Now an INTERAC Online enabled web host!

September 20, 2011 No comments yet

We do hosting, and we’ve been doing a pretty awesome job of it for the past eight years. When it comes to a service like hosting, many equate our industry to that of utilities like your local power or water company: just another thing you have to keep paying for. We’re doing everything we can [...]

The Dirty Practices of Green Hosting

August 17, 2011 No comments yet

Lately, it seems that just about every hosting provider is touting how ‘green’ their hosting is, despite having an actually weak environmental commitment. Some companies talk about how they are 100% carbon neutral, followed by how they bought green credits to make this happen. Others make outlandish claims stating that they’re green entirely because their [...]

TimThumb exploit and knowing what to do to protect your website

August 2, 2011 No comments yet

Yesterday, Mark Maunder at markmaunder.com happened to run across and identify a very dangerous and clever hack on his site. The hacker had gained access through the very popular TimThumb image library. If you are interested in the specifics of the hack, more detailed information can be found at his website: Zero Day Vulnerability in [...]

Canadian Government to buy only Energy Star qualified servers

December 11, 2009 No comments yet

The Canadian Government announced this week that it is planning on only buying Energy Star qualified servers. Canada, along with many other Governments including the EU, Switzerland, Australia and Japan have adopted the US EPA’s energy efficiency certifications for appliances. The datacentre and hosting industries have seen a huge green push over the last several [...]

Welcome, Chris MacLellan

October 15, 2009 No comments yet

We would like to welcome Chris MacLellan to the Web Savers team. Chris is joining us as our new Account Manager and will be introducing himself to many of you over the next few months. Thank you in helping us welcome Chris as part of the team.


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