional and official-looking invitations to renew or purchase domain names from a company called “Domain Name Group” (or variations thereof). The domain names are significantly overpriced and, if you pay the bill, will almost certainly be…
Ross
April 13, 2011
It’s a whopping 5 months old, but an excellent report titled “Australia in the digital economy: Consumer engagement in e-commerce” is available for free in PDF or Word format: http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/1001/pc=PC_312364 The report is a publication of ACMA, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, i.e. an Australian government agency. It should be of interest to anyone currently…
Ross
March 31, 2011
Itomic are very pleased to announce the addition of 2 new developers, Kieran Molloy and Sam Hassell, to our Perth office. Keiran Molloy – Web Applications Developer Kieran joined Itomic at the start of March as a full time web applications developer after having worked as a freelance developer for the past 3 years for…
Ross
March 21, 2011
We’ve just spotted that Google is targetting non-profit organisations for some of its services at no or reduced cost – and we’d like to share the love! At time of writing, the full range of services are only available to registered not-for-profit organisations headquartered in the USA, but the normal expectation is that over time this geographic…
Ross
February 25, 2011
Congratulations Terry Mahoney from all your team mates at Itomic! Today, 25th Feb 2011, Terry sat and passed – with flying colours we might add – his Prince2 Foundation exam. Prince2 is the acronym for PRojects IN Controlled Environments. It covers the management, control and organisation of a project, and it’s a certification that we like all our Project Managers…
Ross
February 21, 2011
Only about 5 years overdue… the production area of Itomic Perth now has brand new carpet! Was it Adam’s comment that the old Itomic carpet reminded him of some less-than-upmarket pubs he’s visited? Was it that even Lucy and Snoopy (the occasional, lovable, office dogs) were starting to turn their noses up at the obvious…
Ross
February 21, 2011
Today we took 2 hours out of our busy schedule for something really very important: learning about saving lives. Thanks to Rob of Surf Life Saving WA all Perth Itomicans got to learn (or update themselves) on a wide range of life saving and first aid techniques – from snake bikes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR),defibrilation to hypoglycemia. Just like in…
Ross
February 18, 2011
What a year 2010 was for SEO and the internet. In 2010 we saw the introduction of Google Instant. We saw the release of the iPad and saw it sell 15 million units in its first calendar year, putting mobile Internet in the hands of an increasingly large user base (and the obvious implications for…
Ross
February 17, 2011
At Itomic we believe that it’s time (long overdue, actually) for a recognised code of conduct for businesses offering website design and development (and related) services. We believe the code needs teeth. Perhaps not as a phase 1. Rather a phase 2 or phase 3. We want such a code to mean something. We want…
Ross
February 16, 2011
To celebrate a successful 2010 for Itomic and the start of 2011 we have gone ahead and doubled the hosting account limits on all Itomic website hosting accounts. Essentially if your website hosting account was feeling the strain, either from files (video, text or images) or emails, you will no longer have any issues. Wherever…
Ross
February 11, 2011
As a company with lots of domain names (got to protect our brand!) we’re seeing more and more unsolicited emails, typically claiming to be from China (.cn), advising us that someone else is looking to acquire domain names with our company name in them. Here’s the latest one (typos and all): —————————— Dear President&CEO, We…
Ross
February 2, 2011
We’re over the moon to announce the safe arrival this very morning of Zaylie Rose Humm, daughter of ‘our’ Annie Stanley (Itomic Inspiration Consultant!) and partner Nathan Humm. She was born at 9:12am today. She weighs at 8lb 5oz, and is 52cm tall/long. Mother and baby – as they say – are doing very, very…
Ross
January 29, 2011
“That’s a smart move for your company” said Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, after I told him Itomic will be opening up a UK office this year. I thought that I had a good understanding of what Drupal was all about before heading off to the “DrupalDownunder” Conference in Brisbane, but I was mistaken. I believed Drupal was…
Ross
January 28, 2011
This month we’re very pleased to welcome Andy Spencer as Perth’s new Production Manager. Hailing from Cambridge in the UK, Andy is an ‘ex-pom’ who now calls Australia home. With over 15 years in IT, Andy is a proficient applications architect and project/development manager with experience designing a wide variety of ICT systems, including project management and implementation. Prior his…
Ross
January 25, 2011
Itomic together with Previous Next sponsored an informal meet and greet with the creator of Drupal, Dries Buytaert on Monday night. For those who missed Drupal Down Under, or those who just can’t get enough; this was a chance to meet Dries in a more intimate setting. Itomic’s Nick Santamaria was one of nearly 40…
Ross
January 20, 2011
Itomic will be co-sponsoring the next Melbourne Drupal meetup, which will have the attendence of the legendary Dries Buytaert, founder of theDrupal CMS. The meetup is scheduled for 6:00PM, Monday, 24th January 2011, at the Belgian Beer Café in Melbourne. If you’re in the Melbourne area, and interested in Drupal, signup to the event and come along. All…
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