ICANN Suspending Unverified Domain Names

ICANN is responsible for managing domain names and their addresses globally and recently they have imposed quite a controversial requirement which is resulting in many websites going down. ICANN state all ICANN accredited registrars are now required to validate a...

Speed Test Comparison with Budget Hosting Provider

A customer recently moved hosting to a budget hosting company due to having used them for so long, despite some recommendations to stay based on our hosting being superior. So we took the opportunity to run a speed test comparison on the website before and after. The...

Amity takes backup two steps further

Backup, backup, backup!  We always hear about it and we all know the importance of it.  So many companies still don’t do it (or do it satisfactorily anyway!) At Amity we take backup seriously.  We know that, in the very unlikely event that any of...

Amity’s secure web servers

You’ve all probably heard of the Heartbleed bug (see BBC News) and you’ve all probably been inundated with emails from website providers the past week giving you a run down, telling you what they’ve done to fix it and pointing out how secure your...