What an entertaining and edifying day! I’m a fan of the services that Cloudflare deliver and after today run the risk of being a little infatuated. That said when Cloudflare launched I trialled their service and found it to be lacking but I was intrigued by the idea and that was enough to re-visit the [...]
Welcome to the Blue Sky Hosting May newsletter – Blue Sky Thinks Here are the latest articles getting us talking at Blue Sky this month, as we are getting inundated with GDPR e-mails we only give it one mention! Get in touch if you’d like to discuss any of the articles with us! Has everyone [...]
Backups are great. We all love to know our data is safe and sound. But having a warm fuzzy feeling isn't a strong business case. At Blue Sky we adopt and strongly advise a full Disaster Recovery review process to ensure a business can continue to function effectively in the event of any given scenario. [...]
We've collated a few interesting articles that we have been talking about at Blue Sky recently, we hope you will find them interesting too. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss any of these, or related topics, with us. Cloud is Ubiquitous and Untrusted. An interesting piece comparing how much people trust the [...]
Penetration testing is a phrase that is used a lot in the current climate, especially with regards to web applications. There have been occasions where I have come across people who still do not see the value in cyber security services, particularly regarding a full penetration test. Vulnerability scanners - software either run locally or [...]
Blue Sky Hosting have renewed our certification for ISO9001, ISO27001, Cyber Essentials and Investors in People. It might seem like a collection of acronyms. It may also seem like a lot of work. At Blue Sky we see these as critical components of the value we deliver for our clients. We have an eye for [...]
As a director of both www.bluesky.co.uk and https://psyphr.com I interact with businesses of all shapes and sizes and business people at every level - from developers to CEO’s, finance directors to marketers. This has led me to develop some thoughts about business in general, how businesses feel about technology and how it helps (and sometimes [...]
This is a short list of natural disasters that damaged businesses in 2017: Hurricane Maria – This Hurricane devastated the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, virtually wiping out many businesses. It caused billions of dollars in infrastructure damage that will take years to repair. Earthquake in Mexico City – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shattered Mexico [...]
Despite having a title which provokes an uncomfortable feeling for anyone this side of the pond we had an interesting and dare I say entertaining time. But was it AWesome? In parts yes; it's not exactly new but the concept of auto scaling and AWS' implementation of it is great. Budget holders might not want [...]
On January 12th, selected customers and business partner were invited by IBM to contribute ideas and suggestions for the roadmap for IBM Notes/Domino. The #domino2025 jam session, held at IBM'S South Bank offices, was the latest in a series of global events both live and virtual. As vastly experienced IBM (and Lotus) business partners [...]
