Digital What is multiple domain hosting? Your domain says a lot about you. It’s your address on the internet, the place people go to find you, and a name intrinsically associated with your brand. But... read more
Servers Are VR websites the future? Whether it's movies, video games, or real life, virtual reality has been around in some form for decades yet it’s never gone fully mainstream. This begs the... read more
Cloud Farming out 3D rendering to the cloud The rendering of computer-generated imagery is an incredibly demanding task. At the top end, studios like Pixar and DreamWorks constantly push the limits of technology, producing work with staggering levels... read more
Cloud What is a storage area network? Whether it’s the hard disk spinning in your laptop or the rows of humming drives in a data centre, data storage is a critical part of computing. Computers and... read more
Digital What is web accessibility? Undeniably, the web has revolutionised our society. One of the most powerful tools ever created, the internet has helped improve people’s lives in countless ways. Since the birth of... read more
Security What is penetration testing? “If you know your enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the outcome of a hundred battles.” It’s safe to say that Sun Tzu wasn’t thinking about... read more
Digital Chatbots and conversational UI Robots are never out of the news. Whether it’s announcements of the latest artificial intelligence breakthrough, or worries about AI systems stealing jobs from humans, what’s undeniable is... read more
Digital What is DevOps? If you asked the average person in the street ‘what does DevOps mean to you?’ or even 'what is DevOps?', you’d probably get a blank stare. But... read more
Digital Using GitHub for version control Source code is the basis of all those thousands of applications we’ve come to rely on every day. Developers make use of a huge range of programming languages to... read more
Digital How the internet works: An intro to IP In this new series of blog posts, Jon Dainton will be breaking down the history of the internet, from inception to present day, and describing the basics, fundamentals and complexities... read more
Digital Waterfall vs Agile development Waterfall and Agile software are two different types of development methodology. Each method has its pros and cons, but what is the difference between Waterfall and Agile? What is Waterfall... read more
Digital Kubernetes vs Docker Swarm vs Apache Mesos When it comes to container orchestration, the three big names out there are Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and Apache Mesos. As explained in our overview of Kubernetes, an orchestration tool is... read more
Digital POP3 vs IMAP What is email protocol? It’s an everyday routine: you open up your email and watch the messages pop into your inbox. But behind the scenes, complex email protocols are... read more
