Archive | December, 2008

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Looking Back at 2008

By on December 31, 2008 in Blacknight, business

2009 is almost upon us, so it’s as good a time as any to have a quick look back over the last 12 months. It’s been an interesting year for everyone. In 2007 we put plans in motion to launch a whole new range of products and services on a new platform. While we still [...]

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A New Year – A New Start?

By on December 30, 2008 in Blacknight, business

After all the doom and gloom of the last few months we all need to look towards 2009 with a positive aspect. Nobody can know for sure what 2009 will hold for any of us. One thing, however, is sure, it’s going to be anything but boring! Businesses both large and small are going to [...]

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Credit Card / Laser Processing Issue

By on December 29, 2008 in Blacknight, ecommerce, Service Issue

We’re currently encountering issues with processing payments via Laser / Credit Card (Mastercard / Visa) Please keep an eye on the status site post for updates UPDATE 2320 – this issue should now be resolved

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Save Money After Christmas

By on December 26, 2008 in Tips

Once you’ve got over stuffing your face with turkey, ham and Christmas pudding then you’ll probably want to check out the post-Christmas sales (we’ll announce ours early in the New Year). This year’s sales should be quite interesting both online and offline. The great thing about online shops is that they never close, so you [...]

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Blacknight Nominated For DomainInformer Readers’ Choice Awards

By on December 22, 2008 in Blacknight, Domains

I like surprises! Who doesn’t? About an hour ago I got an email to let us know that someone had nominated us for the DomainInformer Readers’ Choice Award 2008!! Winners will be announced on January 15th That’s pretty cool! We’re up against some of the biggest names in the industry, so it’s really nice to [...]

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Take A Break

By on December 22, 2008 in Blacknight

Since Christmas day is only a couple of days away I suspect that a lot of our clientele have already vanished until the New Year. To be perfectly frank I don’t blame them! I’d love to be heading off to warmer climes, though I doubt if Ireland’s real capital counts (Cork – if you’re not [...]

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Calling Last Orders

By on December 19, 2008 in Blacknight, business, Domains, iedr, Tips

The clock is ticking…. With Christmas only a couple of days away we’d just like to give people a gentle reminder – if you want to register any new IE domains or make any changes the IE Domain Registry will be closed from Tuesday, so you should really do it before then! I’ve already posted [...]

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Backlog and Delays With IE Registrations

By on December 17, 2008 in Blacknight, Domains, iedr

There is currently a backlog of IE domain registration requests. We are processing any requests that we receive and making amendments as quickly as possible, however we have to rely on the IE domain registry and their staff to process them. At present there appears to be a backlog on their end, so we cannot [...]

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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS now supported on VPS

By on December 16, 2008 in Blacknight, Hosting, vps

Image via Wikipedia Today I can officially announce our support for the latest Ubuntu distro (8.04). This will provide our customers with a platform to develop applications on a platform with the latest and greatest versions of many commonly used apps like php, apache, mysql etc. You can sign up for Ubuntu 8.04 based virtual [...]

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We Reserve The Right To Nag The Hell Out Of You

By on December 16, 2008 in Blacknight, business, Domains, iedr, irishblogs, News

If you’ve ordered any IE domains from us recently or are planning on doing so this post is for you! Since the IE Domain Registry requires specific documentation for each and every IE domain that you want to register we spend a lot of our time playing “email ping pong” with both you, our clients, [...]

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Customers Can Provide The Best Feedback Unsolicited

By on December 14, 2008 in Blacknight, business, Hosting, Marketing, vps

One of the wonderful things about our line of business is that so many of our clients are happy to share their experiences with us in public. A lot of them send us emails, blog about us, twitter or post on forums and mailing lists. Of course not all of their comments and feedback are [...]

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Opening Hours Reminder

By on December 12, 2008 in Blacknight

Just a short reminder that our offices will be closing earlier than normal today.

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