http://www.ifdnrg.comVisit www.ifdnrg.com for up-to-the-minute web and video hosting news, video, audio and feature hosting. IFDNRG web and video servers power a wide range of online content covering music, live sports, corporate events, agency campaigns and a whole host more..en-gb2009-04-06 12:58:16Copyright: (C) IFDNRG15http://www.ifdnrg.com/images/ifdnrg_logo.gifhttp://www.ifdnrg.com Over the weekend we had capacity in place for our largest event yet, a Norwegian Poker tournament which was expected to reach up to 60,000 simultaneous video streams (@300kbps). For this event we deployed 14 servers into a framework which meant we could rapidly load balance traffic as it came in and offer real time graphical stats as well as GeoIP blocking.http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/244/http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/244/12:57 Mon 06 Apr 09UK PHP has just been upgraded to the latest stable version, 5.2.9. This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 50 bug fixes, several of which are security related.http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_9.phphttp://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/243/http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/243/10:34 Mon 09 Mar 09UK The new Cisco C2970 managed switch installed over the weekend now enables gigabit connectivity across all connected servers, with a maximum throughput of 28Gbps (i.e approx 15% of all UK traffic via linx). Previously all servers were connected on 100Mbps ports onto Gigabit uplinks, this now enables consolidation of serious bandwidth across our media servers.This also allows greater physical seperation over the public and private lans and increased redundancy over either.http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/241/http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/241/9:32 Wed 18 Feb 09UK IFDNRG are a trusted hosting provider for handling online advertising campaigns. We have worked with some of the biggest UK agencies on critical briefs which typically have requirements such as:guaranteed uptime, handling extremely heavy and concentrated load, viewable globally, high performance, excellent statistics and reportinghttp://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/238/http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/238/4:31 Thu 05 Feb 09UK The html5 video element may just make it in into firefox3.1 according to Chris Double, a firefox developer. There is part of a major effort to bring open standards to the multimedia sphere which also includes Mozilla donating $100,000 to support open formats development Check out this very cool demo video http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Har-PRP4X9Uhttp://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/237/http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/237/2:11 Wed 28 Jan 09UK As Lycos has just ceased its email activites we are offering a Lycos POP3 backup service so that you do not lose your emails once they shut the service down. 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This may still show up on online statements, pricing etc as we update everything but well be applying the update to new invoices asap.http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/230/http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/230/4:31 Wed 03 Dec 08UK Wm9 is due another reboot , thanks to Microsoft patches, well let affected clients know when we plan to do this, hopefully over the next few days.Portal Update Encoder/Pub Point settingsWe have some functionality in beta at present to give clients more control over the source of broadcast publishing points. This will be rolled our after testing and before xmas.http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/232/http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/232/4:47 Wed 03 Dec 08UK IMAP disk usage reporting didnt work very well in the portal, so this has been improved and now also incorporates emailed reports. As more and more clients start to use our IMAP servers were finding that we have to obviously set sensible limits, in particular as our backups double whatever the actual usage is. We have allocated generous limits for clients already in place and have a charging format in place for excess usage beyond this. This will take effect in Jan 09http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/231/http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/231/4:45 Wed 03 Dec 08UK There is a free flip4mac plugin which lets Apple users view/listen to windows media on quicktime from theMicrosoft download siteWe recommend everyone with windows media content put this link on their websites.http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/229/http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/229/9:50 Fri 07 Nov 08UK Managed Dedicated Server, £39.00 per month. 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Additionally there have been some problems with Caladan and renewals so this should resolve those issues.This will not affect services at all and customers will receive an email notifying them of any changes to their domain.We have started with .uk domains as they are the most straightforward.http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/225/http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/225/11:13 Mon 01 Sep 08UK See security watch for more info.We are looking at adding functionality for users to add in their own spam rules soon.http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/223/http://www.ifdnrg.com/2.0/about/news/223/7:05 Tue 12 Aug 08UK We have added a new autoresponder to the portal email management section. 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