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SOPA and PIPA are respectively two bills in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

SOPA is the acronym of “Stop Online Piracy Act” and PIPA stands for “Protect Intellectual Property Act”.

The goals of these two bills are to stop copyright infringement on the Web in the United States, originating especially from foreign countries, according to American legislators. (more…)

At iWeb we strongly believe in freedom of speech. In the vast majority of cases we do not interfere with the contents that are hosted on our customers’ (and their customers’) servers.

But there is Zero Tolerance when it comes to illegal activities and especially anything related to children exploitation. Spread the word! (more…)

A couple of years ago we published this nice roundup. It is always amazing to see how fast technology evolves and how obsolete computer equipment can become.

Now that 2011 is down the drain and a full 30 years have passed since the IBM VM Machine, we thought you’d appreciate us to update and republish it.

Check out the updated ending, enjoy and comment! (more…)

Great news to kickstart the new year 2012! Netcraft, a firm which measures reliability, availability and performance of networks, has once again ranked iWeb as one of the web hosting companies operating the most reliable network. Placing fourth in December, iWeb regularly made Netcraft’s Top 10 in 2011. (more…)

It cannot be repeated too often, it’s important to pay attention to our habits when it comes to security on the internet.

At any time, whether at work or at home, whenever you use a password protected connection, you must be very cautious about protecting personal information.

This is especially important if you offer server management services to many clients. (more…)

Beyond the human tragedy unfolding in Thailand following the floods that occured recently, a major economic disaster could be on the horizon for this country.

The Prime Minister of Thailand recently announced that the large quantities of water that flooded the country could take up to six weeks before retiring. (more…)

The home page of the Smart Server’s Control Center has been modified to better display your server configuration as well as the products and services available on the Smart Servers. Indeed, iWeb just added a new tab in the Control Center: Overview.

This new tab summarizes the key information and simplifies the activation of the different services on your server Smart, such as SuperSmart, in addition to offering shortcuts to navigate in one click to other sections within the Control Center. (more…)

We are really proud to announce the recent activation of the 3000th Smart Server and by the same token we wish to celebrate the first birthday of our flagship server.

One year ago, iWeb introduced its biggest innovation to date. The launch of the Smart Server, the first product based on iWeb’s SmartLayer technology, marked the first step in transforming the company into an innovative provider of automated Web hosting services. (more…)

Our guest blogger, Charles Lacroix, had the opportunity to test the SuperSmart option on his Smart Server and he shared his impressions through his blog. Charles was kind enough to allow us to republish his article, so that you too can read about his experience:

For several months, I’ve been using a Smart Server from iWeb and I can say that I am pleasantly surprised. The price is right, they are reliable and the interface to manage your server or servers, the Control Center, is quite nice. Notably, it provides access to a virtual console allowing you to turn off the server if it stops responding.

Recently, iWeb launched a series of additional features for the Smart Servers, known as, the SuperSmart Option. Check out what it offers… (more…)

We are very proud to announce that iWeb has taken the important decision to separate its shared hosting services and domain management to a new company called Funio.

This new company will aim to consolidate all shared hosting and domain name reservation activities, which will no longer be offered by iWeb. This service supports over 15,000 clients, 23,000 websites and 32,000 domain names in over 100 countries around the world.

Funio’s new website, is now accessible at www.funio.com. (more…)