David Hurst

PHP/MySQL, REALbasic, Javascript Developer

Talking about SEO for Connecting Somerset

I have been involved with Connecting Somerset’s Technology for Business Programme for almost a year now - speaking at various Connecting Somerset events throughout the county. The format is changing for the coming year, with events being formatted more like exhibitions, with break-out workshop sessions throughout the day. I will be running two introductory 30 […]

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Debian Linux server farm - email server with Postfix/MySQL

We’ve really taken a giant leap forward in our hosting services from Higher Sites with the introduction of a new server farm. It’s been 6 months in the planning and testing phase, and on the 1st June the servers were installed into a datacentre in Manchester where we have rented a cabinet. Suffice to say […]

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Finally…!!!

We have finally finished the new Higher Sites website. When I say finished, I mean we got it to the state where it could go live - there is much still to add in. It’s amazing how difficult it is to find time to do your own site, especially when you are spending so much […]

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Higher Sites Launch Server 4

The Higher Sites server farm has grown again - we have launched a new server to help cope with our rapidly growing hosting business. The new server is an Athlon 64 based machine with 1Gb RAM and RAID running the latest Fedora Core linux distribution. Our ultra-fast, ultra-reliable hosting is based on high quality equipment […]

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Higher Sites is 1!

I can barely believe it - the time has gone by so quickly, but it was 1 June 2005 when we officially launched Higher Sites from the spare room in my house. Now a year later we employ 2 staff and have offices in Ilminster.
We had modest ambitions and our success has taken us a […]

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