Category Archives: Sales

Available for Consulting & Contracting on Internet, Linux & Open-Source in Australia/NZ

Posted on April 8, 2013 by richard

I’m now available at short-notice for brief work contracts in Adelaide (primarily), but also anywhere in Australia or New Zealand (as well as Asia, Europe and the US as relevant). My preference and major availability for is brief or short … Continue reading →

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Installing Oracle XE Database on CentOS

Posted on April 6, 2013 by richard

Once you satisfy the login requirements for Oracle’s site, you can download their “Express” Database, which from their License Agreement for that DB sofware, can only be run/used in the following manner: Any use of the Oracle Database Express Edition … Continue reading →

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How to close open BIND-based DNS servers

Posted on March 28, 2013 by richard

With DNS Amplifiers being used more and more in DOS type network attacks, we’ve been in contact with customers who have ‘open’ DNS resolvers and servers within Network Presence, but a quick and simple way to “lock down” your BIND … Continue reading →

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“Try out OpenStack” Offer in Sydney

Posted on March 24, 2013 by richard

We’ve been testing various OpenStack server topologies, versions and deployments for many months and we’ve settled on our preferred layout for offering OpenStack Cloud VPS Plans to customers. While there’s still some work to be done for our coming Public … Continue reading →

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Outline & Summary of our VPS Plans in Q2 2013

Posted on March 7, 2013 by richard

We’ve rationalised our VPS Plans down to a heirachy of VPS groups, which aim to service each niche of VPS resource demand. At a high level, we have suite of VPS Plans, being our; “Value” VPS Plans, which provide the … Continue reading →

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Colo Sale on now! Half-price Coupon available

Posted on March 2, 2013 by richard

We’ve increased our physical hosting capabilities and “Co-location” offerings in Sydney and to celebrate the release of our updated Colo Plans, you can use the Coupon “HALFPRICECOLO” to secure 50% off the list price of any of our Colo Plans! … Continue reading →

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Got a Startup that needs heavy Cloud or Open-Source Server resources in Asia or US?

Posted on February 26, 2013 by richard

Personally I love being involved in IT&C Startup businesses, I enjoy their frenzy, their urgency and their longterm rewards. If that matches your Startup Business then feel free to contact us to discuss what Cloud and Open-Source Server software you … Continue reading →

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Reveling in our Peering Routes with AARNet & more in Australia

Posted on February 23, 2013 by richard

We’ve got sophisticated Peering connectivity available to us from each of our POPs and further via some of our IP suppliers, and this means that any Australian University or CSIRO (AARNet) and some other national gov’t agencies, as well as … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Colo in Sydney Data Centre

Posted on February 11, 2013 by richard

I know how this can be done, but it requires some level of scale and interest and I’ve created an intial 3 monthly Colo Plan for Hosting a RaspberryPi in our new Equinix racks in Mascot, Sydney. Please let us … Continue reading →

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Updating your Thawte Intermediate SSL Certificates

Posted on February 6, 2013 by richard

In 2010 Thawte decided to start signing “all certificates with an intermediate certificate that needs to be installed along with the SSL certificate. Any certificate issued on or after this date requires the intermediate certificate to be installed.” Accordingly, if … Continue reading →

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