February 25, 2014
Please consider this to be a brief, not-too-technical overview of the subject. For more in-depth information, try Wikipedia or DigiCert. What is an SSL certificate? It’s a software technology that encrypts all information being exchanged between your website (i.e. the computer server where it’s hosted) and the devices (PC, tablet, etc.) of anyone visiting/using the site….
February 21, 2014
Today we’re very pleased to announce that a major upgrade has been completed to the DNS component of our website hosting business. In short, our name servers have moved to their own dedicated hosting servers running the latest DNS-focused software. This significant update will make our web hosting services even more stable and secure, especially…
February 14, 2014
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December 3, 2013
We will be closing our offices (Perth and Melbourne) from end of business on Friday, December 20, returning on Monday, January 6. Don’t panic! We will still have a skeleton crew to handle urgent support calls. Just call 1300 ITOMIC and you will get through to an operator, 24/7. On behalf of management and staff…
November 29, 2013
Concerned that your website might have been hacked? Here are 3 online services from 3 well-known anti-virus companies that’ll help check for nasties on your site. We’ve “pre-loaded” the URLs with checks on Itomic’s website, edit as required: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/itomic.com.au https://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=itomic.com.auhttp://www.avgthreatlabs.com/website-safety-reports/domain/itomic.com.au
October 14, 2013
The Price of Social Media? Sounds like a contradicting statement right? ‘Social Media is free!’ is a statement that is thrown around a lot which is a source of confusion and frustration for many. Afterall, if social media is free then why are companies charging for these services? Is it another scheme pulling the wool…
September 18, 2013
At Itomic we love the cloud. We love the fact that, give or take, we can sit ourselves in front of a web browser, anywhere in the world, and have access to all our systems. We love the fact that we don’t have to install special software on individual computers and/or servers inside our offices…
September 16, 2013
Staff turnover. It’s a fact of business life. It’s not a question of if your business has staff turnover, but how frequently (and why!). What to do the with the Google Apps accounts of a staff member who’s left your company? Broadly there are 2 options: Do nothing. Keeping paying the relatively modest monthly or…
September 6, 2013
We’ve just seen the new website we’ve been working on for Travel Forever go live! What better way to show off the amazing Australian destinations one can reach with Travel Forever than via this visually stunning website. Locations and landscapes feature front and centre and speak volumes about the experiences one can realise with this…
September 2, 2013
Another acronym, what is it this time? You don’t need to be a committed web surfer to know content is a key factor in delivering the most relevant information. However in the midst of focusing on what goes onto a page, have you given enough thought to the accessibility of your content? Accessibility refers to…
August 12, 2013
Today we are delighted to see the new City of Perth site go live. Itomic’s involvement in the project included: – planning in the early stages; where we worked with key stakeholders to identify core features and deliverables. – web design; where we created the “look and feel” for the site across multiple devices inlcuding…
August 9, 2013
Does your website or app “misbehave” sometimes, i.e. looks and/or functions a bit differently (i.e. sub-standardly) on certain devices? Annoying, isn’t it? Why doesn’t it work perfectly across all devices, all the time? Doesn’t my website/app developer know his/her stuff? What am I paying them for?!? Reality check: the older the technology being used to…
August 7, 2013
Check out the new first aid course website we’ve just launched for St John Ambulance – Clicktosave – www.clicktosave.com.au. Challenge yourself and sit the exam – and get your First Aid Certificate in just minutes. It’s invaluable knowledge and best of all, it’s so easy – you can even do it on your smart phone!
July 29, 2013
Itomic’s Melbourne-based CEO, Ross Gerring, is raising money for GOSH – Great Ormond Street Hospital for Kids. Q. What are you doing?A. I’m running the Sydney Marathon on Sunday September 22nd 2013. Q. Why?A. Annie our “ace” Production Manager in Perth… her nephew Boris was born late last year with cancer, which was a huge…
July 19, 2013
Next time you’re at a restaurant take a moment to pause and look around. You’ll quickly notice people are more fixated on their phones rather than on each other. Whether you like it or not the mobile era is here and taking over. The BBC News predict the number of mobile phones to exceed the…
July 9, 2013
Documentation for a system – any system – is about helping people to learn about and use the system without the need to ask someone else for help. It’s about knowledge management and sharing for existing and new users. Users might be end users (e.g. the public), members, administrators (e.g. site owners), and support technicians…
June 21, 2013
Here at Itomic we’re upgrading some of our hosting servers, which means moving lots of websites from old servers to new servers. Naturally we attempt to minimise any “downtime” for every site we move using a variety of techniques, but inevitably a little downtime, typically only a few minutes, does occur. Sometimes we can see…
June 19, 2013
“The Cloud” from an internet perspective is a relatively new word in most people’s vocabulary, even though you might have been using the cloud for years without calling it that, e.g. because you’ve had a Yahoo or Hotmail or Gmail account. In a nutshell, the cloud is just about storing data and/or using software that…
June 17, 2013
Drupal 8 is coming. It’s ready when it’s ready (i.e. there”s no cast iron guaranteed release date), but latest predictions are that the first stable release will be available from January of 2014 or thereabouts. If your site is running Drupal version 6 then it’s time to start thinking about what your upgrade strategy will…
June 4, 2013
BigCommerce and Shopify are both budget, hosted website shopping cart solutions. By “hosted” we mean that you don’t have to concern yourself with website hosting for your own shopping cart software – these guys look after all this for you. Your website is piggy-backing off their large shopping cart systems. This means that you can…
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