Customer Portal Rollout

We have been working hard over recent months to develop our new customer portal and are happy to announce that it's now ready for use.

We are currently in the process of rollout to customers and we will continue to actively develop the features, so we hope to release many new updates over the coming months.

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EveryCity joins London Internet Exchange (LINX)

We joined the London Internet Exchange (LINX).

LINX is a neutral, mutually owned organisation of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and content delivery service providers (CDSPs). It has over 300 members collectively carrying the overwhelming majority of UK internet traffic, and over 620 members connecting from 64 different countries worldwide giving access to direct routes from a large number of diverse international peering partners. Using LINX allows a reliable exchange of traffic with increased routing control and improved performance.

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100% Uptime

Reliability is of course one of the most important factors for our clients and we have continuously invested in our platform to ensure its robustness.

In a major round of infrastructure investment at that time we also launched our SmartOS based cloud platform which replaced our Solaris 10 and Citrix XenServer cloud platforms. So we now have a unified platform for hosting all our Windows, Linux and Unix environments.

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EveryCity’s Core Values: Are We Up to PAR?

At EveryCity we've always had a strong culture of putting our customers first.

This has been cultivated over the years by the founders of the business, but as a company scales, at some point it makes sense to write these up into a written set of core values that all the staff can subscribe to.

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What Every Digital Agency Needs to Ask Their Managed Hosting Provider

As a digital agency, there’s nothing more important than making sure your clients’ campaigns are running smoothly.

With tight deadlines, short-term campaigns, and the possibility of plans changing at the last minute, choosing the right managed hosting provider is paramount.

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How to do Managed Hosting – Without Managed Hosting

Leaving your website unmanaged is like leaving a child unsupervised.

For businesses, a live website is an absolute must and without the peace of mind that comes with knowing it’s being taken care of, it can be as worrisome as leaving a child unattended.

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Three Steps to Clarify Your Content Marketing Strategy

Content marketing: the marketing buzzwords of 2014.

But how do you get content marketing right? It’s one thing to write about what you know and love, but if it adds no value, then what’s the point?
In my experience, defining content marketing strategy has always been a three-step process…

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A Day in the Life of a Tech Startup Founder

So began a fleeting romance with the world of UNIX systems.

EveryCity initially started out in the front room at my mother’s house in Greenwich, where Duncan and I brainstormed the concept, designed the initial product offering, put together the sales literature and won our first few clients. With the concept validated, we immediately moved into spacious offices at Studio 18 Bluelion Place at London Bridge, taking the 1st floor with space for 8 desks.

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“You don’t look anything like your average sales director … which I mean as a compliment”

I attended the ecommerce expo at Olympia last year, where I was introduced to the marketing director of one of the UK’s larger hosting providers, who made this remark to me. It got me thinking. I took him at face value – so what exactly did he mean? On one level it was obvious: I imagine for most people the idea of a sales director is someone smart, clean cut, in a suit and tie with a massive watch; I am bearded and at the time was wearing a flat cap, t-shirt and jeans. But it was the fact...

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3 Apps That Will Boost Your Productivity

We’ve all had those mornings. You know, the ones where you walk into the office and sit down to start but then…you just don’t know where to begin. Or the days when you get so caught up with the small tasks like finding a hotel, or compiling a list, or making a reservation… that you don’t actually get down to what’s important. Let’s be honest – there are so many productivity killers, it would be impossible to list them all. Instead, in this blog post I’m going to reveal the three apps that have boosted my productivity, and that...

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Windows XP is Dead

Artist credit Harvey Finch. Windows XP is dead. Or is it? Microsoft may want to pull the plug on its now 12 year old operating system (eons in computing terms), but it seems the world’s once most popular desktop system still has a little fight left in it; perhaps hanging on by a carbon fibre rod rather than just a...

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12 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Launched my Tech Startup

Starting a business is fun, challenging and rewarding, and ultimately you hope it will lead to a sustainable and profitable endeavour for all involved. However, there are always things you learn along the way that you wish you’d known at the beginning. So, here are 12 things that I wish I had known when starting EveryCity, which by sharing, I hope will help you reach that success point even sooner. I’d love to hear your learnings too, so don’t forget to post them in the...

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6 Takeaways from TechHub’s Branding Event

On Tuesday night I had the pleasure of attending TechHub’s “Stop Chasing! Harness Your Brand to Find Your Customers” event. A bit of a mouthful? Yes. Worth going to? Definitely. The event consisted of five speakers: Rosa Glover from TechHub, Jane Cunningham from Pretty Little Head, Simon London from KidRated, and Cat Totty and Jamie Le Grice from moo.com. There was wine, there was beer, and there was an abundance of tech startups – the EveryCity team and I were in heaven! The only thing missing was pizza, but I guess nothing can be perfect. These were my six...

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illumos watch – December 2013 & January 2014

Hi all, welcome to my second illumos watch blog post. As I missed December due to the festive period, this January edition will include updates from December as well. Some big news is that Nexenta have released their fork of illumos-gate to the wild, with complete history and changesets. This is great news for the community, as there are a lot of improvements, including slow drive ejection code. Looking forward to giving this a...

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illumos watch – November 2013

Hi Folks, welcome to the first illumos watch blog post, where each month I’ll be sharing some of the latest developments in the world of illumos, OpenSolaris, SmartOS and OpenIndiana! As this is the first post, I’ll include a few from earlier months that I thought were noteworthy...

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