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.brussels or .poker? New extensions get green light from ICANN

  • 20 June 2011
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ICANN, the organisation that manages domain names worldwide, gave green light for the new domain extensions. This means that every company, community or city can now claim its own domain...

Combell website IPv6-Ready

  • 7 June 2011
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One day of testing Tomorrow Combell will, along with other major companies like Microsoft, Google and Facebook, offer both IPv4 and IPv6 on its website. Most PCs and servers are...

Internet generated 20% economic growth in 5 years

  • 6 June 2011
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Everyone knows that the Internet is ‘hot’. But what most people do not realize is how important it is to the world economy. This is confirmed in McKinsey’s new report...

ATTENTION for billing fraud!

  • 1 June 2011
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We want to warn you for invoices from “Global NetSourcing”. This fraudulent company tries in a tactful way to sell domain names. They send you an invoice in which they...

DNS.be terms and conditions changes

  • 1 June 2011
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As of 14 June 2011, changes will be implemented regarding the general conditions of DNS.be, which triggers an adjustment concerning the management of your .be domain. During a domain name...

Eurosong.be 2011, with your host for tonight: Combell!

  • 31 May 2011
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On 15 May 2011, Azerbaijan won the 56th Eurovision Song Contest in Germany and, thanks to Combell, the hosting of eurosong.be ran smoothly. Eurosong.be welcomed many more visitors than expected....

Number of domain names in the Netherlands and Belgium continues to increase

  • 18 May 2011
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Both DNS.BE, the official administrator of .be domain names, and SIDN, its counterpart in the Netherlands, announced the statistics for the .be and .nl domains this week. And they show...

Coolblue, thumbs up!

  • 16 May 2011
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On 10 May 2011, the BeCommerce Awards took place in the magnificent Castle of Brasschaat. Every year, with this prestigious award, BeCommerce wants to encourage innovative and hard working web...

Web shops recover lost buyers through e-mail

  • 10 May 2011
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According to a recent study by Forrester, 1/7 potential customers in a web shop drop out, leaving the shop before checkout. More and more web shops use e- mail to...

TechDays 2011 was a great success!

  • 29 April 2011
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Microsoft in the theatres On 26, 27 & 28 April TechDays took place. TechDays is the largest IT exhibition organized by Microsoft in Belgium. For this edition, the Metropolis complex...

How fast is your website?

  • 26 April 2011
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Although Combell's web servers guarantee high reachability and fast request responses to visitors, if your website is too sluggish, it will appear too slow to the visitor anyway. And those...

“Improve your efficiency with database indexes”

  • 19 April 2011
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Different factors, different responsibilities In order to keep an optimal efficiency level, hosting services need to invest in a decent technical infrastructure. Combell attaches a great deal of importance to...