Category Archives: New

New Singapore Server

We have just opened up a new server in Singapore, This new server will slowly replace our Virginia, US server.

Being a lot closer to Home the average ping to the new Singapore server is down to 76ms compared with 248ms to our Virginia, US server.

Accounts on the current Virginia, US server will be slowly moved over the new Singapore server, As the US server will be closed down on the 22 May 2016.

CloudFlare

Awe are now providing managed CloudFlare protect accounts!

From cloudflare.com:
Once your website is a part of the CloudFlare community, its web traffic is routed through our intelligent global network. We automatically optimize the delivery of your web pages so your visitors get the fastest page load times and best performance. We also block threats and limit abusive bots and crawlers from wasting your bandwidth and server resources. The result: CloudFlare-powered websites see a significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks.

This diagram shows an uprotected website with slow internet and a website protected by CloudFlare with faster internet

CloudFlare’s system gets faster and smarter as our community of users grows larger. We have designed the system to scale with our goal in mind: helping power and protect the entire Internet.

CloudFlare can be used by anyone with a website and their own domain, regardless of your choice in platform. From start to finish, setup takes most website owners less than 5 minutes. Adding your website requires only a simple change to your domain’s DNS settings. There is no hardware or software to install or maintain and you do not need to change any of your site’s existing code. If you are ever unhappy you can turn CloudFlare off as easily as you turned it on. Our core service is free and we offer enhanced services for websites who need extra features like real time reporting or SSL.

Join CloudFlare today and be part of the community that is creating a better web.