iThemes has a brief interview with…
iThemes has a brief interview with Justin Tadlock about web hosting horror stories 😱 and freedom of speech.
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Claire Ruckin is reporting for Reuters that GoDaddy is in talks to acquire the Host Europe Group, known as HEG. HEG describes themselves on their website: HEG is now one of Europe’s leading hosting providers, one of the largest domain registrars in the UK and a leading provider of Managed Hosting in Germany. We currently…
Kinsta Replay Brian Jackson reflects on…
Kinsta Replay Brian Jackson reflects on the past year with Kinsta as it scaled to become a global WordPress hosting platform. Brian has some previews on what to expect in 2020 too. 🌏 12.7+ billion HTTP requests and 519+ terabytes of data moved through Kinsta’s servers in 2019.
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Post Status Excerpt (No. 9) — Recommended Reading for WordPress Professionals and How We Update
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SiteGround expands remote support with 32 former Site5 team members
SiteGround’s team has been almost exclusively based out of their offices in Bulgaria until now. Lilyana Yakimova announced on their blog that they have hired 32 former support personnel from Site5, employees whom hail from 10 countries, including the United States. Site5 was acquired by Endurance International Group (EIG, owners of Bluehost, HostGator, etc) just over a…
Enterprise hosting options
Chris Lema wrote a post sharing his experiences with enterprise hosting options for WordPress, specifically options beyond WordPress.com VIP, which is often folks’ go-to recommendation. He covers three specifically: Microsoft Azure: They have a long history of enterprise products and services, and compelling new WordPress products that they are using themselves and I’ve heard some…
